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OSCE: Serbia war crimes prosecutions inadequate, incomplete

October 29, 2015 08:46:52 AM

Serbia has yet to completely investigate and adequately prosecute war crimes that occurred in the 1990s conflict, according to a report released Tuesday by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) . The...

October 20, 2015 09:59:01 AM

Former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of war crimes he allegedly committed against prisoners of war in 1992. Prosecutors charged Oric in August for his alleged involvement in...

September 10, 2015 10:13:20 AM

Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The suspects are charged with war crimes ...

September 8, 2015 10:26:22 AM

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday announced the arrest of four individuals who are linked to war crimes committed during the nation's conflict in the early 1990s. Investigations...

August 28, 2015 08:36:56 AM

Serbian prosecutors on Thursday charged former Bosnian Army general Naser Oric with war crimes against prisoners of war in 1992. Oric is accused of involvment in the killing of three Bosnian Serb prisoners of war in the...

August 26, 2015 07:10:46 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist Dimas Kuncoro Jati, of Gadjah Mada University, discusses the separatist movement in the West Papua and estimates its chances of exercising secession from Indonesia under the Kosovo scenario ... West Papua separatists are allegedly trying to seek...

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Kosovo approves new war crimes court

August 5, 2015 10:01:46 AM

Kosovo's Parliament approved the creation of a war crimes court on Monday which will investigate alleged war crimes committed by ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 guerrilla war. Members of parliament also passed laws to create the office...

July 5, 2015 02:23:55 PM

Serbia on Saturday reportedly asked Russia to veto a British UN Security Council resolution that would call the incident during the Bosnian War in which 8000 Muslim men were murdered genocide. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic...

May 30, 2015 10:22:27 AM

Croatia's parliament on Friday passed a law that grants compensation to victims of rape during the country's war of independence from Yugoslavia more than 20 years ago. Despite its lateness, the move has been hailed as an important step...

May 26, 2015 11:54:38 AM

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday ordered Serbia's justice ministry to return Vojislav Seselj , ailing alleged war criminal, to his detention cell immediately. Seselj had been held in The...

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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.