genocide
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Bolivia joins the South Africa ICJ ‘genocide’ case against Israel
Oct 10, 2024Bolivia has joined South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice that alleges the Israeli Gaza offensive breaches the UN Genocide Convention, the court said on Wednesday. The South American country is the... -
ICT gets genocide charges against AL, 14-party allies
Oct 2, 2024An allegation of genocide was brought today against Awami League (AL) as a party for allegedly giving direct instruction in the barbaric crimes and its 14-party allies like Workers Party of Bangladesh and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal... -
After school strike, UN rapporteur accuses Israel of ‘genocide’
Aug 11, 2024An independent UN-appointed expert accused Israel of committing “genocide” in its Gaza war after an Israeli strike targeting a school on Saturday killed 93 people, according to local rescuers. “Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighbourhood... -
UN expert defiant amid threats after Israel ‘genocide’ finding
Mar 28, 2024A UN expert who concluded that Israel was carrying out genocide in Gaza stated on Wednesday that she had received threats because of her work, but that this had just strengthened her resolve to move forward.... -
Germany rejects UN ‘genocide’ charge against Israel
Jan 13, 2024The German government on Friday sharply rejected allegations before the UN’s top court that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and warned against “political instrumentalisation” of the charge. Government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement... -
US declares Myanmar military oppression of Rohingya ‘genocide’
Mar 21, 2022US Secretary of State Antony Blinken formally declared Monday that the Myanmar military’s attacks on the Rohingya in 2016 and 2017 was “genocide”, saying there was “clear intent” to destroy the Muslim minority. “I have determined... -
Ukraine UN envoy accuses Russia of ‘genocide’
Mar 2, 2022Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, speaking at a rare General Assembly discussion more than a week after Moscow’s invasion, accused Russia of attempting genocide in his country. “They have come to deprive Ukraine of the... -
At the UNSC, India brings up Pakistan’s genocide in Bangladesh’s Liberation War
Jan 27, 2022At the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), India demanded justice for the genocide perpetrated by the Pakistani army during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. According to The Economic Times, India’s permanent envoy to the UN,... -
Macron asks Rwanda to pardon France over 1994 genocide
May 27, 2021French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which about 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died, reports BSS. Speaking at the genocide memorial in... -
ICC investigators launch investigations into Rohingya genocide
Feb 4, 2020UN-backed International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor office today said they launched investigations into the “alleged crimes” against Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims to expose to justice the perpetrators of what is said to be “genocide”. “It (investigation)...