Ukraine rejects Russia’s genocide claim, asks UN court to halt invasion
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Ukraine has filed a suit against Russia at the UN’s highest court, rejecting Moscow’s claim it invaded its neighbour to prevent genocide and asking judges to order an immediate halt to Russian military operations. Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that Ukraine committed genocide in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine and […]
World Court Myanmar genocide case clouded by representation dispute
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters The World Court started to hear preliminary arguments on Monday in a case brought against Myanmar demanding that it halt alleged acts of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, with representatives of the junta appearing for Myanmar. Presiding Judge Joan Donoghue briefly addressed the debate over who has the right to […]
World Court orders Azerbaijan and Armenia to prevent racial hatred
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters World Court judges on Tuesday issued urgent decisions ordering both Azerbaijan and Armenia to prevent racial hatred in similar rulings in tit-for-tat cases brought by the feuding Central Asian neighbours. Both countries allege in a claim and counterclaim that the other has breached a convention against racial discrimination and asked the […]
Third night of rioting erupts over Dutch COVID-19 rules; clashes in Belgium
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsReuters Riots broke out in cities across the Netherlands on Sunday, the third night in a row that police clashed with mobs of angry youths who set fires and threw rocks to protest COVID-19 restrictions. Unrest was reported in locations including Leeuwarden and Groningen in the north, the eastern town of Enschede and […]
Stateless woman tells how she couldn’t visit dying dad
The Hague, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation When Ekaterina’s father was dying she could not visit him in Uzbekistan because she did not have a passport – so she tried to get herself deported. But as a stateless person living in the United States, she could not even do that. An empty chair is seen at […]
Dutch church ends continuous service after almost 100 days with Armenian family granted permission to stay
A continuous church service aimed at preventing an Armenian family from being deported from The Netherlands ended on Wednesday after 96 days when the government agreed not go ahead with the deportation while their case is reviewed. Hundreds of supporters of the Tamrazyan family have been involved in the services at the Bethel Church in […]
Dutch church has been running services continuously for a month to stop deportations
A Dutch church has been running a 24-hour-a-day church service for the past month in an effort to stop an Armenian family from being deported. Australia’s ABC reports Bethel Church in The Hague has been running the service since 26th October in a bid to prevention the deportation of the family of five based on a […]