News of crimes

Decades on, the Grandmothers’ search for stolen children continues

06-10-2022 00:07 The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo are getting older, and every day, their hopes of finding their missing relatives are fading.

Venezuela rejects UN report alleging crimes against humanity

26-09-2022 21:31 UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela said last week that military and state intelligence services were part of a scheme "supported by senior authorities" to stifle opposition dissent.

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

Miguel Etchecolatz, unrepentant dictatorship-era torturer and killer, dies at 93

03-07-2022 15:06 Former Buenos Aires provincial police chief, recipient of nine life sentences for crimes against humanity dating back to Argentina’s brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship, dies aged 93.

Santiago del Estero: Police ‘slayings, tortures, threats’ to be reported to UN

11-04-2022 16:03 According to a report set to be presented by opposition politicians to the United Nations, alleged crimes were committed in 2020 and 2021. "Police harassment" has also been denounced, with the provincial government held responsible.

Fury over alleged war crimes in Ukraine has been swift – justice likely won't be

08-04-2022 23:56 Ukrainian investigators began to exhume a mass grave in Bucha on Friday, opening the early stages of what police say will be a war crimes case targeting Russian troops who occupied the Kyiv commuter town.

UN, ICC warn Russia over possible war crimes in Ukraine

11-03-2022 15:25 United Nations and International Criminal Court warn Russia that attacks that target civilians could amount to war crimes.

Brazil senators back criminal charges against Bolsonaro

27-10-2021 12:42 A Brazilian Senate commission approved a damning report on Tuesday that recommends criminal charges be brought against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his Covid policies.

Court sentences duo to more than 20 years in jail for rape of prisoners at ESMA

13-08-2021 21:01 Two already convicted human rights offenders from the 1976-1983 military dictatorship receive additional sentences for sexual crimes committed at ex-ESMA Navy Mechanics School.

Supreme Court confirms 25-year prison term for BA Province minister's torturer

06-07-2021 16:47 Supreme Court confirms 25-year prison sentence against former Santa Fe provincial policeman Mario Alfredo 'Cura' Marcote, one of the torturers of current Buenos Aires Province Health Minister Daniel Gollán during the military dictatorship.

Germany convicts Syrian in landmark torture trial

24-02-2021 08:52 German court convicts former Syrian intelligence service agent for complicity in crimes against humanity, in the first court case worldwide over state-sponsored torture by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Charlie was my darling

20-02-2021 07:40 A selection of purely personal memories and perceptions of Carlos Menem, including some that differ from conventional wisdom.

by Michael Soltys