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On October 22, 2010, nearly 400,000 secret United States Army field reports and war logs, detailing torture, summary executions and war crimes, were passed on to the British paper, The Guardian, and several other international media organisations through the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. Among other things, the logs detail how U.S ...
My Lai massacre. / 15.17833°N 108.86944°E / 15.17833; 108.86944. The My Lai massacre ( / ˌmiːˈlaɪ /; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a war crime committed by United States Army personnel on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Tịnh district, South Vietnam ...
This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing. 11 major wars include the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Indian Wars (which encompasses numerous armed conflicts), the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War ...
The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report, commonly known as the Brereton Report (after the investigation head), is a report into war crimes committed by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) during the War in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016. [1] The investigation was led by Paul Brereton, who is both a New ...
The Geneva Conventions define the rights and protections afforded to non-combatants who fulfill the criteria of being protected persons. [3] The treaties of 1949 were ratified, in their entirety or with reservations, by 196 countries. [4] The Geneva Conventions concern only protected non-combatants in war.
The following is a list of war crimes trials and tribunals brought against the Axis powers following the conclusion of World War II. Nazi Germany. Nuremberg Trials of the 24 most important leaders of the Third Reich; 1945–1946, held by the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and France. Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians. [1] Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity can be committed during both peace and war and against a state's own nationals as well as foreign nationals. [1] [2] Together with war crimes, genocide, and the crime of aggression ...
John Dean (R) White House Counsel, convicted of obstruction of justice, later reduced to felony offenses and served 4 months. Dwight Chapin (R) Secretary to the President of the United States, convicted of perjury. Herbert W. Kalmbach (R) Nixon's Personal Attorney, guilty of corrupt practices, 191 days in jail.