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A civilian is killed and another is critically injured during clashes between Al-Qassam Brigades' supporters and Palestinian authorities outside a police station in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, following the arrest of two militants.
2022-09-20

Human Rights Watch, an independent human rights group, says that it has documented allegations of war crimes perpetrated by Russian forces in Ukraine against civilians, including rape, summary execution, and looting of civilian properties.
2022-04-3

Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls on the Ethiopian government to investigate an airstrike on a school being used as an IDP camp in Dedebit, which killed at least 57 people. HRW describes the bombing as a war crime.
2022-03-24

U.S. Department of State spokesperson Ned Price condemns retaliatory attacks on civilians "whether by organized military or security forces or by rogue elements". Previously, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had warned of ongoing crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
2021-07-12

The International Criminal Court announces that it will pave the way for investigations into alleged war crimes in Palestinian territories. Israel and groups like Hamas could be investigated.
2021-02-5

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda announces she will launch a full investigation into allegations of war crimes in the Palestinian territories.
2019-12-20

Human Rights Watch calls the attack a war crime and says both Russia and Syria may bear criminal responsibility.
2018-04-9

Former Congolese Vice President and warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba, sentenced last year by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to 18 years in prison for war crimes, is given an additional 12 months and fined 300,000 euros for bribing witnesses during an earlier ICC trial. The court also handed jail terms and fines for alleged interference in his trial to members of his legal team.
2017-03-22

The Israeli Defense Forces kill two Palestinians terrorists in Gaza who were attempting to cross the border fence, after an exchange of gunfire. Israel closes four settlements, Route 323 and schools as a result of the incident.
2010-06-1

Human Rights Watch tells Hamas to stop executions in Gaza after Hamas courts sentence 16 people to death in 2009 and this year, including eight convicted of alleged “treason”.
2010-04-7