Crime & Justice

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  Crime & Justice

  2022-01-06

  Eyrlou's death casts new light on Houthis' divisions

  The recent death of Iran's ambassador to the Houthis also has brought to light growing friction between the group and its backer, Iran.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-12-17

  Brutal killing of Syrian special needs teen by Russian troops sparks outrage

  Russian troops shot the 16-year-old and then ran over his body. They say they thought he was a terrorist, but the young man was known to the soldiers, and the brutality of the killing is suspect.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-12-13

  Houthis, IRGC have turned Sanaa into a 'military zone'

  The presence of arms depots and workshops in Sanaa, and of military advisors from Iran's IRGC and Lebanese Hizbullah, is putting the city's civilian population at great risk.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-12-06

  Iraq's Yazidis to hold 2nd mass funeral for ISIS victims

  A United Nations investigative team is building case-files documenting ISIS crimes that prosecutors can use to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-12-03

  Syrian officer accused of overseeing 58 murders on trial in Germany

  Former Syrian intelligence officer Anwar Raslan is also accused of orchestrating the torture of 4,000 people, using rape, sexual abuse and electric shocks as tools of delivering pain and abuse.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-11-30

  Iraqi ISIS element handed life sentence for Yazidi genocide

  The verdict, handed down by a German court, is the first worldwide to use the label of genocide to describe ISIS crimes against Iraq's Yazidis.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-11-08

  Iranian dissident's 2019 assassination in Turkey spotlights regime brutality overseas

  Massoud Molavi-Vardanjani, an Iranian scientist who worked for the IRGC and was killed in Turkey, had information about the regime's missile activities and corrupt practices.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-10-19

  Houthi land mines: Yemen's constant nightmare

  Over 1,400 individuals have been killed by land mines in the past three years alone, while more than 4.5 million Yemenis were disabled in land mine explosions as of March 2020.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-10-14

  Ammonium nitrate investigation ignites violent protests in Lebanon

  Violence erupted at a Beirut rally organised by Hizbullah and Amal to demand the dismissal of the judge who is investigating the port blast.

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  Crime & Justice

  2021-10-08

  China seen as new centre for Iran's money-laundering operations

  China has been providing Iran cover for various money laundering and illegal activities as the ties between the two regimes deepen after the 25-year agreement was signed in March.