War crimes

• Canadian military says ‘no concerns’ raised by troops working with Australians in Afghanistan

  An Australian war crimes inquiry report found special forces troops unlawfully killed Afghans.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2020
• How Liberian war crimes suspect Bill Horrace lived in Canada for 18 years — until his murder

  Bill Horrace's neighbours didn’t know about his past in Liberia. But Canadian war crimes officials knew.

  Canada

  Jul 15, 2020
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• 2 North York women charged in connection with Bill Horrace homicide case: London, Ont., police

  Tianna Almeida and Tera Amoatemah, both 22, are charged with being an accessory after the fact to the offence of assault with a weapon.'

  Crime

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Omar Khadr told to answer Utah plaintiffs’ questions about his war crimes confession

  Relatives of a slain American soldier have won a skirmish in their attempt to collect on a US$134-million wrongful-death award against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr. 

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2020
• Explained: How attacking cultural sites goes against international law

  The U.S. Secretary of State says the country will act in accordance with the law when it comes to Iran, apparently contradicting tweets from Trump on Saturday.

  World

  Jan 5, 2020
• UN court to investigate alleged war crimes in Palestinian areas, pending jurisdiction

  The Palestinians welcomed the decision but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose country captured the West Bank and Gaza Strip in a 1967 war, said the ICC had no jurisdiction to investigate the Palestinian Territories.

  World

  Dec 20, 2019
• Trump ordered Pentagon to allow Navy SEAL to keep status, Defense Secretary says

  Last week Trump had tweeted that he wanted Gallagher to be allowed to retire as a SEAL.

  World

  Nov 25, 2019
• Turkish president Erdogan ‘did a great job,’ says country’s ambassador to Canada

  Ambassador Kerim Uras was asked to respond to calls that Recep Tayyip Erdogan should be charged with war crimes.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2019
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• U.S. Navy SEAL sentenced for posing with Iraq war casualty

  Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was sentenced by a military jury to a reduction in rank and four months of confinement.

  World

  Jul 3, 2019
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• Trump says he may pardon soldiers accused of war crimes

  “Some of these soldiers are people that have fought hard and long,” the president said. “You know, we teach them how to be great fighters, and then when they fight, sometimes they get really treated very unfairly.”

  Politics

  May 24, 2019