Bangladesh war crimes tribunal serves notice to TV channel

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 19:30

Bangladesh`s high-powered war crimes tribunal has served a show cause notice to a private TV channel and several persons, demanding an explanation for their "scandalous statements" about its trial process.

Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor`s 50-year sentence upheld at war crimes tribunal

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 18:01

A UN-backed appeals court upheld Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor`s 50-year sentence for arming rebels during Sierra Leone`s brutal 1990s civil war.

UN rights chief gives Sri Lanka March ultimatum on war crimes probe

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 13:17

United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay has warned Sri Lanka to show clear progress towards reining in rights abuses by next March or face an international probe.

ICC refuses to postpone Kenyan President`s trial

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 12:07

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday denied a request to postpone Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta`s trial for crimes against humanity.

Bangladesh war crimes trial an internal matter: India

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 21:28

India on Wednesday termed as "internal matter" the decision by the Bangladesh Supreme Court to give death sentence to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes.

Jamaat enforces strike in Bangladesh, 1 killed

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 14:29

One person was killed and several others injured on Wednesday in sporadic incidents of violence across Bangladesh, as fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami enforced a 48-hour strike to protest the Supreme Court verdict awarding death penalty to one of its stalwarts for 1971 war crimes.

Libya to start Saif Gaddafi`s trial on September 19

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 13:39

Libya`s prosecutor general has announced that late dictator Muammar Gaddafi`s son and his spy chief`s trial will start on September 19 in the capital on alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Hungarian top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98, dies

Last Updated: Monday, August 12, 2013, 19:51

A 98-year-old Hungarian who topped the dwindling list of surviving Nazi war crimes suspects has died in hospital while awaiting trial for allegedly sending 12,000 Jews to the death camps.

Bangladesh`s Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami declared illegal

Last Updated: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 08:49

In a landmark ruling, Bangladesh`s biggest right-wing party Jamaat-e-Islami was declared illegal by the High Court which banned it from contesting future polls.

Another Jamaat leader in Bangladesh charged with 1971 war crimes

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 17:47

Bangladesh slapped 6 war crime charges, against fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami man, day after party`s second-highest ranked man was sentenced to death for atrocities during 1971 war of independence.

Bangladesh Islamist leader sentenced to death for 1971 war crimes

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 13:02

A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal convicted and sentenced a top Islamic party leader to death on Wednesday as his supporters clashed with security forces in different parts of the country.

Hungary charges top Nazi war crimes suspect, 98

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 17:46

Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged a 98-year-old top Nazi war crimes suspect over his brutal role in organising the deportation of some 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.