The Latest Breaking News from Genocide

Dear Abby: I’m angry that my beloved grandma took an awful job

The older woman, dead more than 40 years, was wonderful to her granddaughter but also worked at a boarding school that could have practiced abuse and cultural genocide.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2022

Court upholds genocide conviction for last surviving Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan

The final verdict brings a close to a court process which stretched 16 years, cost $500 million and resulted in the conviction of three senior Khmer Rouge leaders.

ABC News · Sep 22, 2022

Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan loses genocide appeal

Ruling marks the final decision by the court and ends 16 years of work by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia.

Al Jazeera · Sep 22, 2022

Anger as Chinese leaders invited to Queen's funeral - despite Ambassador's Parliament ban

A group of MPs and peers said it was 'extraordinary that the architects of genocide' against Uighur Muslims were asked to attend the Queen's funeral

Daily Mirror · Sep 15, 2022

‘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 · Sep 15, 2022

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 · Sep 12, 2022

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 · Sep 10, 2022

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 · Sep 9, 2022

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 · Sep 8, 2022

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 · Sep 7, 2022