Ben Roberts-Smith case: Will Australia see a war crimes reckoning?
Once feted as a paragon of the Anzac legend, Ben Roberts-Smith has now become the face of accusations Australian soldiers committed war crimes. In 2020, a landmark investigation known as the Brereton Report found "credible evidence" that elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan.
Will Australia see a war crimes reckoning?
On Thursday, a judge calmly delivered an extraordinary ruling that will go down in Australian history.The country's most-decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, had lost a defamation case against three newspapers who reported he had murdered unarmed prisoners and civilians while serving in Afghanistan.
Australia's war memorial mulls changing war hero display after defamation case
Australia's War Memorial said it was considering "additional content and context" for displays about its most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, after a civil court ruling that found it was true he was involved in the murder of six Afghans.
Judge rules Australia's most decorated war veteran unlawfully killed POWs, committed war crimes in Afghanistan
Smith, Australia's most decorated war veteran, committed war crimes such as unlawfully killing prisoners, a judge ruled on.
Australian decorated hero quits corporate job after Afghanistan war crime revelations
Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his corporate job after a civil court blamed the national hero for unlawfully killing four Afghans and escalated calls for him
Ben Roberts-Smith: calls for uniform to be removed from Australian War Memorial display
Greens say removal would be ‘first step in correcting the official record’ after federal court dismisses defamation case
Australian soldier hero ‘committed war crimes’, court rules as he loses civil defamation case
Australia’s most decorated living soldier committed war crimes – including murders – while serving with the country’s Special Air Service (SAS) in Afghanistan, a judge has ruled. Handing down a judgment in a historic defamation case brought by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith against three newspapers that had run articles alleging he
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