genocide

October 28, 2016

Sturgeon joins other party leaders to back education on genocide

The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon yesterday gave her backing to Remembering Srebrenica’s Scottish education pack along with the leaders of four other parties.
January 24, 2016

Tribal community attacked by gunmen in Brazil

Survival International, the global organisation for the right of tribal people, said today (24 January) that a tribal community is being attacked by a large number of gunmen in southern Brazil.
July 13, 2015

Scotland remembers victims of Srebrenica massacre

Scotland has remembered the victims of the Srebrenica massacre at a memorial service in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, marking the 20th anniversary of the atrocity.
April 23, 2015

Why the Armenian Genocide matters - meeting in London

Tonight, on Thursday 23rd April, a very important public conversation is taking place, entitled 'Against Genocide: faith, hope and Armenia'.
January 27, 2015

'Keep the memory alive': Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

Events are taking place around the British and Irish isles to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday 27 January 2015. The theme for this year is 'Keep the memory alive'.
January 8, 2015

From 1915 to 2015: the challenge of the Armenian Genocide centenary

On the centenary of the beginning of the terrible Armenian genocide in 1915, can Turkey show the good will and good faith needed to repair and repopulate the destroyed Armenian nest, asks Ekklesia associate and regional expert Dr Harry Hagopian. Can it act so that its hitherto legal denial of a human truth does not breed further oppression, but challenges it instead?
August 13, 2014

UN chief urges countries to do more to help Iraqi civilians

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraqi security forces not to intervene in the country’s political process amid heightened tensions and the threat from the Islamic State.
August 6, 2014

Survival International reveals ‘five faces of genocide’ for UN Indigenous Day

To mark UN Indigenous Day on 9 August, Survival International reveals five tribal peoples who have been victims of genocide during the 20th century and warns of a potential genocide in the 21st.
July 2, 2014

South American tribe sues over historic genocide

The survivors of a South American tribe which was decimated during the 1950s and 60s are taking Paraguay’s government to court over the genocide they suffered.
April 25, 2014

Easter, genocide and moving beyond the stasis of collective memory

On 24 April 1915, close to a year into World War I, two hundred Armenian community leaders living in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) were rounded up and force-marched into detention by the Ottoman authorities.