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  • 22 Sep 2013
    UN should demand surrender of al-Bashir to ICC, says Amnesty

    President al-Bashir of Sudan has reportedly applied to the US Embassy in Sudan for a visa to enable him to travel to the 68th session of the UN General Assembly.

  • 19 Jun 2013
    Looking back to look forward

    Every year Ekklesia contributors, and especially our associate Dr Harry Hagopian, reflect on the historical crime of the 1915-23 Armenian genocide, a tragedy which illustrates all-too-well the contemporary resonance and impact of difficult history.

  • 19 Jun 2013
    Remembrance, forgiveness, transformation: the Armenian Genocide

    Every year, Armenians the world over gather to commemorate the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who perished during the First World War. This is an event all serious commentators agree was the twentieth century’s first genocide. Here, Ara Iskanderian offers a personal, Christian and yet also politically sensitive and clear-headed reflection on a historical crime and tragedy with profound contemporary resonance.

  • 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.