Category: Crimes Against Humanity
Serbia/Kosovo: Start of ex-Kosovo president’s trial for war crimes “an important step along the long road to justice”
April 3, 2023
As the special war crimes tribunal begins in the Hague against former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi and three other commanders of Kosovo’s Liberation Army (KLA) for their alleged responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Amnesty International’s Europe Director, Nils Muiznieks said: “Today is an important step on the long road to justice, truth, […]
Crimes Against Humanity in Iran
March 21, 2023
A United Nations (UN) expert has warned that Iran’s authorities have committed violations since protests erupted last year that may amount to crimes against humanity. The protests were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was detained by morality police for allegedly wearing her hijab “improperly” and died in custody. The […]
Signs of torture on bodies found in Ukraine town liberated from Russia
October 28, 2022
In recaptured Lyman, Kim Sengupta finds evidence of Russian atrocities and Ukrainian commanders ready to administer their own justice Mounds of brown earth slide into the rows of graves on a day of cold rain and whipping winds as forensic investigators exhume bodies on a hillside to the sound of shellfire in the valleys beyond. Two separate […]
German prosecutors charge Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity
July 29, 2021
A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity, federal prosecutors said. Alla Mousa, who came to Germany in 2015, is accused of torturing at least 18 people in military hospitals in Homs and Damascus after the 2011 uprising. One person was allegedly killed, while the suspect had also tried to make […]