War crimes

WikiLeaks’ Legacy Of Exposing US-UK Complicity

October 28, 2018 Mark Curtis, Middle East Eye Educate! Julian Assange, War crimes, Wikileaks

Twelve years ago this month, WikiLeaks began publishing government secrets that the world public might otherwise never have known. What it has revealed about state duplicity, human rights abuses and corruption goes beyond anything published in the world’s “mainstream” media. After over six months of being cut off from outside world, on 14 October 14 Ecuador has partly restored Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s communications with the outside world from its London embassy.

Big Island Video News (BIVN): Jen Ruggles Holds Community Meeting On War Crimes

October 23, 2018 Staff, Hawaiiankingdom.org Resist! Hawaii, War crimes

(BIVN)– A community meeting organized by Puna councilwoman Jen Ruggles to explain her ongoing absence from council drew a standing room-only crowd to the Keaʻau Community Center on Monday night. Ruggles declared on August 21 “that she had come to understand that she may be in violation of her oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution and may be incurring criminal liability under both U.S. federal law and international law,” a media release stated. “Through her attorney, Stephen Laudig, she formally requested the County Office of Corporation Counsel provide her a proper legal opinion.” Laudig was present at the meeting, as was Dr. David Keanu Sai, a scholar and expert in international law.

Anti-Kissinger Protest At New York University

October 20, 2018 Isaac Finn, Wsws.org Resist! Henry Kissinger, New York (NY), Protests, War crimes, War Criminal

On Tuesday October 16, over 100 protesters gathered in Gould Plaza outside of New York University’s business school in lower Manhattan to protest against the appearance of former secretary of state and notorious war criminal Henry Kissinger as a guest speaker. Kissinger, now 95 years old, is a rightly despised figure internationally for his central role in developing the policies of US imperialism. He served as national security adviser and secretary of state from 1969 to 1976 during which time he was partially responsible for the slaughter of millions in Vietnam, the CIA-backed coup in Chile, in which tens of thousands were murdered, and the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, that resulted in 200,000 deaths, among other crimes.

Two Long-Standing American Traditions: Committing War Crimes & Ignoring International Law

September 19, 2018 By RS Ahthion, Counterpunch.org Educate! International Law, US Imperialism, War crimes

The United States (and it’s vassal states that make up NATO) has long shifted to a permanent war doctrine. Under the guise of fighting “communism” then “terrorism” or “the war on drugs” it has militarised every part of the globe. Were it not for the “war on drugs” they’d be no reason for US destroyers to be sailing up and down South American rivers (even while Afghanistan heroin production sky rockets under US occupation). Were it not for the “war on communism” the US wouldn’t have been funnelling millions in arms and weapons to the Muhjadeen (who would later morph into Al Qaeda) and Osama Bin Laden in the 1980s. Were it not for the “war on terror” there would be no reason for the US to invade and occupy countries in the Middle East.

The U.S. Goes To War Against The ICC To Cover Up Alleged War Crimes In Afghanistan

September 18, 2018 Murtaza Hussain, Theintercept.com Educate! Afghanistan, ICC, International Criminal Court, US Imperialism, War crimes

September 16, 2018 "Information Clearing House" - The United States has never been a friend of the International Criminal Court. While relations between the U.S. and the ICC have fluctuated over the course of different administrations, the American government has steadfastly refused to take the step that 124 other states have of ratifying the Rome Statute and thus becoming a member of the international legal body. The ICC’s mandate to investigate war crimes has thus been hampered by the unwillingness of the world’s sole superpower to commit to the organization. Recent statements from the Trump administration suggest that the United States is now preparing to go to war against the ICC itself...

Sign On: Tell The International Criminal Court To Investigate Israel’s Crimes

September 12, 2018 Popular Resistance. Resist! International Criminal Court, Israel, Palestinians, War crimes

Since the Nakba in 1947, Israel has displaced, brutalized and murdered Palestinians. The United States is Israel's biggest supporter and regularly provides cover for the crimes committed by Israel. For these reasons, residents of the United States have a responsibility to demand that Israel is held accountable for its war crimes. To that end, a letter is being circulated for individuals, political parties and organizations to sign calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel for its crimes against Palestinians.

UN Accuses Saudi-led Coalition Of Possible War Crimes In Yemen

August 29, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net Educate! Saudi Arabia, United Nations, War crimes, Yemen

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's war have caused heavy civilian casualties at marketplaces, weddings and on fishing boats, some of which may amount to war crimes, United Nations human rights experts said Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is leading a Western-backed alliance of Sunni Muslim Arab states trying to restore the internationally recognized government of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, ousted from the capital Sanaa by the Iran-aligned Houthis in 2015. Fighters of the Houthi movement have fired missiles into Saudi Arabia, blocked delivery of supplies to Taiz and shelled the strategic city from the highlands, the panel said. They have also committed torture, a war crime, it said. Coalition forces have imposed severe restrictions on Red Sea ports and Sanaa airport...

300 Global Figures Write Open Letter Accusing Israel of War Crimes

June 13, 2018 By Middle East Monitor, Mintpressnews.com Resist! Israel, War crimes

Israel’s forcible transfer of thousands of Palestinians has been denounced as a war crime by over 300 elected officials, legal scholars, academics, artists, faith leaders and activists from around the world. The universal show of solidarity to the Palestinians was published in an open letter which voiced strong opposition to Israel’s plans to forcibly transfer thousands of Palestinians living in farming-shepherding communities in the occupied West Bank. Signatories include 90 members of parliament, many of whom are from the EU and UK parliaments. Other notable signatories include ten Israel Prize laureates, film director Ken Loach, artists Ai Weiwei, author Alice Walker, academic Noam Chomsky and several musicians. Dozens of Rabbis have also signed the letter denouncing Israel for what many would describe ethnic cleansing.

