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29 December 2021 - NPWJ News Digest on international criminal justice
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Escalation in Yemen ‘worst in years’ – UN top envoy
UN News, 28 Dec 2021
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said on Tuesday that a recent military escalation in the country is “among the worst” in years and increasingly putting civilians in crosshairs. A continued offensive on Ma’rib, where at least 35,000 people have been forced to flee since September, and unabated missile attacks on the governorate are causing civilian casualties, damage to civilian objects and mass displacement.
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How Ethiopia’s Conflict Deepened in 2021
Foreign Policy, 27 Dec 2021
Ethiopia’s civil war, which began in November 2020, has escalated and taken multiple turns throughout 2021 as government forces battle rebels from the country’s former dominant party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). What was initially presented by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as a swift “police action” has turned into a protracted conflict involving the presence of troops from Ethiopia’s former enemy, Eritrea, and allegations and compelling evidence of war crimes committed by all parties.
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French-Syrian man arrested in France over chemical weapons parts in Syria
France 24, 27 Dec 2021
A French-Syrian man has been detained by French police on suspicion of supplying components for the manufacture of chemical weapons in Syria through his shipping company, sources briefed on the case told AFP Sunday. He has been held on suspicion of "conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, accessory to crimes against humanity and accessory to war crimes," a judicial source told AFP.
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Myanmar army kills more than 30 on Christmas Eve ‘massacre’: human rights group
The New York Post, 26 Dec 2021
More than 30 — including women and children –were fatally shot in Myanmar on Christmas Eve by junta soldiers who then burned the bodies, according to a human rights group and opponents of Myanmar’s military. “As the world celebrates Christmas and its message of peace, the NUG repeats its demands on the international community to act immediately and decisively to end the military junta’s escalating war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Myanmar people,” the opposition party National Unity Government said in a statement.
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Majority of UN members back war crimes probe against Israel
Middle East Monitor, 25 Dec 2021
A majority of 125 countries in the UN General Assembly backed on Thursday an unprecedented open-ended war crimes probe against Israel, news agencies reported. The probe was initially approved in May by UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the aftermath of the Israeli aggression on Gaza that took place in May 2021. The UNGA vote came after Israel asked to amend the UNHRC budget resolution so that the money for the probe be excluded from the overall UNHRC budget.
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India: Hindu event calling for genocide of Muslims sparks outrage
Al Jazeera, 24 Dec 2021
Videos showing Hindu religious leaders in India calling for genocide against Muslims have sparked outrage and prompted demands for action. Indian police said on Friday they had launched a hate-speech investigation into last week’s event in Haridwar, in northern Uttarakhand state, in which participants called for the mass killings and use of weapons against Muslims.
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