GERMAN COURTS: NY-based rights group pushes war crimes probe
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An American civil rights group filed a criminal complaint in Germany on Tuesday alleging Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other US officials condoned torture and human rights violations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
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A prominent Jewish rights group on Monday gave Germany an "inadequate" rating for the first time for sluggish prosecution of suspected Nazi war criminals after previously topping the annual rankings of 26 nations.
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The militant Shiite group Hezbollah committed war crimes in its deliberate targeting of civilians in the recent conflict with Israel, Amnesty International said in a report.
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Human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France alleging that former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld allowed torture at U.S.-run detention centers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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LONDON -- The Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah committed war crimes in its conflict with Israel by targeting civilians with rockets packed with metal ball bearings, rights group Amnesty International said today.
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Europe's top human rights  court started hearing charges on Thursday of human rights  violations leveled against Norway by nearly 160 children of a  Nazi program aimed at creating an "Aryan elite."
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A possible visit to Germany by Donald Rumsfeld may be at risk over a move to indict him there for war crimes.
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KARLSRUHE, Germany - Investigators were trying to build a case yesterday against a handful of suspects beyond the three arrested in connection with a foiled terrorist attack by Islamic militants, and German officials prepared to debate whether security services should be given wider surveillance powers.
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A MOROCCAN accused of helping the September 11 hijackers was part of a group which approved of Hitler&#39;s attempted extermination of the Jews, a court heard yesterday.
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An Iranian government-sponsored body set up to probe the veracity of the Holocaust has challenged Europe to hand over documents about the mass slaughter of Jews in World War II.
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STRASBOURG, France - Europe's top human rights court started hearing charges on Thursday of human rights violations leveled against Norway by nearly 160 children of a Nazi program aimed at creating an "Aryan ...Comment
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A US human rights group urged German prosecutors Tuesday to investigate accusations that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior US officers are guilty of war crimes over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
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U.N. prosecutors opened their war crimes case against three members of the Kosovo Liberation Army Monday, promising to call on witnesses to prove charges against the first ethnic Albanians to face the Hague ...
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A group representing thousands of children of Holocaust survivors filed a class-action lawsuit against the German government Monday, demanding that Germany pay for their psychiatric care.
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Rights groups on Saturday slammed the "absurd" exoneration of Egyptian police in the killing of 27 Sudanese refugees in Cairo, calling on the second anniversary of the deaths for a new investigation.
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An international rights group said it  knows of more prisoners dying in U.S. military custody in  Afghanistan and called on Washington to reveal details of the  cases.
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International courts tackling war crimes should focus on the most serious allegations and only allow accused to represent themselves if they can fulfill the role, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.