News of crimes

Ex-Colombia president Uribe denies blame for killings

17-08-2021 13:36 Colombia's military carried out at least 6,400 extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2008, during Uribe's presidency, a special court investigating nation's decades-long armed conflict concluded in June.

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.

ICC opens Israeli-Palestinians war crimes probe

03-03-2021 14:57 Palestinian authorities hail decision by ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open probe into alleged war crimes, a move Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu describes as "the essence of anti-Semitism."

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.

Crimes at dictatorship death camp finally make it to trial

24-10-2020 09:02 Pozo de Banfield was one of the first clandestine detention centres to be identified by survivors of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. More than 40 years on, the crimes perpetrated there are finally heading for trial.

by Luciana Bertoia

UN vote on Venezuela opens up faultline in Frente de Todos

10-10-2020 09:32 Argentina throws support behind a UN human rights report in Venezuela, sparking criticism from Kirchnerite figures and the resignation of key ambassador.

Former Spanish minister questioned by local judge over Franco-era deaths

04-09-2020 14:20 Rodolfo Martín Villa, 85, served as Spain's interior minister in the late 1970s. On Thursday, during a five-hour session, he testified over his alleged role in 12 deaths during Spain's transition to democracy.

Ex-Spanish minister to testify over Franco-era deaths before Argentine judge

03-09-2020 17:06 Rodolfo Martín Villa, 85, who served as Spain's interior minister in the late 1970s, will testify from the Argentine Embassy in Madrid, answering questions from Buenos Aires over alleged role in 12 violent deaths dating back to end of Franco dictatorship.

Quarantined Argentines use balconies, networks to remember 1976 coup

24-03-2020 16:51 Today marks the anniversary of the 1976 military coup, but with a mandatory quarantine in place to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, Argentines are finding other ways to mark the day.