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Iran's Crushing Protests in 2022 Led to "Crimes Against Humanity”

par This Is Beirut, 08/03 13:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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According to a UN-mandated expert report published on Friday, March 8, the crackdown on the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran in September 2022 led to crimes against humanity. The violent repression of peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls by Tehran led to serious rights violations, many amounting to ...

Senior Syrian Officials to Go to Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

par This Is Beirut, 19/05 16:11 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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According to The Guardian, three high-ranking Syrian officials are to go on trial in Paris on Tuesday. They are accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. In 2013, 20-year-old student Patrick Dabbagh was arrested by the Syrian army at his home in Damascus. Within 24-hours, the army returned for his 48-year-old father. Their fate remained ...

ICC Requests Arrest Warrants for Israeli and Hamas Leaders

par This Is Beirut, 20/05 15:23 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Gaza Strip. The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime ...

UN Probe Accuses Israel of 'Crimes Against Humanity'

par This Is Beirut, 12/06 12:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A UN investigation concluded on Wednesday that Israel has committed 'crimes against humanity' during the war in Gaza, including that of "extermination", while saying Israeli and Palestinian armed groups have both committed war crimes. The independent Commission of Inquiry's report is the United Nations' first in-depth investigation into the ...

French Court Refers Assad Arrest Warrant

par This Is Beirut, 02/07 14:03 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The General Prosecutor's Office of the Paris Court of Appeal stated on Tuesday to AFP that it had referred the French arrest warrant for Bashar al-Assad to the Court of Cassation for a ruling on a "legal question." Al-Assad is accused of complicity in crimes against humanity for the 2013 chemical attacks in Syria. "Without calling into question ...

Germany and Sweden Arrest Eight Syrians Over War Crimes

par This Is Beirut, 03/07 13:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Investigators in Germany and Sweden, on Wednesday, arrested eight suspects allied with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government over alleged participation in crimes against humanity in Syria, prosecutors in both countries said. The suspects are accused of taking part in a "violent crackdown on a peaceful anti-government protest" in the ...

Iran's 'Crimes Against Humanity' Must Be Prosecuted: UN Experts

par This Is Beirut, 05/08 20:17 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UN experts on Monday called for the prosecution of Iranian officials who may have committed crimes against humanity during a 2022 crackdown on demonstrations that particularly targeted ethnic and religious minorities. The UN Human Rights Council mandated experts to carry out an investigation on Iran following nationwide protests triggered by the ...

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