ANKARA (AA) – A “strong” arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Syria’s deposed leader Bashar Assad is “just a matter of time,” says an international affairs expert. Levent Ersin Oralli, an academic at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, said that Syrian ousted leader Bashar Assad clearly...
ANKARA (AA) – Following the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime, families who identified their loved ones in photographs taken by a whistleblower codenamed “Caesar” showing victims tortured to death by the regime hope that legal proceedings will ensure justice for the perpetrators. With the collapse of the tyrannical Ba’ath regi...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Rohingya refugees in Bangladeshi camps have expressed support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Burma’s military leader over crimes committed against their community. The chief prosecutor of the ICC, Karim Khan, had on Wednesday filed for an arres...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s attacks on Friday in the northern Gaza Strip. A medical source told Anadolu that 10 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Beit Lahia town. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that another airstrike hit a [&h...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spain on Thursday announced a €1.6 million ($1.7 million) funding boost for the International Criminal Court (ICC). “We want international law, not impunity, to prevail,” Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told the Spanish parliament, adding that Madrid is now among the court’s top 10 financial backers. Albares add...
BRUSSELS (AA) – All EU member states “are under an obligation to execute arrest warrants issued by the ICC,” EU spokesperson Peter Stano has said in a written statement, specifically noting the warrants issued for two top Israeli officials in the ongoing war on Gaza. The International Criminal Court (ICC), in a landmark move last [&helli...
ATHENS (AA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has announced his office seeks arrest warrant for the Burmese junta chief over the deportation and persecution of Rohingya Muslims. “After an extensive, independent and impartial investigation, my Office has concluded that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Senior ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US defended its differing stances on the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Russian and Israeli officials, asserting that the two cases are fundamentally distinct. “I don’t think there is any equivalence between the case that the ICC has brought against Russia and the case tha...
ATHENS (AA) – EU member states should fulfill their obligations under international law by complying with the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, says the EU foreign policy chief. Stressing that all EU members are parties to the Rome Convention, which founded the International Crimi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant plans to travel to Washington despite an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes in Gaza, according to Israeli media. Israel’s Army Radio said Gallant will hold talks with US security officials during his visit. No date was gi...
