US determines Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, imposes sanctions on leader
Washington DC, US/Nairobi, Kenya/Cairo, Egypt Reuters The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and it imposed sanctions on the group’s leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes. The moves deal […]
Pope calls Gaza airstrikes “cruelty” after Israeli minister’s criticism
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli Government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study whether the military offensive there constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. Francis opened his annual Christmas address to the Catholic cardinals who lead […]
Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. “This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities have committed […]
Amnesty report says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
Updated: 7am, 6th December, 2024 (AEDT) The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war in a report published on Thursday, an allegation Israel angrily denied. The London-based human rights group said it reached the conclusion after months of analysing incidents and statements […]
Pope Francis suggests international study into possible genocide in Gaza
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel’s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel’s conduct in its year-long war. In excerpts published on Sunday from a forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts […]
Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary
MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ, of Associated Press, speaks to survivors, now in Canada, of the 1994 genocide…
Essay: The Yazidi genocide devastated Iraq’s community 10 years ago – but the roots of the prejudice that fuelled it were much deeper
In an article first published on The Conversation, GÜNEŞ MURAT TEZCÜR, author of ‘Liminal Minorities’, looks at the historic marginalisation and discrimination of the Yazidis in Iraq…
World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza’s Rafah
Updated: 11am (AEST) The Hague Reuters Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide. While the International Court of Justice, or World Court, has no means […]
Srebrenica survivors still haunted as UN votes on genocide remembrance
Srebrenica, Bosnia Reuters Kada Hotic last saw her son, husband and brother on 11th July, 1995, as Bosnian Serb forces swamped the United Nations “safe zone” of the town of Srebrenica, forcing thousands of panicked Muslims to flee. Shells exploded around Hotic and her family as they ran towards a UN base for safety, passing […]
Rwanda’s President leads genocide commemoration 30 years on
Kigali, Rwanda Reuters Rwanda’s president on Sunday led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said the conditions that led to the slaughter would never be allowed to exist again in his country’s politics. Over 100 days, starting on 7th April, 1994, Tutsis and moderate […]