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‘Exceptional circumstances’: why was Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail?

In early April, one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested and charged with five war crimes of murder.

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Decorated Australian veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges

Australia’s most decorated living veteran did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday

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Ben Roberts-Smith is accused of 5 war crime murder charges. How did we get here?

After landing in Sydney airport following a flight from Brisbane, Australia’s most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, was arrested by Australian Federal Police. He’s been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, following a years-long joint investigation between police and the Office of the Special Investigator.

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The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial. It raises big questions

Earlier this month, former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder.

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War crimes trial could be years away for ex-SAS soldier

National security concerns are threatening to delay a landmark war crimes trial for more than a year as a former soldier pleads not guilty to murder.

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Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, has lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced

The Independent UK

Journalist barred from war crime hearing after surprise

As a former SAS soldier stands accused of war crimes during the Afghan War, an award-winning journalist has been forced to leave the courtroom.

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Soldier unaware of anything planted on Afghan's body

A signal operator says he never heard of anything being planted on unlawfully killed Afghans around the time an SAS trooper allegedly committed a war crime.

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Questions swirl around SAS Afghan 'war crime' evidence

A claim an Afghan man was "evading" soldiers before his alleged murder came from higher up in the military and not from the SAS trooper who pulled the trigger.

AAP

Australian soldiers ‘thrown under the bus’ over alleged Afghanistan war crimes, SAS body says

After report found senior officers should take some responsibility, Australian SAS Association chair says ‘finally’ the finger is being pointed at ministers and generals

The Guardian - AU

The International Criminal Court is unlikely to prosecute alleged Australian war crimes – here's why

For the first time, Australians have been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into alleged Afghan war crimes.

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Afternoon Update: Minns sworn in as NSW premier but majority uncertain; Socceroos great dies; and pets wrecking things

The 47th premier of NSW vows to ‘hit the ground running’

The Guardian - AU

Oliver Schulz: bail for Australian former SAS soldier accused of murdering Afghan man in war crime

Schulz would be ‘extremely vulnerable’ in prison and at risk from Taliban sympathisers if he remained there, court hears

The Guardian - AU

Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz charged with war crime granted bail

A former Australian special forces soldier charged with a war crime related to his deployment in Afghanistan is granted bail, after a Sydney magistrate accepted he was in a potentially dangerous position in custody.

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Former Australian SAS soldier charged with murder over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Charge comes after report found evidence that Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians

The Independent UK

Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan's murder

Police have arrested the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19 Australian special forces soldiers could face charges for illegal conduct during the conflict

The Guardian - AU

Former SAS soldier arrested and charged in NSW for alleged war crime over killing of Afghan civilian

Oliver Schulz, 41, was arrested in the southern highlands of New South Wales by Australian federal police and NSW police

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Former Australian soldier charged with war crime

A former Australian soldier who served in Afghanistan has been charged with a war crime by federal police.

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SAS veteran Oliver Schulz charged with war crime of murder over killing of Afghan man in field

Police charge a decorated former SAS soldier who was shown in a Four Corners program shooting an Afghan man in a wheat field. He is the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law.

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