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News HRW: Ivory Coast military committed abuse, torture
HRW: Ivory Coast military committed abuse, torture
Alison Sacriponte
November 19, 2012 10:47:23 am

The Ivory Coast's military committed widespread human rights abuses in August and September, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. The report details the alleged abuses including arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, extortion...

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News Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal overturns convictions of two Croatian generals
Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal overturns convictions of two Croatian generals
Alison Sacriponte
November 16, 2012 12:09:39 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday overturned the convictions of two Croat generals for crimes against humanity and war crimes against Serb civilians committed during a 1995 military blitz. The five-judge appeals...

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News UN rights office urges Sudan to investigate ambush on convoy
UN rights office urges Sudan to investigate ambush on convoy
Alison Sacriponte
October 19, 2012 12:38:01 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday called on Sudanese authorities to investigate an attack on one of its convoys on Wednesday, resulting in the death of one African Union-United Nations...

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