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Ukraine-Russia: Ex-PMs call for Nuremberg-style trial of Putin (Business Insider)

Gordon Brown and Sir John Mayor have called for a new international tribunal to investigate Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia, a permanent member of the council, could veto this. "If they do not distance themselves from Putin, they face prosecution and prison." - The tribunal would be modeled on the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals.

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Putin trial petition aims for 2 million signatures (Law Gazette)

Leading legal figures call for a Nuremberg-style tribunal to try those responsible for the invasion of Ukraine.

At Nuremberg we held the Nazi war criminals to account. How can I do it? Speaking on the launch of the campaign, Gordon Brown said: 'From Britain - which rightly prides itself in democracy and the rule of law - the message must go out.

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Gordon Brown and John Major back Nuremberg-style tribunal for Putin (The Guardian)

Former PMs join campaign calling for trial of Russian president and those around him over invasion of Ukraine.

Bodies lying on the street in Mariupol, people not getting medical treatment. This week, Ukrainian officials accused Russian forces of further atrocities in the besieged city of Mariupol, including an airstrike on a theatre where hundreds of displaced people were believed to have been sheltering, and a strike on a swimming pool where pregnant women and young children had gathered. They have joined a campaign – along with leading names from the worlds of law, academia and politics – aiming to put the Russian president and others on trial.

Former Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major call for ... (GB News)

The campaign aims to put the Russian President on trial alongside those who helped plan his invasion of February 24.

“From Britain – which rightly prides itself in democracy and the rule of law – the message must go out. Mr Brown said: “In only two days, the petition supporting the tribunal has already secured well over 735,000 signatures and growing. The former prime ministers have joined a campaign – along with leading names from the worlds of from law, academia and politics – aiming to put the Russian President on trial alongside those who helped plan his invasion of February 24.

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Nearly 800000 sign petition demanding Putin faces Nuremberg ... (Daily Mail)

Almost 800,000 people from across the globe have signed a petition calling on Russian president Vladimir Putin to be tried as a war criminal as a result in ...

I fear the negotiation is yet another attempt to create a diversion and create a smokescreen'. This will involve the reckless and indiscriminate use of firepower. The petition went live on March 14 and is being supported by people from every continent. Russia is now pursuing strategy of attrition. The UK's armed forces minister James Heappey, said the indiscriminate shelling of cities was 'very probably' a war crime and that Putin bore ultimate 'culpability' for the atrocities The UK's armed forces minister James Heappey, said the indiscriminate shelling of cities was 'very probably' a war crime and that Putin bore ultimate 'culpability' for the atrocities.

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