World Court to hear Russian objections to Ukraine genocide case
The Hague, The NetherlandReuters Russia and Ukraine will square off before the International Court of Justice on Monday in a case that centres around claims by Moscow that its invasion of Ukraine was done to prevent genocide. Ukraine brought the case to the United Nations’ highest court just days after the Russian invasion on 24th […]
Rwanda suspect denies killings but ‘sorry’ over genocide
Cape Town, South AfricaReuters 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. On the run for two decades, Fulgence Kayishema was arrested on Wednesday under a false name […]
ICC expected to launch war crimes cases against Russians over Ukraine
Amsterdam, Netherlands/Near Kreminna, Ukraine Reuters The International Criminal Court is expected to seek the arrest of Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine and targeting civilian infrastructure, a source said on Monday, in what would be the first international war crimes cases arising from Moscow’s invasion. The source said the arrest warrants could include […]
Ukraine remembers Stalin-era famine as Russia war rages
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukraine accused the Kremlin on Saturday of reviving the “genocidal” tactics of Josef Stalin as Kyiv commemorated a Soviet-era famine that killed millions of Ukrainians in the winter of 1932-33. The remembrance day for the “Holodomor” comes as Ukraine is battling to repel invading Russian forces and deal with sweeping blackouts caused by […]
Pope links plight of Ukrainians today to Stalin’s “genocide”
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis on Wednesday linked the suffering of Ukrainians now to the 1930s “genocide artificially caused by Stalin”, when the Soviet leader was blamed for creating a man-made famine in Ukraine believed to have killed more than three million people. Francis’ linking of the plight of Ukrainian civilians today to those killed by […]
WHO’s Tedros says narrow window to “prevent genocide” in Ethiopia
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters 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. Tedros, who previously served as Ethiopia’s health minister and foreign affairs minister, has been sharply critical of Ethiopian authorities throughout the two-year war. […]
UN investigator says Facebook provided vast amount of Myanmar war crimes information
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The head of a UN 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. The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar aims to build case files for proceedings in national, regional or international courts. It was established […]
Pope says genocide took place at church schools in Canada for Indigenous children
Aboard the papal planeReuters Pope Francis said on Saturday that what happened at residential schools that the Roman Catholic and other Christian Churches ran to forcefully assimilate Canada’s Indigenous children was genocide. The Pope made the comment while flying back to Rome after a week-long trip to Canada, where he delivered a historic apology for […]
World Court says it has jurisdiction, Myanmar genocide case to proceed
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters The World Court on Friday rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full. Myanmar, now ruled by a military junta that seized power in 2021, had argued that Gambia, which brought the suit, […]
World Court to rule on whether Myanmar genocide case can proceed
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters The World Court is expected to rule on Friday on Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, a decision that could pave the way for the case to be heard in full. Myanmar, currently ruled by a military junta that seized power in 2021, […]