Cathy Newman
Hague to host global summit on war zone rape
Today in the Commons Mr Hague made an impassioned plea for the world to act on warzone rape, which he described as “a monstrosity of our age”
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Bosnian Croat war criminal dies after swallowing ‘poison’
A convicted Bosnian Croat war criminal has died after swallowing what he claimed was poison, while in the dock during a session of the UN’s international tribunal in the Hague. A judge had just confirmed Slobodan Praljak’s 20 year sentence for involvement in crimes during the Bosnian war. Proceedings were brought to a sudden halt…
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People feel ‘betrayed by West’ as Bosnian Serb leader pushes secessionist agenda, says Baroness Helic
More than a quarter of a century after the accord which ended the Bosnian civil war, a Foreign Office minister has declared that Britain is “absolutely determined” to maintain peace in the region.
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Warzone rape: a plea to the president of Congo
Visiting Congo with film star Angelina Jolie, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague goes to Kinshasa to lobby President Kabila to back their campaign against warzone rape.
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Warzone rape: Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly to Africa
Angelina Jolie and William Hague fly into the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of their battle against the use of rape as a weapon of war.
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Radovan Karadzic denies war crimes as defence starts
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic begins his own defence at his war crimes tribunal in the Hague by saying he should be “rewarded” for seeking peace.
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Ex-Bosnian general Ratko Mladic mocks victim’s mother
The last major player from the Bosnian conflict took his seat in the Hague, making a throat-slitting motion to Munira Subasic, one of many spectators who have waited almost two decades for justice.
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Angry Mladic removed from war crimes court
After threatening to boycott his UN war crimes tribunal, the former Serb army chief, Ratko Mladic, turns up – only to be removed from the courtroom after arguing with the judge.
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Killing Fields video evidence ‘builds case for war crimes’
Footage of alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka, with its echoes of Srebrenica, means the international community is more likely to act, a top lawyer tells Channel 4 News. But is prosecution possible?
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Mladic rejects ‘obnoxious’ war crimes charges
Appearing at The Hague for the first time, General Mladic dismisses the war crimes charges against him as “obnoxious” and claims “I just defended my people and my country”.
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Mladic faces genocide charges at war crimes tribunal
Ratko Mladic will be formally charged with genocide when he faces a war crimes tribunal for the first time at The Hague. His lawyer says he’s been treated in a prison hospital.
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Mladic war crimes trial raises questions for the West
As Ratko Mladic is finally brought before the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Anthony Tucker-Jones – a former Defence Intelligence official – looks at the failures of the West in the Balkans.
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Mladic spends first night in custody for war crimes
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, flown to Rotterdam on Tuesday to face a war crimes tribunal in The Hague, has spent his first night in custody.
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Mladic: another step towards an international rule of law?
Mladic, one of the last cards in the pack of wanted Balkan war criminals, will face justice before the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia. What can the ICC learn from this?
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Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’ is ‘Srebrenica moment’
The former UN spokesman in Sri Lanka Gordon Weiss tells Channel 4 News that a leaked UN report into “credible allegations” of war crimes represent Sri Lanka’s “Srebrenica moment”.
