French EU presidency to push for worldwide end to death penalty, says Macron
Paris, FranceReuters France will launch a campaign for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty as part of its upcoming presidency of the European Union, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. A conference will be held in Paris gathering civil society groups from countries where the death penalty is in use or suspended, Macron said […]
Rwanda says France bears responsibility for enabling 1994 genocide
Kigali, RwandaReuters France was aware that a genocide was being prepared in Rwanda ahead of the 1994 killings and the French Government bore a significant responsibility for enabling it, the Rwandan Government said in a report published on Monday. Between April and July of 1994, some 800,000 people were slaughtered, mainly from the ethnic Tutsi […]