Tag: #WarCrimes
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Is Israel repeating Nazi history?
This opinion is written by Shabeer Ahmed. Today, what’s going on in Palestine, unfortunately, refers back to the treatment the Jewish people received during the Hitler-led regime. As if a sequence of that last episode is going to be replayed. More than 220 Palestinians, including 63 children, 36 women have been killed in Gaza since…
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UN ups 2020 budget, includes funds for war crimes probes
United Nations, United States, Dec 28 (AFP/APP): The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar. The budget represents a slight increase from 2019’s figure of $2.9 billion. The increase is due to additional…
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Trump Forbids US Navy from Expelling SEAL Accused of War Crimes
Washington, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Donald Trump on Thursday told the US Navy not to pursue any efforts to oust from the elite SEAL commando unit a member accused of war crimes and then given clemency by the Republican president. Trump’s statement came just one day after the Navy launched a procedure that could end with…