Rwanda genocide survivors criticise UN court’s call to halt suspect’s trial Felicien Kabuga, who is nearly 90 and has dementia, is accused of encouraging and bankrolling the Rwanda genocide. Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023
Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court's call to permanently halt elderly suspect's trial Survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide have criticized a call by appeals judges at a United Nations court to indefinitely halt the trial of an alleged financer and supporter of the massacre due to the suspect’s ill health The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023
‘De-fund hate, genocidal content on TV’: IIM Bangalore faculty write open letter to India Inc “The risk of genocide in India is no longer close to zero,” read an open letter by 17 current and former faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, urging the leaders of corporate India to “de-fund” the misinformation and hate speech spread through news channels and social media. Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2023
Julius Malema: South Africa’s next kingmaker? The leader of South Africa’s second-largest opposition party is waging a war of words with the world’s richest person after being accused of “pushing for genocide of white people”. The Week · Aug 8, 2023
‘Carlsberg discriminated against us on a national basis’: Bosniak staffer In 2014, a staffer asked that a photo of a convicted war criminal was removed from the premises. The legal saga goes on. Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023
India court asks if Nuh demolitions were ‘an exercise of ethnic cleansing’ Over 300 homes, businesses and roadside shanties – mainly belonging to Muslims – were bulldozed after communal riots. Al Jazeera · Aug 8, 2023
Rwanda genocide suspect Kabuga should not face trial, UN judges say Judges say Felicien Kabuga, accused of fuelling the 1994 genocide, is unfit for trial or alternative procedures. Al Jazeera · Aug 7, 2023
UN appeal judges toss out plan to set up procedure to hear evidence against Rwandan genocide suspect Appeals judges have thrown out a decision by a United Nations court to set up a procedure to hear evidence against an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect after he was declared unfit to face trial The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023
Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what’s next for survivors? The implementation of a transitional justice framework in Iraq could address atrocities committed by ISIL. Al Jazeera · Aug 3, 2023
US blacklists two Chinese firms over Uighur forced labour accusations US says sanctions aim to ‘promote accountability for ongoing genocide, crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang. Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2023
UK recognises ‘acts of genocide’ against Yazidis by ISIL In the Sinjar region of Iraq in 2014, ISIL fighters systematically killed and enslaved thousands of men and women. Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2023
UK formally decides that IS attacks on Yazidis in Iraq were genocide A UN report found an IS offensive in August 2014 ‘sought to destroy the Yazidis’ through killing, slavery, torture and forcible transfer. The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023
Prakash Ambedkar targets Modi over violence in Manipur Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader Prakash Ambedkar criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the violence in Manipur, drawing parallels with the ‘Gujarat genocide’. The Hindu · Jul 31, 2023
Sudan conflict brings new atrocities to Darfur as militias kill, rape, burn homes in rampages Sudan's Darfur region became synonymous with genocide and war crimes two decades ago The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023
GamesRadar · Jul 26, 2023 X-Men: The Hellfire Gala 2023 delivers a bad idea in a terrible way Opinion | The latest Hellfire Gala event has devastating ramifications both on and off the page
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023 The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act
LiveScience · Jul 21, 2023 First contact with aliens could easily end in genocide, scholars warn SETI has been searching for evidence of alien life – but could doing so end in disaster?
The Conversation · Jul 19, 2023 Healing through witnessing: Documenting the stories of Yazidi refugees in Canada Weeks after Yazidi refugees were rescued from horrific captivity and enslavement imposed by Daesh (also known as ISIS) and arrived in Canada, we began to document the harm.
The Conversation · Jul 19, 2023 First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.
Zenger · Jul 15, 2023 Foundation Honors 14 Surviving Polish Rescuers Of Jews During Holocaust The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous brought together a group of Poles who put their lives on the line to fight genocide
The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023 Calls for UK to act over violence tearing Sudan apart as mass grave found in Darfur: ‘We are doing nothing’ Those who have made it out of West Darfur alive have described it as ‘running from hell’, writes Tara Cobham, as Britain is urged not to sit on its hands over the ethnic killings being compared to the genocide of 20 years ago
The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2023 Why are MPs wearing a white flower badge on their lapels at PMQs? A NUMBER of MPs wore a white flower badge with a green centre at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday ...
Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2023 The Netherlands takes steps to prosecute crimes against Yazidis Yazidi community hails ‘the beginning of our path to justice’ as Dutch citizen could face jail for Yazidi enslavement.
The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023 Jews and Muslims come together at Srebrenica anniversary of Europe's only post-World War II genocide Jews and Muslims have come together in Bosnia on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2023 Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to pay their respects to Srebrenica massacre victims Hundreds have lined Sarajevo’s main street Sunday as a truck carrying 30 coffins passed on its way to Srebrenica, where newly identified victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since World War II will be buried on the 28th anniversary of the crime