A militia leader, accused of horrific war crimes by UN investigators is to stand in Congo’s parliamentary elections.

Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka is alleged to have been involved in mass rapes committed by his troops, the Mai Mai militia in 2010.

Expressing concern regarding threats to media freedom, governance, human rights abuses and the “shrinking political space”, the UN resident representative in Malawi, Richard Dictus, said,

"[Malawi] definitely have to brace ourselves for a difficult period ahead.

Families of those killed during anti-Sikh riots in 1984, held vigils on Tuesday, demanding justice for the victims.

Over 5000 Sikhs were killed during riots, following the assassination of then Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, by her Sikh bodyguard on 31st October 1984.

Vigils of remembrance were held at India Gate, in New Delhi, and outisde the Canadian Parliament, where diaspora Sikh families remembered those who had been killed.

The call for justice has been endorsed by numerous human rights organisations including Lok Raj Sangathan, Sikh Forum, People's Union for Democratic Rights and the People's Union for Civil Liberties.

The former Interior Minister of Croatia, Josip Boljkovac, has been arrested over his involvement in war crimes committed during and after the Second World War.

Croatian Police arrested the 89 year old in the central town of Karlovac on Wednesday.

The United States have cut funding to the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as Palestine was awarded a seat in the 194 member body.

A vote at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris saw 107 member states supporting the resolution admitting Palestine to the organisation, despite strong protest by the US and Israel.

A Korean court sentenced an US soldier for 10 years in jail for the rape of an 18 year old girl.

Kevin Lee Flippin, from the US Army’s 2nd Infantry Division was found guilty of breaking into the house of his 18 year old victim and raping her repeatedly, in September this year.

The United states extended sanctions on Sudan for another year on Tuesday, stating that Khartoum's policies on human rights and relations with South Sudan, had not improved enough to warrant the lifting of sanctions.

Sanctions on trade, investment and the holding of assets by Sudanese government officials, were introduce in 1997.

From the BBC:

Bosnian war crimes court charged two Bosnian Serb military commanders with involvement in the Srebrenica genocide on Monday.

Judge Ljubomir Kitic, found the two commanders from the first battalion of the Zvornik brigade, Slavko Peric and Momir Pelemis, guilty of involvement in the detention and the systematic killing of at least 1000 Bosnian Muslim men in the region of Srebrenica.