Sentences with phrase «from war crimes»

A 1995 article in the New York Times reveals that the US Army granted immunity from war crimes prosecution to the doctors involved.

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The International Criminal Court has said US forces may have committed war crimes in Afghanistan through the «cruel or violent» interrogation of detainees, mostly from 2003 to 2004.

He resisted taking Trump seriously for months, but in February he delivered a blistering 20 - minute takedown covering everything from Trump's business failures and his call for killing terrorist family members («That is the front runner for the Republican nomination advocating a war crime!»)

Today, crime has fallen to its lowest levels in a generation, the wars have wound down, and despite current fears, the number of domestic terrorist attacks has declined sharply from the 1960s and 1970s.

Often, even when threatened with being tried as war criminals, tyrants have already committed massive crimes and have little added punishment to fear from committing more, as was the case in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Though some analysts cite evidence that indictments from the ICTY deterred war crimes in Yugoslavia, such claims are vastly overshadowed by the Serb massacre of some eight thousand Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in July 1995, with the Hague sulking in the north.

It's a further mockery to imagine that humans need to / should reproduce... As if... The (impending) thermonuclear war that prolifer's drool over, in greedy anticipation of the next corporate - profiteering - adventure, (in Iran), has already occurred / mushroomed from a mere corporate profiteering crime to the Unthinkable!!

Tribes made war against one another all across America for everything from territory disputes to crimes committed and even generational grudges.

Consider it old school recycling, there wasn't any war or crime behind where all the bones came from.

Apart from those justifications, no solution could be found for the most obvious question that occurs to one at once on examining any historical event; that is, How did millions of men combine to commit crimes, murders, wars, and so on?

Mankind does not need «comfort» from wars, crime, violence, injustice, wickedness, etc?

In light of the human rights standards — rights that have received almost unanimous acceptance from the UN member states — it is becoming obvious to the average person that planning a nuclear war against a neighboring country is a horrendous crime against all humanity.

Radovan Karadzic was finally captured on 7/23/08 and is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the law of war - charges related to the 1992 - 1995 civil war that followed Bosnia - Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia.

It will clear up our courts and our jails, it will allow police to focus on real crime, it will allow it to be used for medicinal reasons, it will reduce crime, it will stop money from being wasted on the drug war, and it will bring in more tax revenue.

Knowing of my interest in crime fiction and detective stories my late father - in - law, John Thynne — who had supported Arsenal from before the war — was always talking about a film made in 1939 called The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.

First, States accepted the responsibility to protect their own populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

«We are confident that Eric Schneiderman will be prosecuted for his horrific crimes against women, but in the meantime anyone who has benefited from his massive campaign war chest should do the right thing and step up to help victims of domestic violence,» they said in the statement.

I don't know whether such a violation could be severe enough to constitute a war crime, though, because it might be an issue more of form than of substance, since most Hague - 3 signatories probably don't desire their declarations of war to come only from a legislature.

[41][42] In May 2012, the tribunal again under a purported exercise of universal jurisdiction took testimony from victims of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and convicted in absentia former President Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Deputy Assistant Attorneys General John Yoo and Jay Bybee, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former counselors David Addington and William Haynes II for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

She allegedly possessed a digital pen camera and passed her client encrypted messages from Mohammad Ismael — a former crony of Saif's, wanted for war crimes.

President Al - Bashir was declared wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2009 on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur from 2003 to 2008.

Here on our own continent, we see territorial aggression to the east; and from the South threats from instability and civil war; terrorism, crime and other challenges which respect no borders.

Department for Business blockaded over its continued military contracts with Israel, as UK abstains from UN war crimes vote

A man believed to be David Lawley - Wakelin suddenly came in from the back of the court and shouted: «This man should be arrested for war crimes.

She also felt that future mass - fatality managers, whether identifying victims of natural disasters, war crimes or acts of terrorism, could learn from the data collected and methods refined in the World Trade Center Victim Identification Project.

It's clear virtually from the get - go that filmmaker Todd Phillips is looking to transform this true - life tale into a Martin Scorsese - like crime drama, as evidenced by War Dogs» less - than - subtle visuals and almost paint - by - numbers rise - and - fall structure.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Bursting with the same charismatic, comic book energy that skyrockets through most of his movies, old crime reporter, novelist, war hero, writer - director and sometime producer Samuel Fuller, almost 69, still moves and talks like his daffy action flicks — like the wild man from Borneo — in quick, short, blocky punches, like two - fisted slabs of socko headline type.»

Pacific Rim Uprising Rated PG - 13 for sequences of sci - fi violence and action, and some language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 46 % In Theaters Years after the events of the first film, John Boyega (Finn from Star Wars) is a promising young Jaeger pilot who has abandoned his military career to explore a life of crime.

Despite no previous acting experience, Katie Jarvis is the heart and troubled soul of Fish Tank, the gripping coming - of - age drama from Andrea Arnold and the most exciting new release in a week also highlighted by the arrival of Storm, Hans - Christian Schmid's thriller about crimes against humanity committed during the Bosnian war of the early 1990s, and the on - screen return of Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness.

