Tag: War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Blinken Resists Push to Label Russia a Terrorist State
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate supports it unanimously. So does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with Ukraine’s president,…
Reunited in Bucha, a Ukrainian Family Comes to Terms With War’s Traumas
BUCHA, Ukraine — For the first time since the war began, the Stanislavchuk family was together again.Yehor was…
Is the World Really Falling Apart, or Does It Just Feel That Way?
Has the world entered a time of unusual turbulence, or does it just feel that way?Scanning the headlines,…
Investigators of War Crimes in Ukraine Face Formidable Challenges
KOROPY, Ukraine — Four men tugged at long strips of fabric to lift a coffin out of the…
Trapped by Russian Forces, Ukrainians Waited a Month in a Basement
YAHIDNE, Ukraine — More than two months after the residents of Yahidne kicked down the bolted basement door…
Gina Haspel Observed Waterboarding at C.I.A. Black Site, Psychologist Testifies
WASHINGTON — During Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing to become director of the C.I.A. in 2018, Senator Dianne Feinstein…
China Spins U.N. Human Rights Chief’s Visit as Propaganda
The news was given prime placement in Chinese state media: The United Nations’ human rights chief, on her…
New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha
This article contains images of graphic violence.BUCHA, Ukraine — It is the last time the men would be…
Sisters Recount Escape From Mariupol as Russians Closed In
Vera and Nicole thought they had endured the worst of the war as Russia besieged their city, Mariupol,…
In Ukraine War, a Long Journey Begins in Prosecuting Rape
She is appealing to other countries that are party to the international court to consider opening their own…
On the Trail of Russian War Crimes
KYIV, Ukraine — When Lyudmyla Denisova became Ukraine’s human rights commissioner four years ago, a job that she…
Former C.I.A.-Run Prison Emerges as a New Front in Guantánamo’s Legal Saga
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — Its very existence was a secret at first. Camp 7 housed detainees considered by…