Europe News 'Massive war crimes': Estonia accuses Russia of genocide in Ukraine Jüri Ratas, president of Estonia's parliament, said "systematic and massive war crimes have been committed against the people of Ukraine". 21/04/2022
no comment French President Macron avoids accusing Putin of genocide "I am very careful with some terms [genocide] these days," French President Emmanuel Macron said during an interview with France 2 broadcasted on Wednesday. "I`'m not sure the escalation of words is helping the cause right now." 13/04/2022
Ukraine Biden accuses Putin of 'genocide', wanting to 'wipe out' Ukrainians Biden added that it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia’s conduct met the international standard for genocide but said, “it sure seems that way to me”. 13/04/2022
Czech Republic Czech MPs vote to recognise Soviet-era famine in Ukraine as genocide Up to four million people are believed to have died during the great famine between 1932 and 1933. 06/04/2022
Australia Demonstrators march for Indigenous rights on 'Australia Day' Protesters gather across the country as part of annual Indigenous rights protests held on a national holiday that marks the arrival of the first British colonial troops in 1788. 26/01/2022
France French MPs officially recognise 'genocide' of Uyghurs in China The declaration is likely to harm relations between Paris and Beijing just two weeks before the Winter Olympics. 20/01/2022
Germany Iraqi jihadist handed life sentence for Yazidi genocide This is the first time that a court has ruled that the atrocities committed against the Yazidis amount to genocide. 30/11/2021
Germany World's first trial for genocide against Yazidis set to conclude "It has been seven years since survivors have been waiting for this," Yazda NGO told Euronews. 29/11/2021
Cry like a boy UN Adama Dieng: 'Men, too, have been victims of rape during genocides' In Cry Like Boy, we have spoken about the trauma caused by Liberia’s civil war. But conflict is a global issue. In this new episode, we ask UN's Adama Dieng about what the impact of such a violent act as genocide can have on men, women or victims of rape. 25/11/2021
France Ex-driver goes on trial in France for 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide The genocide saw 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority slaughtered in just three months from April to July 1994. 22/11/2021
Rwanda Man behind the inspiration for Hotel Rwanda convicted of terror charge The man who inspired the film #HotelRwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, has been found guilty of terror-related offences by a court in Rwanda. 20/09/2021
Uncovering Europe Is Europe doing enough to prosecute ISIS fighters for Yazidi genocide? Seven years on from a genocide that killed an estimated 10,000 Yazidi people in northern Iraq, European countries are grappling with how to prosecute those responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 21st century. 10/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends? Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial. 28/07/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian Serbs will shut down government over genocide denial law Bosnian Serb politicians have pledged to block decision-making in the country’s institutions in protest over a recent move by a top international envoy to outlaw genocide denial. 27/07/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina Senior Bosnian official bans denial of Srebrenica genocide under law The head of Bosnia’s Office of the High Representative has imposed changes to the country’s criminal law, introducing prison sentences for anyone who denies the genocide at Srebrenica. 23/07/2021
Serbia Serbia's Vucic hits back as Montenegro bans Srebrenica genocide denial Montenegrin lawmakers on Thursday ousted a pro-Serb government minister who denied the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica was genocide. 18/06/2021
Montenegro Montenegro minister ousted over Srebrenica genocide denial Montenegro's parliament voted to sack the country's justice minister for expressing doubts about the genocide in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. 18/06/2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina UN judges to rule on Mladic appeal against Bosnian war convictions The verdict in Mladić's appeal case will effectively conclude UN prosecutions for crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. 08/06/2021
View Germany did not fully recognise Namibia killings as genocide | View "Contrary to what the majority of global media reports suggest, there is no question of full recognition of the genocide in the legal sense and with consequences under international law." 01/06/2021
Germany Germany agrees to recognise colonial killings in Namibia as genocide As well as recognising the killings and asking descendants of victims for forgiveness, Germany has committed to spend 1.1 billion euros on mostly development projects over the next 30 years. 28/05/2021
Rwanda France 'inflicted suffering on Rwanda by staying silent over genocide' Macron acknowledged France had been at fault but stopped short of an apology. 27/05/2021
Armenia Armenia welcomes Biden's "genocide" recognition, but it's 'not enough' “I cannot believe it. He really said it for real,” said local man Samuel Tadevosyan. “This is huge. The US are so important that they’re definitely going to set an example for other countries.” 05/05/2021
Europe News US recognition of Armenian killings as genocide revives an old debate The United States’ decision to recognise the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as a "genocide" has revived a long-running debate in the European Union. 28/04/2021
Rwanda Rwanda genocide report: France 'did nothing to stop' massacres Former French President Francois Mitterrand and his administration had knowledge of preparations for the massacres — yet kept supporting the government, the report says. 19/04/2021
France France 'was not complicit' in Rwandan genocide, report claims The report says researchers found no evidence that French weapons were delivered to Rwanda after the start of the genocide. 26/03/2021
Netherlands Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide. 09/02/2021
