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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.

Rwanda

France 'inflicted suffering on Rwanda by staying silent over genocide'

Macron acknowledged France had been at fault but stopped short of an apology.

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.”

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.

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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.

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.

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.

USA

US declares China is 'committing genocide' against Uighur minority

In a statement issued on his last day in office, Mike Pompeo said China "has committed crimes against humanity" against Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in the northwestern province of Xinjiang.

Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda's real-life hero arrested over 'terrorism' charges

“I believe it is a travesty that a human rights champion like Paul Rusesabagina should be captured, detained and held in the way he is being held," said Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica: World leaders urged to counter Serbian genocide denial

In the 25 years since the Srebrenica massacre, some Serb leaders haven't fully accepted responsibility and deny that genocide took place in Bosnia in 1995.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. Denying and glorifying the Srebrenica genocide is inspiring extremists around the world ǀ View

25 years on from the massacre at Srebrenica, revisionism and glorification of the ethnic cleansing committed during the Bosnian War are giving impetus to extremists around the world to act with impunity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. 25 years after Srebrenica, genocide denial is pervasive. It can no longer go unchallenged ǀ View

As the world begins to grapple with the legacy of its darkest episodes, the way in which the history of what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina over 20 years ago is told is should now be challenged before it poisons another generation.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Lessons learned' after Srebrenica massacre, former UN judge says

Judge Carmel Agius, the last president of the UN court examining atrocities in the former Yugoslavia, says justice is only a partial solution to war crimes.

France

Rwanda genocide: French court ruling could shed light on France's role

A court ruling in France could pave the way to opening up files that could shed light on what the French government knew and did about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

World News

Félicien Kabuga arrested near Paris for role in Rwandan genocide

Kabuga, who has been accused of financing the 1994 genocide, was living near Paris under a false identity.

Myanmar

Euroviews. Justice will be a long time coming for the Rohingya. But the latest ICJ ruling is a start ǀ View

While it is easy to be cynical about what the precedent-setting ICJ ruling will actually accomplish in practice, the ICJ court order reinforces the universality of human rights and the rule of law. International justice is a long game - and one that is just getting started in Myanmar.

Europe News

Fabien Neretsé stands trial on genocide charges in Belgium

Fabien Neretsé is accused of taking part in the murder of thirteen people, as well as war crimes and genocide in 1994. He denies the accusations.

World

'Waiting for justice': Families await start of Rwanda genocide trial

Martine Beckers lost her sister, brother-in-law, and niece in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She says despite UN troops being stationed only 500 metres from their home, they didn't help stop their murders.

Turkey

Euroviews. Trump’s support for Erdogan’s plans in Syria has green-lit a Turkish genocide of the Kurds ǀ View

When the Turks are “just passing through” a territory, sometimes they stay 500 years. Just ask the Bulgarians, who spent 500 years under violent Ottoman rule.

Cambodia

Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge's Brother Number Two, dies at 93

Nuon Chea, one of the architects of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out a quarter of his countrymen, has died in Phnom Penh, aged 93.