Lindsey Hilsum
From Rwanda to Aleppo: a history of inaction
Every few hours I check my Whatsapp feed from the doctors in East Aleppo. They post videos of injured children and a combination of eyewitness news and desperate messages.
Search results for ‘International Criminal Tribunal’
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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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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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‘Completely clear’ crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine, Milosevic prosecutor says
We spoke to leading human rights lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice, who led the prosecution of the former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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Alex Thomson
Genocide: a term we use too often or not enough
“For 30 years I said nothing. But now, if these children meet someone who denies the Holocaust they can say, ‘No – Solly Irving came to see us. He stood before us. He told us’.”
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Lindsey Hilsum
Delusions or lies? Radovan Karadzic as ‘man of peace’
Radovan Karadzic wants a Hague court to believe he is a man of peace. But what matters, says Lindsey Hilsum, is that the tribunal leaves us with a definitive version of what happened in the former Yugoslavia.
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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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Why do war crime trials drag on longer than the war?
Solicitor Advocate Roger Sahota (photo below) was involved in the trial of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor. He gives his opinion about why Ratko Mladic’s trial could last more than three years.
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Mladic trial begins in The Hague
Ratko Mladic begins his trial at The Hague accused of 11 crimes, including genocide. Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson is in court to witness the start of the trial.
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Mladic loses extradition appeal
A Serbian court rejects an appeal against the extradition of Ratko Mladic, allowing the former Bosnian-Serb general to be tried in the Hague for war crimes.
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Ratko Mladic appeals extradition
Former Bosnian Serb army general Ratko Mladic could be sent to The Hague within four days to face charges of genocide, yet today his lawyer appealed against his extradition.
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The history we're missing: stories in Africa
With uprisings sweeping the Middle East, and fugitive killers like Osama bin Laden and Ratko Mladic captured, this is a historic year. Lindsey Hilsum looks at the historic stories that are being missed.
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The memory of Srebrenica fades – but never goes away
Lindsey Hilsum blogs on why the memory of Srebrenicia will never go away: “Ten years ago I met Hasan Nuhanovic, a survivor of the massacre at Srebrenica.”
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Meeting Mladic: Alex Thomson’s 1995 encounter
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson talks to General Ratko Mladic in September 1995, where he denies Bosnian-Serb forces massacred civilians in Sarajevo and Srebrenica.
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Ratko Mladic arrested by Serbian police
The arrest of Ratko Mladic is a “huge moment”, former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells Channel 4 News, as the 16-year hunt for the Bosnian war crimes suspect draws to an end.
