http://www.newscloud.com/section/criminals Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:15:28 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us http://www.newscloud.com/read/Former_Yugoslav_Army_Chief_on_Trial_for_Srebrenica_Genocide A former Yugoslav army chief goes on trial Wednesday for his role in atrocities during Srebrenica genocide and siege of Sarajevo. Prosecutors have charged Perisic with 13 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out by his subordinates including murder, extermination, persecution and attacking civilians. His indictment charges him with failing to investigate or punish Yugoslav army officers linked to the 1995 murder of 8,000 Bosniak men, elderly, and children in the U.N. safe haven of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, the Sarajevo siege and the May 1995 shelling of the Croatian capital, Zagreb.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Srebrenica_Genocide_Architect_Radovan_Karadzic_Abuses_Court_to_Mock_Justice Indicted Srebrenica genocide architect, Radovan Karadzic, is not interested in a fair trial at International Criminal Tribunal. The only thing he is interested in is to put up his last show and use the Court as a political platform. It's time for Judges to wake up and stop criminals like Karadzic from disrespecting the Court and insulting the victims. If judges continue to tolerate Karadzic's inappropriate behavior, then the Court's credibility will be at stake.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Slovenian_Linked_to_Srebrenica_Genocide_Killings Slovenian living in Bosnia under a false identity is suspected of having taken part in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, local media reported. The Prosecutor's Office in Sarajevo demanded an investigation into 10 people suspected of participating in the massacre in which more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim children and men were executed in July 1995.

]]> http://www.newscloud.com/read/Top_Bush_aides_directed_torture_from_the_White_House Speaking to the WSWS, Francis Boyle, a professor of international law and human rights at the University of Illinois, said, "Clearly this was criminal activity at the time they committed it. At the very least, it violated the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture, the War Crimes Act, and the federal anti-torture statutes. Clearly these would be impeachable offenses."

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