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One of Trump's most contentious sanctions decisions remains firmly in place: the use of measures usually reserved for dictators and terrorists against the staff of the International Criminal Court.
ICC Announces War Crimes Investigation Into Israel
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Building of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in 2019 (Photo credit: OSeveno/Wikimedia Commons/under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license)
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced on March 3 that they are officially launching a war crimes investigation into Israel over the treatment of Palestinians.
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement that the investigation would focus on June 2014 onward, a month before the beginning of Operation Protective Edge but a day after Hamas kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teenagers.
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Pakistan approached United Nations Security Council for basic expense for 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Lakshar-e-Taiba s leader Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Mahmood Sultan Bashiruddin, a Pakistani nuclear engineer
At the United Nations Human Rights Council, India has highlighted Pakistan is providing pensions to United Nations-listed terrorists even as New Delhi expressed concerns over Islamabad s continued support to cross border terror.
Indian diplomat at the Indian mission in UN, Geneva Pawan Badhe said, The members of this Council are well aware that Pakistan has provided pensions to dreaded and listed terrorists out of state funds and has the dubious distinction of hosting the largest number of terrorists proscribed by the United Nations.
SL plan to bury Muslim virus victims on islet sparks outcry
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March 4, 2021
COLOMBO: A plan by Sri Lanka to bury Muslim coronavirus victims on a remote islet was slammed on Wednesday by locals and the minority community.
Colombo banned burials of Covid-19 victims in April, despite expert assurances they would not spread the virus, implementing a policy of forced cremations.
Sri Lanka’s Muslims, who make up 10 per cent of its 21 million people, challenged the policy, pointing out that cremations are forbidden under Islamic law.
The policy was revoked last week after a visit from Prime Minister Imran Khan, who urged Colombo to respect Muslims’ religious funeral rites. And on Tuesday, officials proposed burying Muslim virus victims on the remote islet of Iranaitivu, 8.6 miles (13 kilometres) off the country’s northern coast. That plan sparked protests from locals as well as from Muslim leaders. On Wednesday dozens of Tamil residents, led by Catholic priests, demon