The two reporters, U Wa Lone, 33, and U Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, who received the Pulitzer Prize, were to serve seven years in prison.
Tag: War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims
Activists, who say the city knew about the mass grave for slaughtered Jews, ask why a permit was issued.
The Son Protested the Dictator. The Father Helped Throw Him Out.
Lt. Gen. Salah Abdelkhalig is now among the most powerful men in Sudan, having ousted former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir at the urging of protesters like the general’s son.
The Revolutionary Force Behind Sudan’s Protest Movement? Doctors
A prescription for change: When Omar Hassan al-Bashir came to power in 1989, doctors were among the first to resist. Three decades later, they are at the forefront of the movement that toppled him.
Sri Lankans Accuse Him of Wartime Atrocities. California May Decide.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa oversaw the final stages of a civil war that ended in 2009. He could be liable for civil damages if American judges find him guilty of murder and torture.
Ousted Sudanese President al-Bashir Moved to Prison
The authoritarian leader, who ruled for three decades and is wanted by the International Criminal Court, is jailed in the capital, Khartoum.
Can the Holocaust Be Forgiven? Bolsonaro Says Yes, Drawing Israelis’ Ire
“We can forgive, but we cannot forget,” the Brazilian president told evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro. Israel said he was in no position to offer such forgiveness.
Sudan’s Feared Intelligence Chief Resigns in Another Victory for Protesters
Demonstrators, who remain encamped in large numbers outside the country’s military headquarters, had called for his brutal agency to be dismantled.
Thugs and Extremists Join Battle for Tripoli, Complicating Libyan Fray
Radical Islamists and criminal gangs fighting Gen. Khalifa Hifter alarm the West, which may cast him as the lesser evil.
Declassified U.S. Documents Reveal Details About Argentina’s Dictatorship
The massive cache of declassified documents shows American intelligence official grew unnerved by the brutality of Argentina’s military rulers.