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International Criminal Court won’t kill Lord’s Resistance Army members

March 19, 2013 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network Leave a Comment

Hague: International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued a message to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) stating that Human Rights of surrendered members will not be violated. In 2005, ICC judges had issued arrests for top commanders of LRA including Joseph Kony, Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen, for crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed [...]

Filed Under: Africa, Conflicts Tagged With: Dominic Ongwen, International Criminal Court, Joseph Kony, Lord’s Resistance Army, Okot Odhiambo, Uganda

Former Rwandan Planning Minister Augustin Ngirabatware convicted for genocide by ICTR

December 21, 2012 by (FINN) Frontier India News Network Leave a Comment

Former Rwanda Finance Minister Augustin Ngirabatware

Kigali: Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has announced conviction of Augustin Ngirabatware, a former government minister in Rwanda. Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) stated “Today the judges of Trial Chamber [...]

Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: Augustin Bizimana, Augustin Ngirabatware, Felicien Kabuga, ICTR, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow, Justice William Sekule, Kigali, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda, U.N. Security Council by Resolution 955

Oloitiptip, Cherono win TCS World 10K, Suresh Patel, Sudha Singh Indian champs

Bangalore: Kenyans Alex Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono ran brave races in contrasting weather conditions to win the overall men’s and women’s titles of the Tata Consultancy World 10K Bangalore 2013, the World’s Premier 10K Run, which concluded at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, here, on Sunday. The 23-year-old Oloitiptip, not among the pre-race favourites, but with [...]

Nirbhaya effect : Chhattisgarh women to learn self defence from Bollywood trainer

Raipur: The horrific Delhi Gang Rape case has not been forgotten as various states and organisations are gearing up for women empowerment. Spearheaded by Bollywood martial arts trainer Chitah Yajnesh Shetty, women in 12 districts of Chhattisgarh will begin learning self defence programs from May and it will continue through-out June 2013. Yajnesh’s outfit Chitah [...]

Boris Becker launches Mercedes-Benz GL-Class in India

New Delhi: Mercedes-Benz India on Thursday unveiled its new GL-Class in India. Launched by legendary tennis star Boris Becker, the GL-Class sets new standards in comfort, dynamics, safety, elegance and efficiency. In addition to space, comfort, design, and off road capabilities, the new GL-Class features a full 360 degree surround camera. Eberhard Kern, MD and [...]

Second suspect in the rape of a 5-year old Delhi girl arrested in Bihar

Delhi: A second suspect has been arrested in connection of brutal rape and attempted strangulation of a 5 year old girl in the city (read Rapist of Delhi 5 yr old arrested, 3 cops suspended). Pradeep Kumar was arrested from Lakhi Sarai district of Bihar state, in a coordinated effort with Bihar Police. Delhi Police [...]