Tag: International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan

• Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 21:26 UTC

  ICC Chief Prosecutor addresses Venezuela's human rights crisis

  

  International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan Monday demanded that Venezuelan authorities release all adolescents and other political prisoners held after protests erupted following the controversial July 28 elections where President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner despite failing to produce any documentation attesting thereto while the opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) published the minutes of 83% of the voting stations proving that their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had triumphed.

• Thursday, November 21st 2024 - 13:43 UTC

  ICC issues arrest warrants against Israel's PM and others

  

  The International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday issued arrest warrants against
  Israel's Primer Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, for crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, it was announced at The Hague. The measure was in acquiescense to Chief Prosecutor Karin Khan's request filed back in May. Khan had also sought warrants for two other senior Hamas figures, Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, who have since been killed by Israeli forces.