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Contents AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA War Crimes Prosecution Watch Editor-in-Chief Volume 11 - Kevin J. Vogel FREDERICK K. COX Issue 17 INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Technical Editor-in-Chief October 31, Jeradon Z. Mura Founder/Advisor 2016 Michael P. Scharf Managing Editors Dustin Narcisse Victoria Sarant War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please email [email protected] and type "subscribe" in the subject line. Opinions expressed in the articles herein represent the views of their authors and are not necessarily those of the War Crimes Prosecution Watch staff, the Case Western Reserve University School of Law or Public International Law & Policy Group. Contents AFRICA CENTRAL AFRICA Central African Republic VOA News: At Least 23 Killed in Fighting in Central African Republic CCTV-Africa: U.S welcomes ICC verdict on Jean-Pierre Bemba DW: Deaths reported in violent Central African Republic protests Sudan & South Sudan NPR: As South Sudan Fights, Refugees Flow Into Uganda AllAfrica Global Media: Sudan: Govt Sues, Threatens Amnesty International UN News Centre: South Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Warns of 'Alarming Rise' in Ethnic Hate Speech Deutsche Welle: Armed Groups Free 145 Child Soldiers in South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Reuters: Inter-ethnic violence kills over a dozen in southeastern Congo Voice of America: World Court Convicts Congolese Warlord of Witness Tampering Daily Nation: DR Congo arrests top Rwandan rebel, says army BBC News: DR Congo arrests Rwanda FDLR rebel commander Reuters: U.N. chief seeks Security Council help with South Sudan rebels in Congo WEST AFRICA The Gambia Al Jazeera: Gambia withdraws from International Criminal Court Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Daily Mail: Ivorian Opposition Calls For Constitution Vote Boycott Gulf Times: Ivory Coast Campaigns For Constitutional Referendum Yahoo Sports: Simone Gbagbo And Her Lawyers Snub Ivory Coast Trial Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon Voice of America: Malnutrition Spikes in North Cameroon Amid Boko Haram Conflict USA Today: Chibok Leader: 100-Plus Girls Unwilling To Leave Boko Haram PBS NewsHour: Surviving Boko Haram: Kidnapped Girls Tell Their Stories Fox News: Widows Of Victims Of Nigeria's Boko Haram Say Aid Overdue Associated Press: Officers: 83 Nigerian Soldiers Missing In Boko Haram Attack Mali Anadolu Agency News: Nigeria, Mali, Somalia Listed 'Epicenters' Of Terrorism Global Policy Forum: The ICC Convicts Al Mahdi For The Destruction Of Cultural Heritage In Mali Reuters Africa: France Says Ready To Keep Troops In W.Africa For As Long As Needed EAST AFRICA Burundi U.S. Department of State: On the Government of Burundi's Banning of Human Rights NGOs ENCA: Burundi notifies UN of ICC pullout Uganda AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Two More Charged Over Gulu Attack, Hearing Set for November Newsweek: After Burundi, Which Other African States Could Abandon the ICC? Global Times (China): Uganda to extend stay of troops in CAR to help fight rebel group Anadolu Agency: S. Sudan, Uganda set up task force to stop abductions Kenya The Daily Mail: Spokesman: Kenya's ICC withdrawal to be decided by cabinet Human Rights Watch: Kenya Rights Body Begins Inquiry Into Security Forces Abuses Anadalou Ajansi: Kenyan police head list of torturers Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) VOA News : AMISOM Troops Struggle to Counter IED Threat in Somalia New York Times: In Somalia, U.S. Escalates a Shadow War The Conversation: Has Shabaab been weakened for good? The answer is 'yes' and 'no' The Guardian : 'We had to eat rats,' say sailors held by Somali pirates for four years United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Somalia: Violence in Gaalkacyo displaces 75,000 people Somalia The New Times: Rwanda: Records of Teenage Pregnancy, GBV Cases Remain a Challenge – Activists Daily Nation: DR Congo arrests top Rwandan rebel, says army NORTH AFRICA Libya Gulf Times: Libya forces free 13 foreigners from IS The New York Times: German Group: Migrants Die Amid Libya 'Coast Guard' Attack SOUTH AFRICA South Africa Al Jazeera: South Africa to quit International Criminal Court Associated Press: South Africa's move on ICC raises concerns of African exodus EUROPE Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber Balkan Insight: Belgrade Acquits Bosnian Serb Soldier of Killing Croat Balkan Insight: UN Presses Bosnia on Missing Persons Balkan Insight: Bosnian Prosecutor's Disciplinary Charge 'Not Political Revenge' Balkan Insight: Bosniak Commander Naser Oric 'Bragged About Murder' Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Arrested for Foca Crimes Balkan Insight: Bosnia Finds Remains of Seven War Victims