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Canadian legislators vote to strip Aung San Suu Kyi's honorary citizenship

David Ljunggren, Reuters
Posted at Sep 28 06:57 AM

OTTAWA - Canadian legislators, in a symbolic move, on Thursday voted unanimously to strip Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship in response to crimes committed against the Rohingya minority.   Read more »

UN to create panel to prepare indictments over Myanmar atrocities

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 27 10:43 PM

The UN Human Rights Council voted to set up a panel to prepare criminal indictments, amid allegations of genocide against the Rohingya minority. Read more »

Level of Myanmar army brutality 'hard to fathom': UN probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 05:06 AM

Myanmar's army has used unfathomable levels of violence against minority Rohingya, UN investigators said Tuesday, calling for the military to be removed from politics and top generals to be prosecuted for genocide. Read more »

Education can help heal national trauma, halt atrocities: Cambodian genocide survivor

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Aug 31 09:59 AM

He has lived the American dream and returned home a hero. But parts of Youk Chhang’s life are beyond healing even three decades after escaping the hellholes of Cambodia.  Read more »

Duterte sorry over Myanmar 'genocide' comments

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 13 07:20 PM

The president issued a public apology a week after describing the military crackdown on the country's Rohingya minority as a "genocide". Read more »

Myanmar 'planned' Rohingya attacks, possibly 'genocide': UN rights chief

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 19 10:03 AM

The UN rights chief told AFP Monday that Myanmar clearly "planned" violent attacks on its Rohingya minority, causing a mass-exodus, and warned the crackdown could possibly amount to "genocide".   Read more »

Russia says 'Butcher of Bosnia' verdict 'one sided'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 24 12:05 AM

Russia on Thursday denounced the life term slapped on Bosnian Serb wartime military chief Ratko Mladic for genocide as biased, adding that it would undermine reconciliation efforts in the Balkans. Read more »

Srebrenica survivors: No punishment enough for Mladic despite conviction

Maja Zuvela, Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 12:32 AM

SREBRENICA - Bosnian Muslims who lost loved ones in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre said on Wednesday no punishment was enough for Ratko Mladic hours after the ex-Bosnian Serb wartime commander was jailed for life for genocide. Read more »

Ex-Bosnian Serb commander Mladic convicted of genocide

Reuters
Posted at Nov 22 10:09 PM

A U.N. tribunal on Wednesday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic of genocide and crimes against humanity for orchestrating massacres and ethnic cleansing during Bosnia's war and sentenced him to life in prison. Read more »

Rwanda to probe French officials' genocide role

Stephanie Aglietti, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 08:12 AM

Rwanda on Tuesday opened a formal probe into 20 French officials suspected of playing a role in the 1994 genocide, in a move likely to further sour diplomatic ties with France. Read more »

Duterte, sinabing handang pumatay ng milyon-milyon gaya ni Hitler

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 10:27 PM

Sinabi ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na hindi siya mangingiming patayin ang tatlong milyong drug addict sa bansa para tapusin ang krimen. Read more »

Duterte: Drug-related killings not genocide

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 24 08:01 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said the increasing number of deaths related to his administration's campaign against crime and drugs is different from genocide. Read more »

Pope visits Armenian genocide memorial

Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 08:57 AM

Pope Francis on Saturday issued a rallying cry to remember the past after visiting the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey. Read more »

US Secretary of State: ISIS committed genocide vs minorities

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 18 12:52 PM

The US said terror group Islamic State has committed genocide against religious minorities in territories it controls. Read more »