• China threatens to pull out of Olympic camp over Dalai Lama visit

    Jun 13
    A British MP has accused China of employing “bully-boy tactics” after reports that the country would pull its athletes out of an Olympic camp in the city of Leeds, following a visit there by the Dalai Lama.

    Chinese officials allegedly called for the cancellation of business convention due to take place on Friday, after it was revealed that the Tibetan leader would be addressing the event.
  • Papuan separatist leader killed

    Indonesian police have shot dead Maku Tabuni, a leader of the Papuan separatist movement.

    Mr Tabuni is said to have been unarmed when he was killed after resisting arrest.

    Human rights activists claim he was running from police when he was shot in the back of his head.

  • Russian arms accused of ‘escalating conflict’ Syria
    The United States has charged Russia with continuing to supply weapons to the Syrian government which have been used in the country’s ongoing conflict, with more weapons set to be delivered.
  • Falklands to hold sovereignty referendum

    The Falklands Islands’ government has announced it will hold a referendum in 2013, to settle once and for all questions regarding its sovereignty.
    The announcement comes a day before the 30th anniversary since the end of Argentine occupation of the British territory.

  • ICC seeks 30 year sentence for Lubanga

    The International Criminal Court is seeking a 30-year jail term, for former Congolese war lord Thomas Lubanga, who was found guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers by the ICC in March this year.

    Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said he demanded a "severe sentence".

  • Serbia presidential inauguration boycotted by neighbours

    The leaders of Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia and Macedonia, boycotted the inauguration of Serbia's new president on Monday, Tomislav Nikolic, over his recent statement's denying the Srebrenica genocide.

    Bosnia's presidency chairman Bakir Izetbegovic said,

  • Karadzic calls for dismissal of genocide charges
    Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb political leader has denied all charges against him at The Hague and called for a complete dismissal of his trial.

    Karadzic, who faces 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes for massacres at Srebenica and Bosnia stated,
  • Kenya calls for EU support for attacks on al-Shabab

    The prime minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, has called for EU and US help for a ‘final onslaught’ on the main stronghold of al-Shabab in Somalia.

    Odinga said Kenyan forces would reach the port town of Kismayo by August and said funds and troops were needed to dislodge al-Shabab.

  • Syria echoes Bosnia - Hague

    Speaking to The Times on Sunday, the British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, reiterated that military invention in Syria could not be ruled out.

  • ICC staff jailed in Libya - BBC

    The head of the Zintan brigade militia has told the BBC, that four officials from the International Criminal Court have been jailed in the town of Zintan.

    Ajami al-Ateri told the BBC that the team will be held for 45 days pending investigations.

    The team was detained after visiting Col Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is being held by the Zintan brigade.

  • US voices fears of further massacres in Syria
    The United States has expressed fears that Syria’s Assad regime is planning fresh massacres in the country and warned the Syrian President against doing so, reminding them of the case of Bosnia.

    Speaking in the daily press briefing, State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said,
  • ICC demands release of staff in Libya

    The International Criminal Court, demanded the released of four members of staff, that it alleges were detained whilst on an official trip in Libya.

    The four were said to have been meeting the imprisoned Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, and include at least one of the two lawyers appointed to represent Saif al-Islam at The Hague.

    The ICC president, Sang-Hyun Song, said,

  • New Syrian opposition leader calls for UN action
    The newly elected leader of the Syrian National Council has called upon the international community to act decisively to prevent further killings in Syria, as reports of shelling in Homs emerged.

    Kurdish activist Abdulbaset Sieda, who now leads the opposition umbrella organisation, stated in an Istanbul press conference,
  • Former official to face genocide trial in Rwanda
    The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has transferred the case of genocide suspect Bernard Munyagishari over to Rwandan authorities, marking only the fifth case in history that it has referred on.

    A three-judge UN tribunal panel decided to transfer Munyagishari's case after ruling,
  • More shelling in Syria as Russia opposes intervention
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