The upcoming week's selections include two prime crime melodramas from the fifties, both frenetic dispatches from the height of the cold war: Robert Al...

Here the collapse of the counterculture, the rise of the U.S. government — sponsored dope wars, the fallout from the ongoing downward - spiraling Vietnam fiasco, and the whole crooked real - estate / crime - syndicate / rehab - center / Dialing for Dollars economics of the state (or state of mind) swirl together in a richly toxic, woozily comic tapestry.

It's terrifying, in other words, even when you can't process what's going on, because of the perspective afforded by its aerial shots of Yanks fire - bombing a civilian population — an acceptable war crime in Dresden and Tokyo, lest we forget — followed hot by chemical warfare in a sequence of flight from slowly - encroaching death that pays a sort of literal homage to Romero's shambling legions.

While I have not seen this trilogy capper, I've heard from even the biggest fans of this musical - comedy series that Pitch Perfect 3 could practically be equated to a war crime.

Voltage Pictures has released an international trailer for American Heist, an upcoming crime thriller from director Sarik Andreasyan, which stars Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith) and Adrien Brody (The Grand Budapest Hotel); check it out here... American Heist features a cast that also includes Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious -LSB-...]

But Thomas misses the sensation of actual flying, and while he respects his commanding officer, Colonel Jack Johns (Bruce Greenwood), most days, he takes orders over speakerphone from a shadowy government official (voiced, inevitably, by Peter Coyote) from CIA HQ in Langley, and committing acts that could easily be perceived as war crimes.

Despite his reluctance, French magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) is transferred from the juvenile to the organized crime division in the middle of mob wars in Marseilles, France.

Twilight Time: All the King's Men (1949)(Blu - ray) The Believers (1987)(Blu - ray) The Blob (1988)(Blu - ray) Born Yesterday (1950)(Blu - ray) Breaking Away (1979)(Blu - ray) Broadway Danny Rose (1984)(Blu - ray) The Buddy Holly Story (1978)(Blu - ray) Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)(Blu - ray) The Dogs of War (1981)(Blu - ray) The Fortune (1975)(Blu - ray) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)(Blu - ray) Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)(Blu - ray) The Killer Elite (1975)(Blu - ray) Lenny (1974)(Blu - ray) The Man from Laramie (1955)(Blu - ray) Man Hunt (1941)(Blu - ray) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)(Blu - ray) Oliver!

In that spirit, Cedric Nicolas - Troyan's The Huntsman: Winter's War (hereafter Huntsman 2) reminds a lot of pleasant disasters like Ladyhawke and Krull, with its biggest crime maybe being that it's not ridiculous enough, given how the fantastic commitment of Charlize Theron, reprising her role from the previous film (which I'm sure I saw and probably reviewed), seems ultimately squandered.

Nightcrawler Who Made It: Dan Gilroy Who's In It: Jake Gyllenhaal, Bill Paxton, Rene Russo Where It Might Premiere: Toronto The Gist: After a bidding war broke out from footage shown at Cannes (Open Road won it, in the end), buzz has been big for «Nightcrawler,» which follows a young man (Gyllenhaal) who stumbles upon the underground world of L.A. freelance crime journalism.

The details: Circa 1958, a young German prosecutor (Alexander Fehling, from Inglourious Basterds) stumbles upon concealed evidence of Nazi war crimes, and starts making waves when he begins to pursue former Third Reich officials who returned to their pre-war lives.

Haunted by his complicity in war crimes, Drake is contacted by a couple of higher - ups from his former contractor, who apprise him of a witness out to touch the lives of those he viewed from afar.

Then his Interpol agent ex-girlfriend Amelia (Elodie Yung) offers him a job escorting the ruthless assassin Darius (Jackson) from his British prison cell to The Hague, where he's needed to testify against murderous Belarusian warlord Dukhovich (Gary Oldman) in a war crimes trial.

«War On Everyone» Having loved both John Michael McDonagh features to date («The Guard» and «Calvary «-RRB-, we're very intrigued to see him step away from the familiar territory of Ireland and Brendan Gleeson for this energetic tragicomedy about two extremely corrupt, frequently tripping New Mexico cops who come unstuck amid a massive blackmail / murder / extortion crime spree.

One drives a cab, the other is a transfer from Guantanamo Bay charged with war crimes.

Antoine Fuqua's muddled but watchable crime thriller stars Richard Gere as a drunken beat cop who's just a week away from retirement when he gets drawn into a dirty war between corrupt narcotics detectives.

Rehana refuses to save her brother - in - law from being arrested for war crimes.

The missing years from the greatest crime saga of all time... it's 1955 and Michael Corleone has won a bloody victory in the war among New York's crime families but now he must consolidate his power, save his marriage and take his family into legitimate business.

Kershaw continues from the first installment of his magisterial biography, Hitler, 1889 - 1936: Hubris (1999), with an analysis of how and why Hitler was able to ignite a world war, commit the most heinous crime in history, and throw his country into the abyss of total destruction.

But crime takes place anywhere, and this gentle valley in southwestern France has more history packed within it than anywhere on earth, from the prehistoric cave paintings of the Cro - Magnons, the hundreds of medieval châteaus and the importance of the local Resistance during World War II.