Balkan Insight: Multi-Ethnic Bosnian War Memorial Faces Removal Yahoo News: Bosnian Serbs criticised for awarding war criminals International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia Balkan Insight: Croatia Indicts Yugoslav General for War Crimes Again Balkan Insight: First Witnesses Testify Against Serb Paramilitary 'Captain Dragan' Balkan Insight: Serbian Interior Minister 'Knew Who Killed Journalist' Balkan Insight: Kosovo 'Drenica Group' Fighters' Convictions Upheld Balkan Insight: 'Croatian Spy' Could be Yugoslav General Trial Witness MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA The Irish Times: Mosul offensive: Amnesty accuses Iraqi forces of war crimes Reuters: Turkish military says it killed 18 Kurdish militants in Iraq and southeast ARA News: ISIS attacks Kirkuk in attempt to delay Hawija operation, distract Mosul campaign RT News: Sulphur cloud from torched plant kills two Iraqis Haaretz: Russia: U.S. Airstrike in Mosul Campaign Constitutes 'War Crime' New York Times: Mosul Fight Unleashes New Horrors on Civilians Syria NY Times: Assault on Aleppo Will Halt for 8 Hours, Russia Says UN News Centre: 'Aleppo will not be there' in two months if diplomatic stalemate continues, warns UN envoy Middle East Monitor: UN rights boss: Aleppo siege and airstrikes are war crimes CBS News: U.N.: Syria school attack a potential war crime Yemen The Huffington Post: U.S. Likely Aiding War Crimes In Yemen, Congressman Says The Hill: Report: US-made bomb used in 'apparent war crime' in Yemen U.S. Department of State: Arab Coalition Investigation into Airstrike on a Funeral Hall in Yemen The Wall Street Journal: Yemen to Start 72-Hour Ceas-Fire The Al Monitor: Is US reconsidering its support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen war? Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia The Cambodia Daily: In New Exhibition on Khmer Rouge, Devil is in the Details The Huffington Post: Survivors of Rape and Forced Marriage Seek Justice in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Trials Phnom Penh Post: Expert says Vietnam Tried, Failed to Control Khmer Rouge Special Tribunal for Lebanon Special Tribunal for Lebanon Press Release: Visit of the Head of Defence Office to Lebanon from 17 to 20 October 2016 Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal Human Rights Watch: Bangladesh: End Arbitrary and Secret Arrests The Daily Star: War crimes: ICT probes allegations against Jamaat chief Maqbul Ahmad Daily Times: Bangladesh trials politically motivated, Senate committee told Bdnews24.com: War crimes accused Moulana Solaiman dies at DMCH War Crimes Investigations in Burma The Irrawaddy: Burma Army Blocks Food Supplies to Kachin IDPs BBC: Rakhine: Myanmar urged to allow aid into restive state Aljazeera: Myanmar army forces hundreds of Rohingya from homes The Irrawaddy: President's Office Rejects UN Call for Action on Alleged Rights Abuses in Arakan State Israel and Palestine Ma'an News Agency: Report: Settlers continue building new illegal outpost despite stop- work orders Daily Mail: Israel's next Gaza war will be 'last' one: Lieberman Aljazeera: UNESCO approves new Jerusalem resolution The Times of Israel: Charges dropped in shooting of Palestinian siblings at checkpoint North Korea The New York Times: US, S. Korea Say Latest N. Korea Missile Launch Fails The Washington Post: Did North Korea just test missiles capable of hitting the U.S.? Maybe. AMERICAS North & Central America TeleSur: Guatemala Indicts Top Ex-Military Men for War Crimes and Rape Southeast Asia Globe: Makers of Agent Orange to be tried for 'war crimes' by a people's tribunal ABC News: Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit by Abu Ghraib Inmates MintPress News: Amnesty International: US Coalition Guilty Of War Crimes In Syria South America The Guardian: Vatican's Argentina archives ready to be shown to victims of dictatorship crimes The Washington Post: Colombia's opposition wants to modify peace deal - with a scalpel, not a hammer Colombia Reports: Santos and Uribe deadlocked over Colombia peace process TOPICS Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Chronicle: 'Gukurahundi the focus of reconciliation commission' The Himalayan Times: 18 types of reparation schemes proposed for war-era crimes CBC News: What does reconciliation mean to you? CBC News: State of crisis' in northern Sask. highlights Truth and Reconciliation calls to action Terrorism BBC News: Kabul shrine attack kills Shia Muslims during Ashura The Guardian: Narendra Modi labels Pakistan 'mothership of terrorism' The Guardian: Kansas men face life in prison for alleged terrorist plot against Somali immigrants The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Targets Would-Be Terrorists Overseas With New Ad Campaign The New York Times: German Terrorism Case Highlights
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