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Nobel laureate Nadia Murad: 'Sexual violence does not go away when war is over'

In 2014, Nadia Murad was captured, alongside many other Yazidi women, by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the Iraqi town of Sinjar. She was held hostage, enslaved, tortured and raped, before escaping to Mosul and making her way to Germany. After sharing the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with…

France 24

Hotel Rwanda: a film that proved to be a double-edged sword for Kigali

Paul Rusesabagina is perhaps one of the world’s best known Rwandans. His actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

The Conversation

The Plymouth coffee shop on a mission to raise awareness of the Rwandan genocide

A short documentary exploring the story of Jabulani Coffee will premiere in Plymouth on Friday

Birmingham Post

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Russian TV presenter accused of inciting genocide in Ukraine

Anton Krasovsky, from state-funded RT channel, is suspended after calling for Ukrainian children to be drowned or burned alive

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine urges global ban of Russia's RT over presenter's call to drown children

Ukraine branded the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT as an inciter of genocide on Sunday after a presenter said Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers under the Soviet Union should have been drowned.

Reuters

Tigray peace talks to be held after WHO warns of genocide risk

Ethiopian has announced that peace talks on the two-year war in Tigray are to start in South Africa next week. The news comes a day after the WHO warned that urgent "action" was needed to prevent "genocide" in the region.

Radio France Internationale

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray

Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia.

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WHO's Tedros says narrow window to 'prevent genocide' in Ethiopia

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia.

Reuters

Protesters call for cancellation of ‘revisionist’ Serb film

Critics say new documentary on Republika Srpska ‘whitewashes’ war crimes committed by Serb forces in Bosnia.

Al Jazeera

Hague trial of alleged moneyman of Rwandan 1994 genocide

As one of the alleged last masterminds of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in the Hague, survivors of the mass killings speak of their memories of the brutality that Felicien Kabuga is accused of having bankrolled. Also children from across Cameroon's war torn Anglophone regions escape to…

France 24

Outrage as UN debate on China’s alleged Xinjiang abuses rejected

China claims ‘victory’ as UN Human Rights Council votes not to discuss allegations of abuses against minority Uighurs.

Al Jazeera

Russia submits objections to Ukraine genocide case in World Court

Russia has submitted preliminary objections to a genocide case against Moscow brought by Ukraine, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Thursday.

Reuters

Facebook aided genocide in 2017 and fails to stop hate speech around the world: reports

A new human rights report accuses Facebook of aiding the 2017 genocide against Muslims in Myanmar, while other reports allege the company continues to allow its platform to spread dangerous disinformation and hate speech in other countries.

Tribune News Service

Sophie pays her respects to victims of Rwandan genocide

The countess travelled to Rwanda while on an official visit to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The Conversation

Holocaust comparisons are frequent in US politics – and reflect a shallow understanding of the actual genocide and the US response

Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with the words “Camp Auschwitz.” “Work Brings Freedom,” the front said, a translation of the notorious motto “Arbeit macht…

AAP

Russian ambassador sends nuclear warning

The Australian government is backing Ukraine's claims of genocide against its citizens and is considering expelling the Russian ambassador.

France 24

Afghan women protest Hazara 'genocide' after Kabul bombing kills dozens

Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed at least 35 people - mostly young women from the ethnic group.

The Independent UK

Rwanda genocide suspect's lawyers: Prosecution case is weak

Defense lawyers for an elderly Rwandan businessman accused of inciting and financing murderous militias during the African nation’s 1994 genocide have told United Nations judges that prosecutors built an unsubstantiated case aimed at turning him into the “perfect culprit.”

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Rwandan suspect Félicien Kabuga had key genocide role, trial hears

In tonight's edition: One of the men accused of funding and supporting the genocide in Rwanda goes on trial in The Hague. Prosecutors say Félicien Kabuga played a crucial role in the mass killings, in which 800,000 people were killed over just three months in 1994. Also, South African President…

France 24

Trial of Félicien Kabuga: Victims of genocide in Rwanda hope for answers

After more than 20 years on the run, Félicien Kabuga was arrested in May 2020 near Paris. Once rich and famous, the 87-year-old is accused of financing, training and encouraging the Hutu militias known as Interahamwe during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. As his trial opens in The Hague,…

Benzinga

'Genocide Against Rohingya Was Possible Only Because Of Facebook,' Says Refugee, As Amnesty Highlights Meta's Role In Myanmar Violence

Rohingya refugees are seeking reparations from Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) after a report revealed that its algorithms “proactively amplified and promoted content,” inciting hatred against the community on Facebook.

Radio France Internationale

Trial of suspected Rwandan genocide financier Felicien Kabuga opens in The Hague

The trial of one of the last fugitives charged over the 1994 Rwandan genocide opened at a United Nations tribunal in The Hague on Thursday.

France 24

Top Rwanda genocide suspect and financier Félicien Kabuga goes on trial

One of the last fugitives charged over the Rwanda genocide to face justice, Félicien Kabuga refused to appear in court at the start of his trial on Thursday. "Twenty-eight years after the events, this trial is about holding Félicien Kabuga to account for his substantial and intentional role in that…

Reuters

Long-awaited Rwanda genocide trial starts despite suspect's boycott

A U.N. tribunal in The Hague opened the genocide trial on Thursday of a Rwandan businessman captured two years ago after decades on the run, with judges saying the hearing must go on despite the suspect's decision to boycott it from his jail cell.

The Independent UK

Trial of elderly Rwanda genocide suspect opening at UN court

A frail 87-year-old Rwandan accused of encouraging and bankrolling his country's 1994 genocide is going on trial at a UN tribunal

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