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"All Fighting-Age Males Killed": UK Special Forces Probed For War Crimes
An inquiry into the actions of British special forces in Afghanistan has uncovered allegations of extrajudicial killings and efforts to cover up unlawful actions during the war.
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Cases Of Islamophobia Tripled In UK Since Israel-Hamas War In Gaza: Study
Anti-Muslim hate incidents in the UK more than tripled following the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, a monitoring group said Thursday.
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UK To Host Key Meet To Discuss Alleged War Crimes In Ukraine
The UK will host a meeting of justice ministers in March to discuss ways to support the International Criminal Court's investigation of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the government said Saturday.
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UK Says Russian Military Commanders To Be Held Accountable For War Crimes
Russian military commanders as well as people at the very top of the Russian government will be held to account for any war crimes in Ukraine, Britain's armed forces minister said on Thursday.
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US, UK Embassies In Afghanistan Accuse Taliban Of Possible War Crimes
The US and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a charge denied by the insurgents.
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UK Government And Military Covered Up War Crimes: Report
The UK government and military covered up credible evidence of war crimes by British soldiers against civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an investigation by the BBC and the Sunday Times.
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UAE Accuses Qatar Of Being Behind 'War Crimes' Complaint
A group calling itself the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK said on Monday it was taking the UAE to the ICC to investigate allegations of war crimes by the UAE in Yemen. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has also accused Qatar of being responsible
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Cheeky 11-Year-Old Accuses Teacher Of 'War Crime' In Viral Feedback Form
An 11-year-old girl in the UK has won major love online and also two cones of ice cream after her answer in a feedback form about her teachers went viral. In her form, not happy with her teachers' use of "collective punishment", Ava Bell, from Glasgow, accused them of "war crime" by citing the Geneva Conventions.
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More Than 1,07,000 Sign UK Petition for Arrest of Israeli Prime Minister
More than 107,000 people have signed a British petition calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrested for war crimes when he visits London this week for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
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UK finally pardons computer pioneer Alan Turing
Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...
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Was LTTE chief's son interrogated before being shot dead?
A documentary on Sri Lankan war crimes, which shows the dead body of a young boy with five bullet wounds in his chest - who is allegedly the son of LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran - has claimed that the boy was interrogated about his father's whereabouts before being shot dead. The documentary, to be aired on Channel 4 in UK this week, says ther...
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After documentary on Lanka 'war crimes', UK calls for probe
The British government said on Wednesday it is shocked by a documentary that purportedly shows Sri Lankan troops committing war crimes, and warned that it will back international action unless the island nation shows progress with an investigation this year.Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was "shocked by the horrific scenes" in the do...
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"All Fighting-Age Males Killed": UK Special Forces Probed For War Crimes
An inquiry into the actions of British special forces in Afghanistan has uncovered allegations of extrajudicial killings and efforts to cover up unlawful actions during the war.
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Cases Of Islamophobia Tripled In UK Since Israel-Hamas War In Gaza: Study
Anti-Muslim hate incidents in the UK more than tripled following the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, a monitoring group said Thursday.
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UK To Host Key Meet To Discuss Alleged War Crimes In Ukraine
The UK will host a meeting of justice ministers in March to discuss ways to support the International Criminal Court's investigation of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the government said Saturday.
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UK Says Russian Military Commanders To Be Held Accountable For War Crimes
Russian military commanders as well as people at the very top of the Russian government will be held to account for any war crimes in Ukraine, Britain's armed forces minister said on Thursday.
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US, UK Embassies In Afghanistan Accuse Taliban Of Possible War Crimes
The US and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern Afghanistan by carrying out revenge murders of civilians, a charge denied by the insurgents.
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UK Government And Military Covered Up War Crimes: Report
The UK government and military covered up credible evidence of war crimes by British soldiers against civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an investigation by the BBC and the Sunday Times.
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UAE Accuses Qatar Of Being Behind 'War Crimes' Complaint
A group calling itself the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK said on Monday it was taking the UAE to the ICC to investigate allegations of war crimes by the UAE in Yemen. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has also accused Qatar of being responsible
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Cheeky 11-Year-Old Accuses Teacher Of 'War Crime' In Viral Feedback Form
An 11-year-old girl in the UK has won major love online and also two cones of ice cream after her answer in a feedback form about her teachers went viral. In her form, not happy with her teachers' use of "collective punishment", Ava Bell, from Glasgow, accused them of "war crime" by citing the Geneva Conventions.
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More Than 1,07,000 Sign UK Petition for Arrest of Israeli Prime Minister
More than 107,000 people have signed a British petition calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to arrested for war crimes when he visits London this week for talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
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UK finally pardons computer pioneer Alan Turing
Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
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Blair admits being too close to Murdoch
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a press ethics inquiry on Monday that he got too close to Rupert Murdoch's media empire, in evidence disrupted by a protester calling him a "war criminal". A middle-aged man burst into the courtroom where the Leveson Inquiry is held and shouted "this man should be arrested for war crimes" while Blair wa...
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Was LTTE chief's son interrogated before being shot dead?
A documentary on Sri Lankan war crimes, which shows the dead body of a young boy with five bullet wounds in his chest - who is allegedly the son of LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran - has claimed that the boy was interrogated about his father's whereabouts before being shot dead. The documentary, to be aired on Channel 4 in UK this week, says ther...
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After documentary on Lanka 'war crimes', UK calls for probe
The British government said on Wednesday it is shocked by a documentary that purportedly shows Sri Lankan troops committing war crimes, and warned that it will back international action unless the island nation shows progress with an investigation this year.Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was "shocked by the horrific scenes" in the do...
