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Women at War is a historical drama that follows four women's stories in the Vosges region during the first month of WW1. The series explores their roles as sex workers, factory owners, nuns and nurses, and their challenges and choices in a war-torn society.
On 19 February 2024, a group of United Nations special rapporteurs released a report stating "rights experts call for probe into violations against Palestinian women and girls." According to the report, there is evidence that during the Israel–Hamas war, Palestinian women and girls were subjected to wartime sexual violence. [7]
A war crime committed by five U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq in 2006, involving the gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and her family. The article details the background, the incident, the investigation, and the legal consequences of the perpetrators.
[31] [32] The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women said that "Since 7 October, the assault on Palestinian women’s dignity and rights has taken on new and terrifying dimensions, as thousands have become victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and an unfolding genocide". [33]
The My Lai massacre (/ m iː l aɪ / mee ly; Vietnamese: Thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰâːm ʂǎːt mǐˀ lāːj] ⓘ) was a war crime committed by the United States Army on 16 March 1968, involving the mass murder of unarmed civilians in Sơn Mỹ village, Quảng Ngãi province, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. [1]
Frank Wuterich was a U.S. Marine who was convicted of negligent dereliction of duty for his involvement in the Haditha massacre, where 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. forces in 2005. The article details the events, investigation and trial of the incident, as well as the controversy and criticism it sparked.
On November 17, 1966, Sergeant David Edward Gervase (aged 20) and Private First Class Steven Cabbot Thomas (21)—both members of C Company, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division—talked to three other squad members (Privates First Class Robert M. Storeby, 22; cousins Cipriano S. Garcia, 21, and Joseph C. Garcia, 20) [3] about plans to kidnap a "pretty girl" during ...
Australia has stripped senior defence commanders of military honours over alleged war crimes committed under their watch in Afghanistan. In parliament on Thursday, Defence Minister Richard Marles ...