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Genocide trial to be held in Rwanda for first time

The Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda approved the transfer of Jean Uwinkind...

US woman accused in genocide case is released

Beatrice Munyenyezi walked free on Thursday for the first time since her indictment in June 2010.

French court rules genocide law unconstitutional

France ruled that a French law concerning mass killings of Armenians a century ago violates the coun...

Guatemala: Ex dictator to face genocide charges

It`s the first time a Latin American court has charged former president with genocide.

Turkey fumes over French genocide law

Turkey has slammed the French Senate`s adoption of a contentious bill to outlaw denial of the Armen...

France risks Turkey rage with genocide law vote?

Armenia says about 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed in what is now eastern Turkey during ...

France passes genocide bill, angry Turkey cuts ties

France is Turkey`s fifth biggest export market and the sixth biggest source of its imports.

France genocide law angers Turkey

Ankara denies the 1915 mass killing of Armenians to be genocide as many Muslim Turks and Kurds were ...

Turkey slams France over genocide bill

Turkey`s PM sharply criticised France for a bill to make it a crime to deny that the World War I-era...

Khmer Rouge not `bad people`: Ex-leader in court

Nuon Chea`s defiant statements came as the UN-backed tribunal began questioning him for the first ti...

Dalai Lama blames Tibetan burnings on cultural genocide

The desperate conditions Tibetans face under Beijing`s rigid controls in what amounted to "cultural ...

UN court acquits ex Rwandan ministers of genocide

The UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda on Friday acquitted two former Rwandan ministers of genocide c...

Victims demand key role at Khmer Rouge trial

The long-awaited genocide trial is seen as vital to healing the nation`s deep scars.

Khmer Rouge defendant challenges genocide tribunal

Ieng Sary had received a royal pardon from Cambodia`s King when he led a mass defection to govt.

Khmer Rouge commanders go on trial in Cambodia

The 4 top leaders of Khmer Rouge are accused of genocide and other atrocities in the late 1970s.

Woman minister guilty of genocide in Rwanda

The UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced Pauline Nyiramasuhuko for genocide.

Serb court says Ratko Mladic fit for genocide trial

Mladic was arrested for massacre of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995.

Rwanda genocide suspect arrested: Congo officials

Bernard Munyagishari was wanted on charges of genocide and other crimes. At least 500,000 ethnic Tut...

Ratko Mladic – A butcher who nicknamed himself ‘God’

The genocide suspect General Ratko Mladic`s ruthlessness was legendary.

Europe`s most wanted war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested

Ratko Mladic, the ruthless Serb military chief is charged with staging Europe`s worst massacre.

Rwanda ex-army chief jailed for 30 years over genocide

The UN court for Rwanda handed a 30-year prison sentence to former army chief Augustin Bizimungu fo...

`Bangladeshi Islamist leader admits role in 1971 war genocide`

Motiur Rahman Nizami, the detained chief of Bangladesh`s largest Islamist party, on Thursday admitt...

Armenians stage anti-Turkish rally on WWI `genocide`

The protest attracted hordes of youths who marched with candles.

Turkey caused `Armenian genocide`: Argentine judge

Many experts say killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians was genocide.

S Sudan says it will suspend talks with North

S Sudan claims that the northern govt is funding militias in the south, a S Sudanese official said.

Libyan minister quits, diplomat claims genocide

Interior Minister Abdul Fattah Younis al Abidi quit in support of protesters.

Cambodia`s Khmer Rouge trial gets go-ahead

Cambodia`s UN-backed genocide tribunal says it has moved a step closer to trying four former senio...

Envoy warns Ivory Coast `on brink of genocide`

Ivory Coast`s UN ambassador warns of growing unrest following disputed poll.

Four million Jewish Holocaust victims named

Israel`s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum announced on Tuesday that it has managed to identify two-thir...

Turkey warns US over Armenia genocide resolution

Turkish govt has warned US that a congressional vote on a resolution recognising the massacre of Arm...

New museum brings lessons of genocide to Mexico

Genocide survivors from Rwanda to Yugoslavia attended the opening.

UN claims possible genocide in DRCongo

The United Nations said acts of genocide may have been committed in the DR Congo.

Cambodian school displays anti-genocide slogans

The high school educates youngsters about murderous Khmer Rouge regime.

UN tones down Congo `genocide` report

UN report accuses Rwandan troops of committing genocide in DR Congo in 1990s.

Genocide wiped out Native American population

A new study says that the Native American population was wiped out by genocide that took place circa...

Four Khmer Rouge leaders indicted for genocide

The UN court decides to "send forward these four accused for trial".

UN delays report linking Rwanda with `genocide`

The UN has delayed the release of a report that could link Rwanda with genocide in Congo, amid thre...

Attacks on Hutus in 1990s could be genocide: UN

A UN report says the attack by Rwandan Army in Congo in the 1990s could be classified as genocide.

Rwanda holds 2nd presidential poll since genocide

For weeks, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has rallied his supporters with thumping pop music and pr...

Int`l Court charges Sudan President with genocide

The International Criminal Court on Monday charged Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with three coun...

Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Uganda

The suspect is accused of helping to orchestrate the mass killings in Rwanda.

UN genocide tribunal sentences Rwandan to 25 years

A United Nations court has sentenced a former businessman to 25 years in prison for his role in Rw...

Canada urged to call 1984 riots `genocide`

The motion, signed by 10,000 people, has been tabled by an Indo-Canadian MP.

Two Bosnian Serb officials sentenced to life for genocide

Officers have been given life imprisonment for committing genocide in 1995.

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested on Mayotte: Legal source

Octavien Ngenzi is accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

US extradites Bosnian Serb suspected of genocide

The United States has extradited to Bosnia a Serb former soldier under investigation for genocide du...

Turkish ambassador to return to US soon: Diplomat

Turkey`s ambassador to the United States is expected to return soon to his post after a row over a U...

Offensive against Maoist genocidal: Arundhati Roy

Terming the government`s decision to launch an offensive to "wipe out" Maoists as "genocidal", wri...

Armenia praises US lawmakers` vote on `genocide`

Welcoming the vote by US Congress to brand the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces during World W...

US votes on Armenian `genocide`; Turkey recalls envoy

Turkey recalled its ambassador from the United States and sent a harsh warning that ties will suffer...

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