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France clears Rwandan officials of killing president in 1994

Rwanda said on Dec. 24 that it welcomed the definitive end of what it called a politically-motivated investigation.

Cambodia

Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide

Two leaders from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge have been convicted of genocide, almost four decades after the communist regime was overthrown.

Myanmar

Euroviews. After the Rohingya Muslim genocide, a Nuremberg trial is essential | View

Those responsible for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims must be held accountable before peace can blossom in Myanmar.

Myanmar

Myanmar’s army 'killed Muslim Rohingyas with genocidal intent’

Myanmar’s army killed Muslim Rohingyas with ‘genocidal intent’, says UN human rights investigators.

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Serbia

Serbian peace group marks Srebrenica anniversary in Belgrade

Bosnian Serb soldiers slaughtered over eight thousand Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in Bosnia in 1995.

Rwanda

Mass grave found in Rwanda

Burial pit near Kigali went unreported for 24 years

Netherlands

The Netherlands votes to recognise Armenian genocide

The motion risks further heightening tension between the Netherlands and Turkey, which denies the mass killings were genocide

Cambodia

Cambodia marks 39 years since fall of Khmer Rouge rule

Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot's rule of terror killed an estimated 1.7 million people - nearly a quarter of the population - through execution, torture, starvation and disease in labour camps.

Switzerland

Genocide against Rohingya cannot be ruled out, says UN rights chief

Comments came from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights at a special session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva

World News

Relief and 'justice' for relatives of Srebrenica victims

Relatives of the 8,000 Bosnian Muslim victims of the 1995 massacre erupted into cheers when the ex-Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life in prison.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide and jailed for life

The ex-Bosnian Serb general was on trial, accused of ordering the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

Myanmar

Widespread rape and people burnt alive in Myanmar, says NGO

Rohingya Muslims have been telling their horrifying accounts to Save the Children.

Myanmar

Tillerson calls for Rohingya probe

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called for a credible investigation into reports of human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar's security forces.

France

Macron vows to fight on for Armenians

French presidential hopeful Emmanuel Macron has marked the 102nd anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in a brief ceremony in Paris.

Greece

What does "Home" mean after 74 genocides? Interview with a Yazidi refugee

Sahir Saido is 18 years old.

Cult

Interactive questions for Holocaust survivors a the UK National Holocaust Centre

From beyond the grave the harrowing stories of the Holocaust are being told.

Cinema

'Denial' - the story of a legal battle for truth with Timothy Spall and Rachel Weisz

It is the story of a legal battle for truth.

Myanmar

Commission finds no evidence of genocide in Myanmar

An interim report by the body set up by the government to investigate abuses in Rakhine State finds no evidence to support claims of ethnic cleansing, rape and arson.

France

Rwanda accuses French officials of complicity in genocide

Rwanda has launched an inquiry into 20 French officials it suspects of involvement in the 1994 genocide.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica buries 127 newly-found victims on 21st anniversary of massacre

Thousands of people have gathered in Srebrenica on the 21st anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II.