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Ben Roberts-Smith: Australia’s most decorated living soldier loses war crimes defamation case

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran has lost a defamation case in which three newspapers accused him of committing war crimes in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in my country – his targets are the forgotten victims of Australia’s Afghan war

The judge in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case found he committed murder. Will Australia remember the names of those Afghans whose deaths sat at the centre of testimony?

The Guardian - AU

Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

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Famed Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case

SYDNEY: One of Australia's most decorated soldiers lost a landmark defamation case against major newspapers Thursday after a bruising trial that featured accusations of murder, domestic violence, witness intimidation and war crimes.

Bangkok Post

Australian judge rules in civil court war crime allegations against hero soldier proved

A judge in a civil case says a decorated Australian veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

The Ben Roberts-Smith defamation judgment: read Justice Anthony Besanko’s full summary

In the federal court of Australia the judge dismissed the Victoria Cross recipient’s case against three newspapers who accused him of war crimes

The Guardian - AU

Massive loss for Ben Roberts-Smith as judge throws out media case

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes in Afghanistan, including the murder of unarmed prisoners, a judge has found.

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Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation case, with judge finding former SAS soldier committed war crimes

Justice Anthony Besanko found newspapers established substantial or contextual truth of allegations of murders of unarmed civilians in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

As it happened: Ben Roberts-Smith's major court loss, costs will 'follow inevitably'

Justice Anthony Besanko delivers a devastating blow to war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith, who had been suing three newspapers and three journalists for defamation over articles alleging he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. This is how it unfolded

ABC News

Australia braces for ruling in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Ex-special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith says newspaper articles were defamatory because they accused him of murder.

Al Jazeera

Court widens war crimes convictions of former Serbian security officers

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović lose appeal at The Hague over crimes in 1990s Balkan wars

The Guardian - UK

Sentences for Milosevic allies extended in ‘milestone’ ruling

UN judges bring to end the longest-running war crimes prosecution dating back to the Balkan wars.

Al Jazeera

Watch: Final judgement handed to Serbian spymasters in war crimes conviction appeal

Watch as judges at The Hague hand down their final ruling in the long-running war crimes trial of the former head of Serbia's state security service.

The Independent UK

Australia warned in 2021 war crime report could threaten US military assistance

The US raised concerns with Australia that alleged war crimes by special forces troops in Afghanistan could derail joint military operations.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s trial of the century: defamation case pitting the media against Victoria Cross soldier

Three newspapers accused Ben Roberts-Smith, recipient of Australia’s highest military honour, of war crimes – now the five-year court case is coming to an end

The Independent UK

Australian general says US warns war crime allegations could prevent work with Australia's SAS

Australia’s defense force chief says the U.S. government has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian soldiers in Afghanistan could prevent U.S. forces from working with Australia’s Special Air Service Regiment

ABC News

Afghanistan war crime allegations prompted US warnings about cooperation with Australia

Defence chief Angus Campbell reveals the United States military warned that allegations of war crimes may affect future cooperation with Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith: the explosive allegations of war crimes at the heart of defamation case

The Victoria Cross recipient claims a series of news stories defamed him but the newspapers defended their reporting as true. As a verdict looms, we look at the key details of the case

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The Conversation

Ethiopia: how a lucky village in Tigray survived the devastating war

The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation. Multiple war crimes were reported and there were claims of genocidal intent. A starvation campaign led to the death of at least 300,000 civilian…

Reuters

In Australian defamation court, a proxy 'war crimes trial' nears judgement

Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia's highest military honour for "conspicuous gallantry" during a 2010 attack on two Taliban machine-gun posts during his fifth tour of Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Kosovo ex-president on trial for war crimes allowed to visit his sick mother

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, who is on trial in The Hague on 10 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is in Kosovo to visit his sick mother, the court says

Radio France Internationale

One of last remaining fugitives wanted for Rwandan genocide arrested

Fulgence Kayishema, who is accused of participating in the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in South Africa. He is one of four remaining fugitives sought by the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda.

Reuters

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in S.Africa, to face extradition hearing

A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Chinese archaeologists find WWII bio-weapons lab run by Japanese scientists: ‘Horror bunker’

Findings highlight legacy of gruesome war crimes committed by Japanese military scientists during Second World War

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes defamation verdict to be delivered on Thursday 1 June

Australia’s most decorated soldier will learn the outcome of his case against three newspapers over Afghanistan allegations, including the murder of civilians

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