• Demands for severe penalty for Royal Marine convicted of murder

    Nov 08

    A former army chief has called for severe punishment for the Royal Marine sergeant who was convicted of murdering an Afghan militant.

    Lord Guthrie, a former chief of the defence staff, told the Observer that “murder is murder”.

  • Rwanda welcomes Denmark genocide extradition

    Rwanda has welcomed a decision by Danish courts to uphold an extradition of a genocide suspect, after a decision was made on the defendant’s final appeal.

  • Saudi to fund Syrian rebel movement with millions of dollars

    Saudi Arabia is preparing to give the rebel Jaysh al-Islam millions of dollars, in an attempt to defeat Bashar al-Assad’s regime and counter the increasingly powerful al-Qaeda affiliated groups in the country.

  • Royal Marine found guilty of murder of Afghan fighter

    A British sergeant has been found guilty of murdering an Afghan insurgent, who was shot dead as he lay injured after an air strike.

    Judge Blackett told the marine, identified only as Marine A:

    "Marine A, this court has found you guilty of murder. The mandatory sentence prescribed by law is imprisonment for life.

  • M23 rebel leader surrenders in Uganda
    The commander of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered in Uganda, reports the BBC.

     The commander, Suiltani Makenga, is said to have, handed himself over along with hundreds of other M23 fighters to Ugandan officials.

    Makenga wanted in Congo for his role in war crimes committed by his organisation.
  • Guatemala genocide trial postponed to 2015
    The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been set to resume in January 2015, according to officials.

    Sebastian Elgueta, Guatemala researcher at Amnesty International, responded to the events by saying,
  • Boko Haram could be war criminals, says UN
    Nigerian Islamist organisation Boko Haram, may be classified as war criminals, according to the United Nations human rights office in Geneva, after being blamed for an attack on a wedding convoy.
     
    Slamming the attack as "atrocious", spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Cecile Pouilly said,
  • Arafat may have been poisoned

    Former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004, may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, according to Swiss forensic experts.

    Arafat was said to have died of a stroke, however Palestinians and others have long accused the Israeli government of poisoning him.

  • Colombian govt and Farc reach 'fundamental agreement'
    The Colombian government and Farc rebels reached a "fundamental agreement" according to a joint statement by the two sides on Wednesday.

    The agreement would allow a "new democratic opening" for Farc to enter Colombian politics.

    The Farc leader, Ivan Marquez told Reuters:
    "We are completely satisfied with what we have agreed on the point of political participation,"
  • M23 rebels disarm

    The Congolese M23 rebel group announced today that it was ending its armed rebellion against the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Kerry: Israeli-Palestinian talks face difficulties

    The US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks faced difficulties however he believed something is possible.

    Addressing crowds at a memorial event for the former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated by a right wing Israeli in 2005, Kerry said:

  • No date for Syria peace talks, but US optimistic
    Long-awaited peace talks on Syria have been delayed after UN diplomats failed to agree on a date on Tuesday, diminishing the likelihood of talks happening this year.

    However a senior US official told AFP that Washington was hopeful that the meeting will take place before the end of this year.
  • UN flags risk of genocide in Central African Republic
    Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risk of genocide in the Central African Republic.

    A United Nations special advisor on the prevention of genocide, Adama Dieng told the council:
    "We are seeing armed groups killing people under the guise of their religion,"
  • English Tory MPs secretly want Scottish independence says former Secretary

    Some Conservative MPs from England secretly favour Scottish independence, as it would give the party a permanent majority at Westminster, said former Conservative Secretary, Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who is Scottish.

    Slamming the favouring of party gains over the British union as "foolish", Forsyth said:

  • Bangladeshi tribunal sentences two expatriates to death for war crimes

    A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Sunday sentenced two expatriates- one living in the United States and the other in Britain- to death for the murder of 18 people, who were described as prominent intellectuals during, the country’s 1971 war of Independence from Pakistan.

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