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ICC rubbishes Ashes spot-fixing claims

LONDON - Muslimchronicle

The International Cricket Council has clean bowled claims the third Ashes Test had been “corrupted” after claims in a British newspaper that bookmakers offered to fix parts of the match. The Sun newspaper published purported evidence of bookmakers offering to sell details of rigged periods of play for betting purposes in the Test which began yesterday in Perth. ICC anti-corruptionRead more

International Cricket Council to examine India pollution Test

New Delhi - AFP

Medical experts are to examine whether India was right to hold a Test match against Sri Lanka during hazardous smog in New Delhi, the game's world governing body said Friday.The controversy will also be discussed at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in February. "The ICC has noted the conditions in which the Delhi Test was played and hasRead more

ICC won’t prosecute Israel over deadly Flotilla raid

The Hague - Muslimchronicle

The International Criminal Court will not prosecute Israel over the deadly raid on a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid toward Gaza in May 2010, it was announced Thursday. “I have ultimately decided to reaffirm my previous decision of November 6, 2014,” ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said in a statement, referring to when she ruled the incident was “not of sufficient gravity”.Read more

Rights group taking UAE to ICC over Yemen 'war crimes'

Paris - Muslimchronicle

A rights organisation is taking the United Arab Emirates to the International Criminal Court over allegations of war crimes in Yemen, the group's lawyer told AFP on Monday. The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK accuses the UAE government, part of a Saudi-led coalition fighting Huthi rebels in Yemen, of torture as well as "indiscriminate attacks against civilians",Read more

Trial Chamber II to issue additional decision

Congo - Muslimchronicle

Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) scheduled a public hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 15 December 2017 at 10:00 (The Hague local time), in Courtroom I at the seat of the Court in The Hague (Netherlands). The Chamber will deliver its decision setting the amount of reparations for which Mr. LubangaRead more

ICC war crimes prosecutors seek to open Afghan probe

The Hague - Muslimchronicle

War crimes prosecutors said Friday they will ask the International Criminal Court's judges for permission to launch a full-blown probe into crimes committed in war-torn Afghanistan. "In due course, I will file my request for judicial authorisation to open an investigation, submitting that there is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committedRead more

ICC probes two staff members over Ocampo links

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

The world's top criminal court is probing two staff members after media reports implicating them in dealings involving the tribunal's former prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. In a statement issued on Thursday the ICC's current chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she has referred media reports about the staff members' "impropriety" to the body's Independent Oversight Mechanism (IOM). Set up this year,Read more

ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, participates in the 72nd session

London - Muslimchronicle

Last week, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”), Mrs Fatou Bensouda, participated in the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (“UNGA”) held at the UN Headquarters in New York, United States. With over 190 Heads of State and Ministerial led delegations present, the Prosecutor’s participation presented a unique, efficient and cost-effective opportunity to engageRead more