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UN Court Rejects Myanmar Claims, Will Hear Rohingya Case

Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority. The decision establishing the International Court of Justice's jurisdiction sets the stage for hearings airing evidence of atrocities against…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed

UN’s international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group

The Guardian - UK

Myanmar genocide case to go ahead after ICJ rejects objections

Judges at the UN’s top court dismiss objections to a case alleging genocide against the Rohingya.

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World Court rejects Myanmar's objections, Rohingya genocide case will proceed

World Court judges on Friday dismissed objections by Myanmar to a genocide case brought against it for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority, paving the way for the case to proceed.

Reuters

UN court to rule on jurisdiction in Rohingya genocide case

The United Nations’ highest court is set to rule on whether to proceed with a landmark case that accuses Myanmar’s rulers of genocide against the country’s mainly Muslim Rohingya minority

The Independent UK

ICJ to rule on Myanmar objections to Rohingya genocide case

If the objections are dismissed, the court can begin to discuss the evidence for the alleged atrocities.

Al Jazeera

World Court says it has jurisdiction, Myanmar genocide case to proceed

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.

Reuters

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Why is China's Uighur population shrinking?

After becoming the Communist Party of China's (CPC's) chief of Xinjiang province in 2016, Chen Quanguo oversaw a security crackdown that led to a sharp drop in births. Some observers accused China's leadership of committing genocide against the province's mostly Muslim Uighur population through forced sterilisation and abortion. Chinese Foreign…

Bangkok Post

Russia’s mass kidnappings of Ukrainians are a page out of a wartime playbook – and evidence of genocide

Following months of speculation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on July 13, 2022, that Russia had forcibly relocated between 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainians into Russia.

The Conversation

Trudy Rubin: Holocaust memorial in Kyiv was a statement against genocide but 'evil has returned'

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as "Putler," an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

China's Xi urges unity on rare visit to once-restive Xinjiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Xinjiang this week, making his first trip in eight years to the once-restive northwestern frontier region where the United States has accused China of genocide against the mostly Muslim Uyghur minority.

Reuters

Whiteness is an invented concept that has been used as a tool of oppression

Whiteness is a modern, colonial invention. It was devised in the 17th century and used to provide the logic for genocide and slavery. The first recorded mention of “white people”, historians concur, is in English playwright Thomas Middleton’s 1613 play, The Triumphs of Truth.

The Conversation

India: Hindu extremists are stoking a wave of Islamophobic sentiment across the country

We take you to India, where anti-Muslim campaigns are on the rise in recent days. Some Hindu fundamentalists have even publicly called for the genocide of Muslims. Critics blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi for tacitly encouraging these attacks on Muslims by failing to condemn the increasing violence against this minority…

France 24

What are the badges Boris Johnson and MPs wore today on their lapels during PMQs?

The flower they were wearing has a green centre and white petals.

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The Independent UK

Genocide survivors welcome Rwandan's conviction in France

Genocide survivors in Rwanda welcomed the conviction of Laurent Bucyibaruta, the highest-ranking Rwandan to have been convicted in France on charges related to the 1994 genocide

Radio France Internationale

French court jails ex-top Rwandan official for 20 years over genocide

A French court on Tuesday jailed a former senior Rwandan official for 20 years after finding him guilty of complicity in the African nation's genocide.

The National (Scotland)

Here's why MPs are wearing white flower badges at PMQs today

A NUMBER of MPs wore a white flower badge with a green centre at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

As a child refugee from Somaliland, I know Sir Mo’s agony all too well

Sir Mo Farah and I have a lot in common. We were both born in Somaliland. And we both lost half of our family members during The Isaaq genocide. But unlike Mo, who has just revealed that his real name is Hussein, I was holding my mum’s hand when I…

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The Conversation

The war in Ukraine: A no-win situation for the left

The political left is floundering over what to say about the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Dutch give "deepest apologies" for role in 1995 Srebrenica genocide

The Netherlands on Monday offered its "deepest apologies" for the role played by Dutch peacekeepers in the Srebrenica genocide, when roughly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were massacred by attacking Bosnian Serb forces 27 years ago.

The Independent UK

Thousands gather to mark Srebrenica massacre, bury victims

Thousands of people have converged on Srebrenica to mark the 27th anniversary of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust and attend the funeral of 50 recently identified victims

Al Jazeera

Srebrenica women recognised for highlighting 1995 genocide

More than 8,000 men and boys from the Bosniak ethnic group perished in 10 days of slaughter by Bosnian Serb forces.

Chicago Sun-Times

Assault weapons are too readily available

A country that allows, indeed encourages and celebrates such acquisition, is committing genocide on its own people.

France 24

‘Stakes are high’ amid renewed Rwanda-DR Congo tensions over rebel fighters

Fresh clashes broke out Thursday between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DR Congo) army and the M23 rebel group, one day after DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met in Angola and agreed to de-escalate tensions amid renewed fighting, which risks “inadvertent escalation”. FRANCE 24…

The Guardian - UK

Turkey should face international court over Yazidi genocide, report says

Exclusive: Investigation by group of prominent human rights lawyers also criticises Syria and Iraq

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