Uyghur activists seek international community support to build pressure on China

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos Global pop icons and celebrities are increasingly voicing support for human right violations, pro-democracy protests in Honk Kong, f...

Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

By Reuters,

Parties to the International Criminal Court on Friday elected Britain’s Karim Khan as the new prosecutor for a nine-year term starting on June 16. ...

Fatou Bensouda , Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab , International Criminal Court. , Karim Khan

U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

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The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and ot...

china , Muslims , sexual abuse , systematic rape

Bobi Wine asks ICC to investigate Museveni over rights abuses

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Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine has asked the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Twitter permanently suspends Trump account

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Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has permanently suspended U.S. President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence...

Trump , Twitter

Alice Wairimu Nderitu appointed UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide

By Citizen Reporter,

Alice Wairimu Nderitu has been appointed as UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ma...

Alice Wairimu Nderitu , GENOCIDE

Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga in The Hague

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Rwandan genocide suspect Félicien Kabuga was in custody in The Hague on Monday after his transfer from France following a United Nations court order....

Kabuga

3 arrested in Belgium, suspected of involvement in 1994 Rwanda Genocide

By VOA,

Belgium has arrested and charged three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide. A spokesperson for the Belgian federal prosecutor'...

Rwandan genocide suspect can be sent to U.N. court

By Reuters,

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga can be handed over to a United Nations tribunal in Tanzania, France’s top civil court ruled on Wednesday, r...

RWANDAN GENOCIDE

Champion Osaka harnesses sport’s biggest spotlight in fight for racial justice

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Naomi Osaka capped a transformative U.S. Open with another Grand Slam title and a challenge to the millions watching across the globe on Saturday to �...

Naomi Osaka , racial injustice , U.S Open

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrested on terrorism charges

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Rwanda said it had arrested Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide - on terrorism ...

Hotel Rwanda , Rusesabagina , Rwanda

Children of Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga want him released, say he suffers diabetes & dementia

By Reuters,

The children of detained Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga accused French authorities of violating his “fundamental human rights” on Friday...

Kabuga

Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga appears before French court

By Reuters,

Felicien Kabuga, accused of funding the 1994 Rwandan genocide, appeared before a French court on Wednesday, four days after his arrest following a qua...

Felicien Kabuga , GENOCIDE

Children of Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga led police to Paris-area hideout

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French intelligence agents spied on the children of Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide fugitive to track him down to an apartment in a Paris suburb and e...

Kabuga

Children of Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga led police to Paris-area hideout

By Reuters,

French intelligence agents spied on the children of Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide fugitive to track him down to an apartment in a Paris suburb and e...

Kabuga , Rwanda genocide

Rwanda genocide fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested in Paris

By Citizen Reporter,

Félicien Kabuga, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives who is alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rw...

Kabuga , Rwanda genocide

Sudan’s government agrees to hand over ex-President Bashir to ICC

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Sudan's government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed on Tuesday that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) should appear before t...

Rwanda detaining, abusing street children: Human Rights Watch

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Rwanda is detaining and abusing street children at a holding center in the capital, an international rights group said Monday. Two homeless boys wh...

Human Rights Watch , kagame , Rwanda

African Union envoy: Sudanese finalize power-sharing deal

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The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. ...

African Union (AU) , Sudan peace deal , Sudan Protests

African Union official: South Sudan must do more to protect women from violence

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An African Union special envoy is urging South Sudan's leaders to enact and enforce laws to end the pervasive problem of sexual violence in the countr...

African Union (AU) , Sexual violence against women , South Sudan fighting , The United Nations (UN)