Apr 24 Watch 4:42 For victims of the Armenian genocide, Biden designation a ‘momentous occasion’ By PBS NewsHour President Biden recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, in a test of America’s somewhat strained relationship with Turkey. For more on the significance of Biden's statement, Alex Hinton, Director of Rutgers University’s Center… Continue watching
Jan 20 Why the U.S. accused China of genocide, and what’s next By Associated Press Xinjiang, a far western region that borders central Asia, is home to the predominantly Muslim Uighur ethnic group. China denies human rights violations and says its actions in Xinjiang are necessary to counter a separatist and terrorist threat. Continue reading
Jan 19 Pompeo says China’s policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities amount to ‘genocide’ By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out anew at China on Tuesday by declaring that its policies on Muslims and ethnic minorities in the western Xinjiang region constitute "crimes against humanity" and a "genocide."… Continue reading
May 21 Investigators build case for ISIS crimes against Yazidis By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Investigators with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability is amassing evidence to show the involvement of IS leadership in organizing the trade of Yazidi women, and identifying top IS architects to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, war crimes… Continue reading
Feb 19 German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people By David McHugh, Frank Jordans, David Rising, Associated Press Authorities say a 43-year-old German who posted a rant calling for the "complete extermination" of various races and cultures shot and killed nine people, most of them Turkish. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 7:38 Why is a Nobel-winning human rights activist defending Myanmar on Rohingya atrocities? In 2017, the Myanmar military unleashed a reign of terror on Rohingya Muslims. According to the U.N., soldiers tortured, raped and killed civilians, driving hundreds of thousands to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Now the International Court of Justice is trying… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 11:08 Rohingya mother remembers her rapists every time she holds her baby By Tania Rashid It’s a horrific byproduct of the Rohingya flight to Bangladesh: babies who are the product of rape, born to refugees who were assaulted by the Myanmar military. Compounding the trauma, their community views the women as dishonored. Special correspondent Tania… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch 9:58 Children of Bosnian wartime rape victims seek justice By PBS News Hour Serbian men raped tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslim women during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, a genocidal tactic to terrorize and destroy Muslim communities. Now, the people conceived by those assaults are adults and finding ways to… Continue watching
Apr 26 Rwandans discover mass graves from genocide era, nearly 25 years after killings By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press The new discovery is being called the most significant in a long time in this East African nation that is still recovering from the 1994 killings of more than 800,000 people. Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 5:01 Former Bosnian Serb general Mladić convicted of genocide, war crimes for ethnic cleansing campaign By PBS News Hour Former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladić was convicted today on 10 counts of genocide and other war crimes committed during an ethnic cleansing campaign helped lead from 1992 to 1995 in the former Yugoslavia. A UN tribunal sentenced Mladić to… Continue watching