A court in Hungary has acquitted the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Jerusalem office of libel in a case filed against him by a former Hungarian police officer recently indicted for war crimes. Full story
The U.N.'s top human rights official says Libyan government forces may be committing war crimes by using heavy weapons against civilians in the besieged port city of Misrata. Full story
A 96-year-old former Hungarian officer has been charged with involvement in the killing of about 1,000 civilians in Serbia during World War Two, the Budapest Prosecutors' Office said on Monday. Full story
Accused Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, suspected of helping commit genocide as a transport guard for mobile gas chambers and Auschwitz-bound death trains during World War Two, has died before he could be brought to trial next month. Full story
The United States will help Bangladesh stage "open and transparent" trials for crimes against humanity committed during the 40-year-old Bangladesh war for independence, a visiting U.S. envoy said on Thursday. Full story
The European Union moved closer to starting membership talks with Serbia on Wednesday but its top enlargement official said that further progress depended on the arrest of remaining war crime fugitives and on key reforms. Full story
Naomi Campbell testified that after a charity dinner in South Africa she was mysteriously given diamonds, used to fund war in Sierra Leone, by two men working for former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor. NBC’s Martin Fletcher reports.
