Genocide
China's Uyghur population control was genocide: report
Nine lawyers and human rights experts published their opinion after hearing allegations of torture, rape and inhumane treatment at two evidence sessions this...
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Germany rejects reparations call from Namibia
At parliamentary question time, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas acknowledged that over the years, there had been calls for reparations from countries including Greece and Poland over Nazi-era massacres.
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'Butcher of Bosnia' Mladic faces final genocide verdict
Mladic was found guilty of genocide for personally overseeing the massacre at the supposedly UN-protected enclave of Srebrenica as part of a campaign to drive out Muslims.
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Germany genocide offer accepted by Namibia 'not enough': govt
The southern African country's government started negotiations with its former coloniser Germany in 2015 over the 1904-1908 massacre of Herero and Nama people for rebelling against their rulers.
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Namibia: Germany's genocide recognition is a 'step in right direction'
"The acceptance on the part of Germany that a genocide was committed is the first step in the right direction."
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Germany says it committed genocide in Namibia during colonial rule
German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people in 1904-1908 massacres -- labelled the first genocide of the 20th century by historians -- poisoning relations between Namibia and Germany for years.
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Erdogan says Biden's genocide recognition 'destructive'
Erdogan had issued a carefully-worded statement moments before Biden made his landmark announcement on Saturday at a ceremony commemorating the tragic 1915-17 events.
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Biden to recognise massacre of Armenians as genocide: reports
Such a move would further inflame tensions with NATO ally Turkey, which vehemently rejects the designation that has already been adopted by dozens of other countries including France and Russia.
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US senators seek to declare China 'genocide' against Uighurs
The resolution was introduced by senators across the political spectrum, although it is unlikely to move quickly as the Senate is out of session until after next week's election.
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French court orders Rwanda genocide suspect be tried at UN tribunal
UN prosecutors accuse Felicien Kabuga of bankrolling and arming ethnic Hutu militias that killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda during a 100-day period in 1994.
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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga denounces charges as "lies"
Asked if he understood the charges, Kabuga told the court through an interpreter: “All of this is lies. I have not killed any Tutsis. I was working with them.”
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ANALYSIS: Why SA’s white leaders shouldn’t get into comparative politics of sin
Despite the apology from former president FW de Klerk, we are left with the impression that he remains insensitive to the feelings of the mass of South Africans. He is simply out of touch.
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Belgian court convicts Rwandan official for genocide
Fabien Neretse, who protested his innocence, is the first person to be convicted in Belgium on such a charge and he now faces a possible life sentence.
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Suu Kyi tell UN's top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'
The Nobel Peace laureate challenged allegations in a lawsuit brought by Gambia last month accusing Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention.
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Gambia files Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar at World Court - minister
In its filing, Gambia asked the court to grant so-called provisional measures to make sure Myanmar immediately 'stops atrocities and genocide against its own Rohingya people'.
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SA not co-operating in arrest of genocide suspect: UN court
According to legal sources, it is former presidential guard head Protais Mpiranya who is believed to be hiding in South Africa.
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UK police probing 5 over Rwanda genocide
The men are accused by Rwanda of genocide, complicity in genocide, crimes against humanity, conspiracy to murder, forming a criminal gang and inciting disorder, but have reportedly denied any involvement.
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Namibian tribes to appeal US ruling on German colonial horrors
A judge in New York said on Wednesday claims by descendants of the Herero and Nama tribes over Germany’s role in what some historians call the 20th century’s first genocide could not proceed in her jurisdiction.
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Lawsuit against Germany over Namibian genocide is dismissed in New York
According to the plaintiffs, thousands of Herero and Nama were slaughtered, left to starve or died at concentration camps from 1904 to 1908, when Namibia was known as South-West Africa, after the tribes rebelled against German rule.
