war crimes
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PCHR: In the Widest Military Operation since 2004, IOF Arrest Dozens of Palestinian Civilians in Hebron
In conjunction with the current escalation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched in the early morning of Sunday, 21 August 2011, a large-scale military campaign against many neighbors and streets and dozens of houses in Hebron. Continue reading
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NATO Massacres of Civilians Aimed at “Cleansing” the Libyan People’s Resistance Photographic Evidence of NATO War Crimes By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
A large number of casualties occurred in the city of Zliten, in the district of Misurata. In Zliten, 85 people were killed including 33 children, 32 women, and 20 men as a result of NATO’s deliberate targeting of residential areas and civilian infrastructure. Many of the injured civilian victims are in critical condition and near… Continue reading
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Video: NATO Missiles Target Libyan Hospital, Kill 50 Children
On August 5, 2011, NATO air missiles targeted a children’s hospital in Zlitan, Libya, killing 50 children. This event clearly reveals NATO war crimes and shows that civilians are being targeted during the bombing campaigns. Continue reading
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PressTV – ‘1,108 Libyans killed in NATO attacks’
Libya’s prosecutor general has said that NATO airstrikes have killed more than 1,100 civilians and injured thousands of others since the end of March. Continue reading
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UK “upping the ante” in Libya means “killing more civilians” – activist
British anti-war activist Dr. David Halpin says he hopes that British, American and Israeli politicians responsible for war crimes will be held accountable in his lifetime. Continue reading
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Libya’s Gaddafi: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? (Part I) By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor
The international arrest warrant issued against Libya’s Muammar al-Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC) will add a new complexion to the Libyan crisis. The stalemate that the military option has caused isn’t going away soon nor will Gaddafi’s overthrow happen soon, given the dogged determination with which his forces are fighting despite the damaging… Continue reading
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NATO will use Gaddafi arrest warrant as excuse to intensify military operations – envoy — RT
Russia’s envoy to NATO believes that Monday’s ruling will serve as an excuse for military operations against Gaddafi and his supporters. The issue of the warrant will result in more bombings of Tripoli as ‘now the coalition will be sort of fighting against a criminal who committed war crimes’ and in this case – anything… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 June, 2011: Gaddafi's daughter files “war crimes” lawsuit related to NATO air strike that killed relatives
8 June, 2011 — Information Clearing House “Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.” – African Proverb Libya: A Deafening Silence By Jody McIntyre We have been sold on a false premise, and, as Noam Chomsky would say, have allowed the manufacture of our consent. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28282.htm Continue reading
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Going Rogue: NATO War Crimes in Libya By Susan Lindauer
It’s a story CNN won’t report. Late at night there’s a pounding on the door in Misurata. Armed soldiers force young Libyan women out of their beds at gun-point. Hustling the women and teenagers into trucks, the soldiers rush the women to gang bang parties for NATO rebels or else rape them in front of… Continue reading
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Cynthia McKinney’s truth dispatches from Libya: Days 1-3 By Wayne Madsen
During the last air sanctions against Libya, imposed by the United Nations in 1992 over alleged Libyan involvement in the bombings of PanAm 103 and UTA 772, many Libyans traveling to and from Tripoli were forced to fly through Tunisia, traveling overland to and from the Tunisian border to their homes in Libya. With European… Continue reading
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Every President and Congress Are Complicit in Israel’s “War Crimes” by Mohamed Khodr
Under International Law and America’s War Crimes Act, all U.S. Presidents and the 535 members of the U.S. Congress are “complicitors” in Israel’s long history of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity; and as such are “war criminals” themselves. Continue reading
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Every President and Congress Are Complicit in Israel’s “War Crimes” by Mohamed Khodr
Under International Law and America’s War Crimes Act, all U.S. Presidents and the 535 members of the U.S. Congress are “complicitors” in Israel’s long history of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity; and as such are “war criminals” themselves. Continue reading
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Media Lens: You Cannot Kill An Ideology With A Gun
The media rush to glorify Obama the ‘warrior president’ is symptomatic of a Western society that has come to view war as entirely normal. Continue reading
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Arrest warrant plans make a mockery of universal jurisdiction By Daniel Machover
Giving suspects from ‘protected countries’ immunity from war crimes arrests would turn the UK into a safe haven for suspects Continue reading
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More vindication for Goldstone: British news reports Israeli soldiers were ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza neighborhoods during Cast Lead
More vindication for Goldstone: British news reports Israeli soldiers were ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza neighborhoods during Cast Lead Continue reading
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Israeli soldiers talk about Operation Cast Lead
Exclusive: Israeli soldiers tell Channel 4 News they were ordered to “cleanse” Palestinian neighbourhoods, as filmmaker Nurit Kedar says “the atmosphere was that nobody should talk about this war”. Continue reading
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Israeli soldiers ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza By Alex Thomson
Israel’s invasion of Gaza deliberately aimed to ‘cleanse’ Palestinian neighbourhoods, former soldiers allege, in claims that will reignite the debate over the campaign’s legality, writes Alex Thomson. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks: Israel aimed to keep Gaza economy on brink of collapse
Israel told U.S. officials in 2008 it would keep Gaza’s economy “on the brink of collapse” while avoiding a humanitarian crisis, according to U.S. diplomatic cables published by a Norwegian daily on Wednesday. Continue reading
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Commemorating the Gaza Massacre – End Complicity, Intensify BDS
On the morning of 27 December 2008 Israeli forces initiated a 23-day military offensive against the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip killing more than 1400 and injuring over 5000 Palestinians, predominantly civilians and refugees since 1948. Two years have passed and those responsible for the atrocities committed have not yet been held accountable. Continue reading
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In a new 100-pages report PCHR details the collective punishment of the population of Gaza
The absolute closure of Gaza was imposed by Israel following the Hamas takeover in June 2007. For more than three years and a half, this most extreme form of closure has been continuously applied to the so-called “hostile entity” that is the Gaza Strip, cutting off 1.7 million individuals from the outside world. Continue reading