Showing posts with label Genocide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genocide. Show all posts
Friday, December 08, 2023

UN Marks 75th Anniversary of Genocide Convention

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Today is the United Nations International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of ...
Thursday, February 02, 2023

At Religious Freedom Summit, Ambassador Calls for Crimes Against Humanity Statute

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The International Religious Freedom Summit was held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Among the numerous speakers and panelists ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

State Department Gets Broader Authority to Pay Rewards in War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide Cases

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Yesterday President Biden signed into law  H.R.4250 ( full text ) which expands the Department of State War Crimes Rewards Program that allo...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022

International Court Of Justice Says Genocide Case Against Myanmar May Move Ahead

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 In The Gambia v. Myanmar ,  (Intl. Ct. Justice, July 22, 2022), the United Nations International court of Justice rejected various procedur...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022

U.S. Labels Burmese Military's Treatment Of Rohingya As Genocide

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In a speech ( full text ) yesterday at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the Un...
Friday, December 10, 2021

People's Tribunal In Britain Finds China Guilty Of Genocide Against Uyghurs

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The Uyghur Tribunal , an independent People's Tribunal set up last year in Britain to investigate China’s actions against Uyghur, Kazakh...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

White House Announces Diplomatic Boycott Of Olympics To Protest Uyghur Genocide

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced on Monday a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics to protest genocide being committed ...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Biden Labels 1915 Armenian Massacre As "Genocide"

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For the first time yesterday, a sitting U.S. President labelled the 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide". In a Statement ( ful...
Friday, April 23, 2021

Britain's House of Commons Says China Is Guilty of Genocide

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Britain's House of Commons yesterday adopted a resolution ( full text of debate and resolution ) declaring that China has committed geno...
Thursday, March 11, 2021

Think Tank Issues New Report On Uyghur Genocide

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Newlines Institute for Policy and Strategy, a D.C. think tank, this week issued a 55-page report ( full text ) titled  The Uyghur Genocide: ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Canada's House of Commons Declares China's Actions Against Uighurs To Be Genocide

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Yesterday Canada's House of Commons passed a non-binding resolution ( full text ) declaring that China's actions against its Uighur ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Secretary of State Pompeo Declares Chinese Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide Against Uyghurs

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Yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the State Department has concluded that since March 2017 China has committed crime...
Friday, September 04, 2020

Canada, Netherlands Will Assist In Case Against Myanmar For Genocide Against Rohingya

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 In a Joint Statement ( full text ) issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministers of Canada and the Netherlands said that their governments pla...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

World Court Orders Myanmar To Prevent Further Genocide of Rohingya

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The United Nations International Court of Justice has handed down an opinion and order imposing provisional measures on Myanmar to protect t...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Gambia Sues Myanmar In International Court of Justice Over Rohingya Genocide

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The International Court of Justice announced this week that the Republic of Gambia has instituted proceedings against Myanmar alleging actio...
Friday, July 12, 2019

USCIRF Issues Fact Sheet On Prosecution of Mass Atrocity Crimes

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom this month issued a Legislation Factsheet on Prosecution of Mass Atrocity Crimes . Th...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

D.C.Circuit: Conspiracy Suit Against U.S. Supporters of Israeli Settlers Is Not "Political Question"

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In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that a suit against high profile Americans...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Studies Conclude Atrocities Against Rohingya Constitute Genocide

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On Monday, the Public International Law and Policy Group, a global pro bono law firm, issued a 105-page report ( full text ) titled Document...
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

Congress Passes Bill Aimed At Prosecuting Iraq and Syria Genocide

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Last week, Congress gave final passage to HR 390, the  Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act  ( full text ). The bill now a...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Myanmar Military Incited Rohingya Genocide Through Fake Facebook Accounts

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In an article posted yesterday, the New York Times  reports that the genocide and ethnic cleansing directed at Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar w...