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US: China must be held to 'account' on Uyghur 'genocide'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 04:12 AM

The landmark UN report detailed a string of rights violations including torture and forced labor against Uyghurs, infuriating Beijing. Read more »

Pope's Canada trip to make amends for Indigenous school scandal

Clement Melki with Montreal bureau, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 10:42 AM

Pope Francis heads to Canada on Sunday for a chance to personally apologize to Indigenous survivors of abuse committed over a span of decades at residential schools run by the Catholic Church. Read more »

Myanmar junta uses ID to carry out genocide vs Rohingya - group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 03:26 PM

Myanmar's military junta is employing identification documents to carry out genocide against the Rohingya people, Fortify Rights said. Read more »

War crime, crime against humanity, genocide: What's the difference?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 04:22 PM

We look at the different categories of the most serious crimes known to man, which the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague was set up to prosecute. Read more »

Biden accuses Putin's forces of Ukraine 'genocide'

Emmanuel Peuchot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 09:42 AM

President Joe Biden for the first time accused Russian forces of committing genocide in Ukraine. Read more »

War crime, crime against humanity: What’s the difference?

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 06 05:53 AM

These are the most serious crimes known to man, which the International Criminal Court in The Hague was set up to prosecute. Read more »

Myanmar army committed genocide vs Rohingya - US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 21 11:01 AM

The US has determined the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity. Read more »

At UN top court, Kyiv accuses Moscow of 'planning genocide'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 01:12 PM

Kyiv filed an application with the International Court of Justice accusing Russia of "planning acts of genocide in Ukraine", the Hague-based court said Sunday. Read more »

Bangladesh authorities bulldoze 1,000 Rohingya shops

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 01:03 AM

Some broke down in tears, while others panicked. Read more »

Islamic State member sentenced to life imprisonment over genocide

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 12:12 AM

The court in Frankfurt found Taha al-Jumailly, 29, an Iraqi national, guilty of involvement in the slaughter of more than 3,000 Yazidis and enslavement of 7,000 women and girls by IS jihadists in 2014-15. Read more »

Germany apologizes for colonial-era genocide in Namibia

Reuters
Posted at May 28 09:41 PM

Germany apologized on Friday for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople in Namibia more than a century ago and officially described the massacre as genocide for the first time, as it agreed to fund projects worth over a billion euros. Read more »

France's Macron seeks forgiveness over Rwanda genocide

Clement Uwiringiyimana, Reuters
Posted at May 27 06:26 PM

KIGALI - French President Emmanuel Macron said he recognized his country's role in Rwanda's genocide and hoped for forgiveness at a memorial in Kigali on Thursday, seeking to reset relations after years of Rwandan accusations that France was complicit in the 1994 atrocities. Read more »

'Running out of time': Tibetan president-elect warns of cultural genocide

Cate Cadell and Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters
Posted at May 22 12:17 AM

BEIJING/NEW DELHI - The top political leader of Tibet's government in exile said on Friday that there is an urgent threat of "cultural genocide" in Tibet, and the international community must stand up to China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Read more »

‘We were suffering’: Cambodians slam photo-editing job on genocide victims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 12 02:00 AM

Cambodians who lost family during the Khmer Rouge genocide slammed an Irish artist who digitally added smiles to old black and white pictures of victims killed by the regime. Read more »

UN panel warns ‘well-known global brands’ may be linked to Xinjiang human rights abuses

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Mar 30 01:05 PM

Scores of Chinese and foreign companies producing “well-known global brands” may be involved in human trafficking, forced labor and other human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, a United Nations working group said on Monday, calling more attention to an issue that Beijing is increasingly on the defensive about.   Read more »

Xinjiang cotton row: Chinese shoppers torn as big fashion labels come under fire

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 26 01:56 PM

Despite calls for boycotts on social media, Chinese customers were in a dilemma over whether to buy products from H&M, Nike and other brands that had expressed concern about the alleged use of forced labor to produce Xinjiang cotton.   Read more »

H&M under fire in China over refusal to buy Xinjiang cotton

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 25 02:07 PM

Chinese celebrities cut ties, and products removed from online e-commerce platforms as clothing company criticized. Retailer’s China operations says its position on sourcing is not political.  Read more »

China’s treatment of Uighurs meets criteria of UN's Genocide Convention - think tank report

Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post
Posted at Mar 10 03:07 PM

Chinese authorities’ treatment of Uighurs in China’s northwest meets every criteria of genocide under the United Nations’ Genocide Convention, said a group of experts in international law, war crimes and the Xinjiang region in a new analysis.   Read more »

Reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps shock US

David Brunnstrom, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 09:28 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply disturbed" by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims in China's Xinjiang region and there must be serious consequences for atrocities committed there, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.   Read more »

How Mike Pompeo’s ‘genocide’ label for China over Xinjiang may set tone for Joe Biden

Sarah Zheng, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 21 02:24 AM

The outgoing US government’s assessment that China has committed “genocide and crimes against humanity” in Xinjiang was among the last acts of the Donald Trump administration that observers said could cement its legacy on Beijing and reduce Joe Biden’s ability to change course. Read more »