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‘An insult to the Queen’: Senior Tories condemn China’s invitation to funeral

Demand that China’s representatives are barred from parliament – after it voted to recognise Uighur ‘genocide’

The Independent UK

U.N. investigator says Facebook provided vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information

The head of a U.N. team of investigators on Myanmar said on Monday that Facebook has handed over millions of items that could support allegations of war crimes and genocide.

Reuters

College professor under fire for Queen’s death tweet stands by criticism of monarchy

Dr Uju Anya received racist and misogynistic backlash to remarks on monarchy and genocide

The Independent UK

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Commentary: China’s human rights abuses against Uyghurs must not go ignored

The international community should make China a pariah for its crimes against the Uyghur population. Last month’s report from the U.N. Human Rights Office says China’s actions could constitute crimes against humanity. The United States and others have called it genocide.

Chicago Tribune

French judges drop Rwanda massacre charges against army peacekeepers

French judges have dropped a case against French soldiers deployed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. The men had been accused of complicity in crimes against humanity.

Radio France Internationale

Paris prosecutors close investigation of French army over Rwanda genocide

French prosecutors have found no evidence that members of the French armed forces played a role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and have decided against re-opening a case over the issue, the French Public Prosecutor's office said in a statement.

Reuters

UN report on China's abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide

The long-awaited UN report into human rights abuses committed in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was finally published last week to a mixed reception. For some – principally the Chinese government – it went too far. Others thought it didn’t go far enough.

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‘Our people are still trapped’: Uyghur exiles demand action on abuses

Campaigners criticise failure of UN report to label China’s crackdown on Muslim minorities genocide

The Guardian - UK

US says China must be 'held to account' after UN report on Xinjiang abuse

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that a long-awaited UN report on human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province reaffirmed Washington's view that Beijing is committing "genocide" against the Uyghurs.

France 24

Lawyer criticises UN report’s failure to call Uyghur oppression ‘genocide’

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC says outgoing human rights chief’s report on China makes it easier for international community to do nothing

The Guardian - UK

Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins Magsaysay

A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners Wednesday of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize.

Bangkok Post

UK asylum seeker deal leaves Rwanda hostel residents homeless

Survivors of Rwandan genocide were told to vacate hostel two days after Priti Patel signed £120m deal

The Guardian - UK

The last member of a tribe in Brazil has died, pulling Indigenous rights into focus

The "Man of the Hole" lived in isolation and resisted contact for decades after the rest of his tribe was massacred. His death precedes Brazil's elections, where Indigenous rights are on the ballot.

WEKU

Pensioner, 80, says she would be ‘better off dead’ than trying to cope with soaring winter energy bills

Struggling Britons have warned of ‘economic genocide’ in wake of energy cap announcement that could see bills jump 80%

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Rohingya Mark 5th Anniversary of Exodus to Bangladesh

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees marked the fifth anniversary of their exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh on Thursday, as the United States, the European Union and other Western nations pledged to support the pursuit of justice in international courts. At a sprawling camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar…

Bangkok Post

Rohingya mark ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’

Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since they fled a military offensive in Myanmar.

Al Jazeera

‘It’s a nightmare, every day’: Rohingya in India live in fear

Some 40,000 Rohingya refugees live in India where fears are growing as calls for deportations to Myanmar increase.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin wants ‘genocide of Ukrainians’ not to seize land, soldiers claim

A Ukrainian soldier who left his family to fight on the frontline says Russian troops now appear to have little interest in seizing land, but instead want a "genocide" of his people

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Radio France Internationale

ICC chief prosecutor demands 'true accountability' for Darfur genocide

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has urged the UN Security Council to accelerate action to deliver justice for thousands of people in Sudan’s western Darfur region, the scene of multiple massacres and bloodshed in 2003.

The News Lens

Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly for Displaced Rohingya People

The International Court of Justice in July allowed a case to proceed alleging that Myanmar performed acts of genocide against the Rohingya after dismissing objections by the junta.

Daily Mirror

Prince Harry meets Rwandan president and pays tribute to genocide victims on surprise trip

The Duke of Sussex visited Urugwiro Village in his role as President of the African Parks Network, speaking with President Paul Kagame about the work they do in Rwanda

Asharq Al-Awsat

ICC Chief Prosecutor Visits Sudan

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has arrived in Sudan, state media reported in the country still wracked by unrest since the 2019 ouster of its leader accused of genocide. "The ICC prosecutor and a court delegation will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and he…

Los Angeles Times

Jailed for terrorism, onetime hero Rusesabagina is a point of US contention with Rwanda

KIGALI, Rwanda — Paul Rusesabagina became known as a rare hero in one of modern history's ugliest chapters: the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Rwandans in the 1994 genocide. He was credited with saving a number of people and inspired books and a movie.

Los Angeles Times

Escalating border war in Africa tests a Biden administration already weighed down by global crises

KIGALI, Rwanda — The Biden administration is wading into one of the most complicated conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: escalating violence along the border between Congo and Rwanda that has echoed in the wars, genocide and rapes that stalked the region in recent decades.

The Guardian - UK

The Book of Life review – harmony and hope in a musical Rwandan journey

Using letters written by survivors of the 1994 genocide to lost family members, Odile Gakire Katese’s show is a tribute to the power of story

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