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The global approach to serious crimes is shifting to domestic trials – here’s what I found in three African countries

Domestic trials of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes are considered quicker, cheaper and more responsive to victims’ needs than the International Criminal Court’s trials in The Hague.

The Conversation

Spectre of 1915 Armenian genocide looms over Nagorno-Karabakh

Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, Armenia's ambassador Andranik Hovhannisyan said that his country had previously warned of "looming ethnic cleansing" in Nagorno-Karabakh, stressing it was now "in progress". For Armenians, the recent attacks in the enclave have brought back bitter memories of the 1915…

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘genocide’ before Canadian parliament

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a historic second parliamentary address.

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UNESCO puts four Rwanda genocide memorials on World Heritage list

Four memorials to the 1994 Rwanda genocide are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list. The sites at Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero commemorate the mass killings of a majority of Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, between April and July 1994. Meanwhile, the Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is…

France 24

Rwanda genocide sites, WWI cemeteries added to World Heritage list

UN cultural body says memorial sites for human suffering can play a key role in peacebuilding.

Al Jazeera

Australia backs Ukraine at UN's highest court

Australia's solicitor-general has delivered an intervention at the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine's case against the invasion by Russia.

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Australia to support Ukraine at UN's highest court

Australia's Solicitor-General will deliver an intervention at the International Court of Justice in support of Ukraine's case against the invasion by Russia.

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Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summit

Ukrainian president says all leaders ‘who do not tolerate any aggression’ would be invited to a peace summit

The Guardian - US

Ukraine asks International Court of Justice to examine Russia's 'terrible lie'

Ukraine told the International Court of Justice on Tuesday that Russia, to justify its invasion in 2022, invoked a “terrible lie” that it was trying to stop alleged genocide.

Radio France Internationale

Razakar trailer stokes worries about communal polarisation, call for ban on movie

Reacting to trailer of movie Razakar-The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad, Minister K.T. Rama Rao said he will take up the matter with Censor Board and Telangana police. Majlis Bachao Tehreek leader Amjedullah Khan demanded movie be banned by BRS to maintain peace and communal harmony. Historian Sreeramoju Haragopal said it…

The Hindu

Ukraine lawyers insist that UN's top court has jurisdiction to hear Kyiv's case against Russia

Ukraine is insisting that the United Nations’ highest court has jurisdiction to hear a case alleging that Moscow abused the genocide convention to justify launching its devastating invasion last year

The Independent UK

Watch as World Court hears Ukraine’s response to Russian objections in genocide case

Watch as Ukraine responds to Russia’s objections against the jurisdiction of the World Court in a genocide case brought by the nation, which claims Moscow falsely applied genocide law to justify its 2022 invasion.

The Independent UK

Genocide warning in Nagorno-Karabakh

Letter: Caroline Cox of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust urges the government to fulfil its responsibility under international law

The Guardian - UK

Genocide fears in Darfur are attracting little attention − have nations abandoned their responsibility to protect civilians?

Mass atrocities are once again plaguing the people of Darfur, Sudan, with talk of a genocide taking place.

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Ukraine and its allies battle Russian bid to have genocide case tossed out of the UN's top court

Ukraine’s legal battle against Russia over allegations of genocide used by Moscow to justify its 2022 invasion is resuming at the United Nations’ highest court

Reason

Critics Sue Over Hawaii's Housing Deregulation, Calling It Attempted 'Genocide'

A coalition including the state ACLU, Sierra Club, and Native Hawaiian cultural groups argue Gov. Josh Green vastly exceeded his emergency powers when he waived most regulations on homebuilding.

The Guardian - US

The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20

Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats

The Hindu

Tiruchi City police registers case against BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya

.Police in Tiruchi register case against BJP IT cell chief for twisting comments of Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sanathana Dharma. Malviya falsely claimed Minister called for "genocide of 80% of India's population". Complaint filed, case registered under IPC Sections 153, 153 (A), 504, 505 (1)(b).

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The Independent UK

US lawmakers visiting The Hague say Russian President Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee say Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

The Conversation

Ethiopia’s Amhara people are being portrayed as the enemy: the dangerous history of ethnic politics

The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency on 4 August 2023 and sent the military into the Amhara region to engage the Fano, a local armed militia. Some suggested that Ethiopia risked slipping into another civil war.

The Hindu

Udhayanidhi’s remarks on Sanatana Dharma trigger political row

Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments on "eradicating Sanatana Dharma" trigger political row. Union Home Minister Amit Shah accuses DMK and Congress of "insulting Sanatana Dharma" for vote bank politics. Udhayanidhi clarifies he never called for genocide of those following Sanatana Dharma, but to uproot it to uphold humanity…

The Hindu

DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanatan Dharma remark sparks row; BJP calls it ‘genocidal’

BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya slammed Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks and said that the minister was calling for “genocide of 80% population of Bharat, who follow Sanatan Dharma.”

Al Jazeera

Six years of Rohingya exodus: Food crisis and fears of a ‘lost generation’

Refugees mark August 25 as ‘Genocide Day’ to demand justice and safe and voluntary repatriation to their Myanmar homes.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe’s president was security minister when genocidal rape was state policy in 1983-4. Now he seeks another term

Trigger warning: this article contains accounts of sexual violence.

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"Maybe they just don’t care": System Of A Down's Serj Tankian calls out Imagine Dragons for ignoring his pleas to cancel a scheduled show in Azerbaijan, which he claims will help "whitewash" brutal human rights abuses in the country

System of a Down's Serj Tankian attacks pop-rock superstars Imagine Dragons over what he perceives as their "disregard" for a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Azerbaijan

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