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Sophie pays her respects to victims of Rwandan genocide

The Countess of Wessex has paid her respects to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda. Sophie visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where the remains of an estimated 250,000 people are interred. She looked at the rows and rows of family photographs ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:16

World

Joe Biden commemorates anniversary of Armenian genocide

President Joe Biden on Sunday commemorated the 107th anniversary of the start of the “Armenian genocide”, issuing a statement in memory of the 1.5 million Armenians “who were deported, massacred or marched to their deaths in a campaign of ...

24 Apr 2022 at 18:55

Ukraine evidence handed to Met War Crimes police ‘some of worst ever seen’

Counter-terror police gathering evidence of potential war crimes in Ukraine say they have been struck by the “incredibly harrowing” material and eyewitness accounts from the frontline of the conflict. The Metropolitan Police’s War Crimes ...

22 Apr 2022 at 09:25

Genocide survivors urge compassion for migrants ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust and genocide survivors who fled their homelands to escape persecution have urged Britons to show the same compassion afforded to them to the thousands of people crossing the English Channel in search of sanctuary. Vera ...

25 Jan 2022 at 09:25

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Pope links plight of Ukrainians today to Stalin’s ‘genocide’

The Pope has linked the suffering of present-day Ukrainians to the 1930s “genocide artificially caused by Stalin”, when the Soviet leader was blamed for creating a famine believed to have killed more than three million people. ...

23 Nov 2022 at 12:56

Charles in plea not to repeat horrors as he sees grim legacy of Rwandan genocide

The Prince of Wales came face-to-face with a grim legacy of the Rwandan genocide as he urged the world never to repeat the horrors of the atrocity. Charles stared at rows of skulls from victims of the 1994 killing spree ...

22 Jun 2022 at 18:31

Charles to meet survivors and perpetrators of Rwanda genocide before CHOGM

The Prince of Wales will spend his first full day in Rwanda meeting survivors and perpetrators of the country’s 1994 genocide, prior to attending a summit of Commonwealth leaders. Charles has been encouraged by former ...

22 Jun 2022 at 07:28

Amal Clooney: Reform law to boost UK prosecutions of genocide and war criminals

Amal Clooney has said UK laws must be reformed to prevent Russian war criminals and perpetrators of genocide visiting the country without fear of prosecution. The human rights lawyer wants genocide, crimes against ...

26 Apr 2023 at 11:48

World

Hundreds gather in Sarajevo to pay respects to Srebrenica massacre victims

Hundreds of people have lined the Bosnian capital’s main street as a truck carrying 30 coffins passed on its way to Srebrenica, where newly identified victims of Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the ...

10 Jul 2023 at 07:49

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Trees planted in Derry to remember Srebrenica genocide victims

Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Councillor Patricia Logue, has performed a tree planting in the garden of St Columb’s Park House in memory of all those who were killed in the 1995 genocide at Srebrenica. It ...

08 Jul 2023 at 12:33

World

Rwandans commemorate 30 years since genocide as legacy lingers

Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists, shattering the small East African country which continues to ...

07 Apr 2024 at 10:30

World

President Kagame blames world’s inaction as Rwanda commemorates 1994 genocide

Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed the inaction of the international community for allowing the 1994 genocide to happen as the central African country marked 30 years since an estimated 800,000 ...

07 Apr 2024 at 14:35

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