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  • 18 May 2013
    Guatemala’s former dictator convicted of genocide

    A former general who presided over a reign of terror in Guatemala during the 1980s has been convicted of genocide.

  • 2 Aug 2012
    London memorial service for 500,000 Roma victims of Holocaust

    A commemoration service will take place at the Hyde Park Holocaust Memorial in London on 3 August for the 500,000 Roma who were victims of the Nazi genocide.

  • 8 Oct 2011
    Sarkozy boosts Armenian Genocide recognition campaign

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy twice acknowledged the 1915-23 Genocide when he met with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan yesterday.

  • 5 Jul 2011
    Netherlands held responsible for three Srebrenica deaths

    The Netherlands was responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslims during the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, a court in The Hague has ruled.

  • 4 Jun 2011
    Mladic and Eichmann: owning the fears of a child

    On May 31 2011, 16 years after his indictment by the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity, former General Ratko Mladic was extradited to stand trial at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

  • 30 May 2011
    Armenian Genocide and Israeli recognition

    If the motion for recognition of the Armenian Genocide was successful this year in the Israeli Knesset, despite his misgivings, Harry Hagopian - alongside scores of other Armenian and non-Armenian scholars, activists, sympathisers and grassroots - will rejoice at this moral and equitable achievement.

  • 2 May 2011
    Protecting civilians is too important to be left to the military

    Civilian protection requires simple, straightforward dialogue and negotiation with the people who can control whether other people are safe or not. It also works, say Tim Wallis of Nonviolent Peaceforce. As soon as we bring guns, tanks and air support into the picture, we are talking about something which more often than not does not work, and often makes things worse.

  • 18 Apr 2011
    Twentieth century mass killings remembered in April

    Two of the worst atrocities of the 20th century started in the month of April, reports Mike O'Sullivan.The killing of 1.5 million Armenians in Ottoman Empire Turkey in 1915 and 1916, and the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994.

  • 27 Jan 2011
    Archbishop highlights Armenian experience in genocide remembrance

    Dr Rowan Williams has issued a statement marking Holocaust Memorial Day, emphasising the need to hear the 'Untold Stories' of all who have suffered genocide.

  • 27 Jan 2011
    Holocaust Memorial Day puts all genocide in the spotlight

    One of Britain’s best-known rabbis, Dr Jonathan Romain, says that although it was a wonderful phrase, "never again" has proved tragically wrong regarding genocide.