• Senior Cambodian officials named for genocide investigation

    Jun 08
    An investigating judge for the UN genocide tribunal in Cambodia has named four senior government officials as persons of interest, according to confidential documents obtained by The Age.
  • Malawi will not hold the AU summit after refusing to host Bashir
    Malawi has decided not to host the African Union (AU) summit in July, after disputes over the attendance of Sudan’s president, Omar Al-Bashir.

    Omar Al-Bashir has been indicted for war crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Incidentally, Sudan’s president has visited several African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries despite the ICC arrest warrants for charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
  • UN monitors regularly targeted in Syria

    The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, said that the UN observers in Syria have frequently been targeted by heavy weapons, armour-piercing ammunition and surveillance drones, in an address to the UN General Assembly.

    Ban Ki Moon said,

  • Serbia to ask EU about Kosovo

    Serbia's new president plans to see clarification from the EU on what pre-requisites exist for membership, particularly regarding the recognition of Kosovo's independence.

    Speaking to a state news agency on Friday, Tomislav Nikolic, said of his upcoming visit to Brussels:

  • UN monitors barred, Clinton says Assad must go

    US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, calls for the departure of Assad after UN monitors are blocked from verifying the Hama massacre.

    The UN Secretary, General Ban Ki-Moon, told a General Assembly session today, that monitors trying to access the site of an alleged massacre were shot at by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.  

  • UK ministers to boycott Euro 2012 football in Ukraine

    The UK Foreign Office has confirmed that ministers are to boycott the Euro 2012 football tournament over the treatment of the imprisoned Ukrainian opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, reports The Guardian.

  • US wants India to be ‘more active’ in Afghanistan
    Meeting with Indian officials, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has called on India to play a “more active” role in Afghanistan, according to US officials.

    Officials speaking to reporters told the AFP,
  • China warns US against naval shift towards Asia
    Chinese state media warned the US for its recent decision to move majority of its naval fleet into Asia-Pacific region by the end this decade under Obama administration’s “strategic re-balance” in Asia.

    Washington continues to insist that recent decision to move its naval fleet into Asia-Pacific was not to contain China, but Communist Party run People’s Daily newspaper has repudiated such claim.
  • ICC prosecutor calls for tough action on Sudan
    The outgoing International Criminal Court prosecutor has called on the UN Security Council and member nations to take stronger action against Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, who is accused of genocide in Darfur.
  • ‘International justice is here to stay’
    Writing in the Guardian, Geoffery Robertson QC, who served as an appeal judge for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, has commented on the Charles Taylor verdict, noting that as the former Liberia leader is jailed, more "despots" will follow.

    Excerpts have been reproduced below. See his full piece here.
  • Syrian rebels abandon ceasefire to defend people

    The Syrian rebels anonunced on Monday that they could no longer be committed to Kofi Annan's ceasefire amid on-going attacks by the Syrian military on civilian targets.

    The rebels' spokesperson, Sami al-Kurdi, told Reuters news agency:

  • Assad does not 'necessarily' need remain in power - Russian minister

    The deputy foreign minister of Russia, Gennady Gatilov said on Monday that Syrian president Assad, did not "necessarily" need to remain in power "at the end of the political process".

    See here for article by The Times.

    Gatilov said,

  • Diplomats barred, aid workers let in - Syria

    The Syrian government barred 17 Western diplomats from the country, reports Reuters. 

  • Protests continue over Mubarak sentence

    Thousands of protesters returned to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, angry at the sentence of Muburak.

    Warning of a renewed revolution, many demanded that Mubarak must face the death penalty for his treatment of the protesters during the January 2011 uprising, and pledged to protest until those who died received justice.

  • No political prisoners in Russia says Putin

    Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, defended the country’s human rights record and claimed that Russia has no political prisoners, the Associated Press reported from St. Petersburg on Monday.

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