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Ethnic violence in Sudan raises genocide alarm as war rages on

Activists and observers have warned that unchecked violence could prove worse than Darfur’s previous cycle of killings.

Al Jazeera

30 Years Ago, the Best Star Trek Show Finally Found Its Footing

Sometimes you place a space board game, and sometimes you address space genocide.

Inverse

Rwanda genocide accused Félicien Kabuga is ruled unfit to stand trial: this will further erode trust in international justice

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals recently concluded a two-year court hearing on Félicien Kabuga. Kabuga is accused of crimes against humanity during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994. The court ruled that he was not mentally fit for trial.

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Hero who saved hundreds of children during Rwandan genocide dies aged 61

Orphanage run by Damas Gisimba and his brother became refuge from militias during genocide that killed 800,000 Rwandans

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine FM asks for support from Africa, calls on leaders to choose friends wisely

In tonight's edition: Ukraine's foreign minister has wrapped up a tour of Africa by saying that he welcomes plans for an African peace delegation to head to Ukraine and Russia but warned that it will take more than a ceasefire to resolve the war. UN judges decide that Rwandan genocide…

France 24

UN court finds ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga unfit for trial

A UN court has ruled that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, aged in his late 80s, is unfit to stand trial and is instead calling for an “alternative” legal procedure that resembles a trial but would not end in a conviction.

Radio France Internationale

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga declared ‘unfit’ to stand trial

The UN war crimes court deemed the 90-year-old genocide suspect ‘no longer capable of meaningful participation’.

Al Jazeera

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UN judges declare elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia

United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia

The Independent UK

Top Dutch court says Rwandan genocide suspect cannot be extradited

The Dutch supreme court on Tuesday ruled that a man facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide should not be extradited to Rwanda because it cannot be guaranteed his trial will be fair.

Reuters

Kosovo war crimes tribunal names American Kim West as lead prosecutor

Kim West, a U.S. lawyer who was part of the team that secured a genocide conviction against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, has been appointed lead prosecutor for the Kosovo war crimes tribunal, it announced on Friday.

Reuters

BBC slammed over Chinese-made wristbands for Royals at King’s coronation concert

Exclusive: Sir Iain Duncan Smith said the wristbands should not have been bought from a country ‘guilty of genocide and slave labour’

The Independent UK

European team in Bangladesh probes genocide by Pakistan army in 1971

A European team was in Bangladesh for an international probe into countless killings by the Pakistani army in 1971 amid calls to declare the atrocities the worst genocide since World War II.

Radio France Internationale

Measures of Men: German film spotlights country's dark colonial past

The movie measures of men spotlights the first genocide of the 20th century in which tens of thousands of indigenous Nama and Herero were slaughtered by german soldiers. The film bids to confront viewers with the harsh realities of colonial violence. Also, in Morocco fans of sand hockey are trying…

France 24

Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema in South Africa court

The 62-year-old was arrested this week near Cape Town after 22 years on the run.

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Church massacre survivors laud arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect

Once the mass murder of their people began, Safari Jean Bosco and his mother, sister and brothers sought refuge in a Catholic church along with over 2,000 others packed into the building. Some prayed as hungry mothers strained to breastfeed.

The Independent UK

Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run

One of Rwanda’s most wanted suspect in that country's genocide has appeared in a South African courtroom holding a Bible

Reuters

Rwanda suspect denies killings but 'sorry' over genocide

One of the Rwanda genocide's most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, denied on Friday any involvement though said he was "sorry" for the 1994 killings.

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Former Rwandan police officer Fulgence Kayishema, accused of thousands of killings, arrested in South Africa

Fulgence Kayishema was living under a false name at a grape farm in South Africa when he was arrested for ordering the murder of thousands of Tutsis in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

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One of Rwanda's most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa

One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a police officer suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people at a church nearly three decades ago, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations…

The Independent UK

One of Rwanda's most wanted genocide suspects arrested in South Africa after 22 years on run

One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's genocide, a man suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run

Radio France Internationale

One of last remaining fugitives wanted for Rwandan genocide arrested

Fulgence Kayishema, who is accused of participating in the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi refugees during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in South Africa. He is one of four remaining fugitives sought by the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda.

Reuters

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in S.Africa, to face extradition hearing

A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russian prosecutor asks court to recognise Nazi WW2 crimes around Moscow as genocide

Russian prosecutors have asked a court to recognise crimes committed by Nazi Germany in the Moscow region during World War Two as genocide and believe that around 6.4 trillion roubles ($82.3 billion) in damage was caused, they said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera

Rwandan genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema arrested in S Africa

Kayishema, indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001, is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of some 2,000 Tutsi.

The Guardian - UK

Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 people

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