Saturday, 27 July , 2024

War crimes

Mosul: One year on

After ISIL, a city still in ruins. by Tom Peyre-Costa 6 Jul 2018 More than 380,000 people are still displaced in and around Mosul as the city...

UN panel cites massive war crimes in US-backed war on Yemen

By Bill Van Auken 29 August 2018 A draft report prepared by a United Nations human rights panel has spelled out in detail the massive...

SSM Statement on the Liberation of Eastern Ghouta

The complete liberation of Eastern Ghouta is imminent.   Just as during the liberation of Aleppo, western governments and mainstream media inflated the numbers of trapped...

Iraqi Sources Place Real Death Toll In US-Led Siege Of Mosul...

by Bill Van Auken www.countercurrents.org According to intelligence reports from Iraq, the US-led massacre in Mosul has claimed a staggeringly higher toll of Iraqi civilian lives...

US Crimes in Iraq

Iraqi forces, leading a vigorous battle to liberate Mosul from ISIS, has been exposed torturing and abusing their captives suspected of having terrorists links,...

In Britain it is a serious crime to kill one person,...

Tony Blair prosecution over Iraq war blocked by judges Tony Blair should not face prosecution for his role in the 2003 Iraq war, the high...

Iraq: Execution Site Near Mosul’s Old City

Published in www.hrw.org Investigate, Punish Those Responsible for Any War Crimes (Beirut) – International observers have discovered an execution site in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...

Mercy? No: Photographer reveals Iraqi forces’ abuse of captives

Successfully fleeing ISIS-held Mosul does not necessarily guarantee safety and an end to the misery for Iraqi civilians, especially for military-age males, according to...

‘Torture for fun’: Iraqi forces filmed executing hospital employee suspected of...

Details of the gruesome murder of a hospital employee by members of an elite Iraqi counter-terrorist unit have been shared by photographer Ali Arkady,...

Iraq: US-Trained Forces Linked to Mosul War Crimes

Published in www.hrw.org US Should End Support for Abusive Iraqi 16th Division (Beirut) – An Iraqi army division trained by the United States government allegedly executed...