The US Is Once Again Supporting Death Squads In Central America

June 11, 2018 By Brett Wilkins, Counterpunch Educate! Central America, Death Squads, War crimes

The United States has been quietly funding and equipping elite paramilitary police units in El Salvador accused of extrajudicially murdering suspected gang members, according to a forthcoming United Nations report reviewed in advance by CNN. Beginning with George W. Bush in 2003, successive US administrations have provided tens of millions of dollars in aid for Salvadoran military and police in support of the government’s “Mano Dura” (“Firm Hand”) security program, an aggressive campaign to combat out-of-control gang violence in a country with one of the world’s highest homicide rates. The United States has long operated or supported death squads, from the CIA’s Phoenix Program in Vietnam (40,000 killed) through the implementation of the “Salvador option” during the recent invasion and occupation of Iraq. The latter effort was run by Col. James Steele, a decorated veteran of Central America’s dirty wars, including a stint training Salvadoran death squad units during the civil war. Unsurprisingly, secret prisons, torture and extrajudicial killings became commonplace throughout occupied Iraq. It now appears that the “Salvador option” has made its way back home from halfway around the world, further terrorizing guilty and innocent alike in what was already one of the most frightful corners of the planet.

US Committed War Crimes In Syria

June 10, 2018 Staff, Amnesty International Educate! Syria, War crimes, Wars and Militarism

From amid the rubble of Raqqa, civilians are asking why US-led Coalition forces destroyed the city, killing hundreds of civilians in the process of “liberating” them from the armed group calling itself “Islamic State” (IS), Amnesty International said in a new report ahead of the offensive’s anniversary. Amnesty International researchers visited 42 Coalition air strike sites across the ruined city and interviewed 112 civilian residents who had survived the carnage and lost loved ones. The Coalition strikes detailed in the report are examples of wider patterns. There is strong evidence that Coalition air and artillery strikes killed and injured thousands of civilians, including in disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks that violated international humanitarian law and are potential war crimes.

Gaza: United Nations Votes To Launch War Crimes Investigation Into Israeli Army’s ‘Use Of Force’

May 19, 2018 Staff, Telesurtv.net Educate! Gaza, Investigation, Israel, United Nations, War crimes

The resolution, which was debated Friday during the Council's 28th special session to discuss international law violations during protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. The resolution, which sort to “urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry,” was supported by 29 members. Only the United States and Australia voted against the resolution, 14 nations abstained. The Great March of Return began on March 30, Palestinian Land Day. Since then, Palestinian have protested every Friday to demand their right to return to the towns and villages they were expelled from during and after the creation of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948.

Ray McGovern Arrested and Abused Protesting #BloodyGina

May 9, 2018 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! CIA, Torture, War crimes

At the Senate hearing on the nomination of Gina Haspel, aka. #BloodyGina, to head the CIA, people protested inside and outside of the hearing. Protesters know, as everyone in the US Senate knows, that Haspel was directly involved in torture and gave the order to destroy tapes showing brutal US torture. Ray McGovern, a long-time CIA analyst, was one of the people who protested her being considered for that post. He was aggressively arrested and ...

The Time is Now for Universal Jurisdiction

April 29, 2018 Inder Comar for his blog Create! Human Rights, Pinochet, War crimes

The time is right to revive the concept of “universal jurisdiction” — the idea that a person, whatever their nationality, can be called to account before the court of any civilized country for grave international crimes In hindsight, it is almost too extraordinary: the leader of a Western-friendly government responsible for the deaths of thousands, and the torture of tens of thousands, arrested and brought to account for his crimes before a court and a judge. But this is exactly what happened in 1998, when Judge Baltasar Garzon, a Spanish magistrate, issued an arrest warrant for the former dictator of Chile, Augusto Pinochet, while Pinochet was in the United Kingdom seeking medical treatment. What happened next was a series of hearings that became known as The Pinochet Case, and which ended with a stunning victory for human rights

B’Tselem Calls On Israeli Soldiers To Defy Shooting Orders, Lest They Commit War Crimes

April 7, 2018 Yossi Gurvitz, Mondoweiss.net Resist! Israel, Military, War crimes

B’Tselem, the respected Israeli human rights NGO, began a media campaign today urging Israel Defense Forces soldiers posted on the Gaza border to disobey “patently illegal” shoot-to-kill orders against unarmed protesters. Last week, the IDF gunned down 17 such protesters and wounded more than 700 of them. Another wounded protester later died of his wounds. Fresh protests are expected on Friday and the IDF already announced it will keep its Rules of Engagement (ROE) as they are. The ad appeared on line today and is set to appear in major newspapers tomorrow.

The ICC Just Announced It Will Treat War As A Crime

January 3, 2018 By David Swanson, Mintpressnews.com Educate! ICC, International Criminal Court, War crimes, Wars and Militarism

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) could try the United States for attacking a country if (1) that country brought a case, and (2) the United States agreed to the process, and (3) the United States chose not to block any judgment by using its veto power at the U.N. Security Council. War is a crime. The International Criminal Court has just announced that it will finally treat it as a crime, sort-of, kind-of. But how can war’s status as a crime effectively deter the world’s leading war-maker from threatening and launching more wars, large and small? How can laws against war actually be put to use? How can the ICC’s announcement be made into something more than a pretense? The Kellogg-Briand Pact made war a crime in 1928, and various atrocities became criminal charges at Nuremberg and Tokyo because they were constituent parts of that larger crime.

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