Genocide

Pope slams conflicts in Ukraine and Palestinian territories

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In an unscripted remark made to diplomats, the pope blamed ‘the arrogance of the invader’ in ‘Ukraine and Palestine,’ days after he called for an investigation into claims Israel was conducting ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

Tony Blairโ€™s โ€˜Prince of Darknessโ€™ tipped to be UKโ€™s man in DC

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Peter Mandelson could be heading Stateside after a long and notorious career in British public life.

Bosnian Serb general Krstiฤ‡ says he โ€˜aided and abettedโ€™ Srebrenica genocide

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Confession met with scepticism after other war criminals made similar statements to win early release from prisonA Bosnian Serb general jailed by the Hague war crimes tribunal for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre has confessed to having โ€œaided and abetted …

Amsterdam police detain pro-Palestine protesters defying ban

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Dozens held under emergency measures imposed after violence that erupted around football matchPolice have detained pro-Palestinian protesters rallying in central Amsterdam in defiance of a ban imposed after violence stemming from a football match betwe…

Israel โ€˜methodically destroyingโ€™ Gaza, say health workers

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Visiting doctors share eyewitness accounts after a U.N. inquiry accused Israel of war crimes by targeting Gaza’s health system.

Two novels on impact of post-colonial conflict win key French literary awards

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President congratulates Kamel Daoud and Gaรซl Faye for books responding to violence in Algeria and RwandaNovels about wide-scale violence in Algeria and Rwanda have won Franceโ€™s two most important literary prizes and been hailed as groundbreaking narrat…

French court sentences ex-doctor to 27 years in Rwanda genocide trial

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French court jails ex-doctor Eugene Rwamucyo for 27 years over 1994 Rwanda genocide role, accusing him of aiding anti-Tutsi propaganda and destroying evidence of mass murder. This is France’s eighth trial linked to Rwandaโ€™s genocide, where 800,000 peo…

King Charles III confronted by indigenous activists in Australia

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The monarch heard a plea for ‘sovereignty’ after being heckled in Canberra’s Parliament House.

โ€˜Not my king!โ€™ King Charles III heckled by Australian senator

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British monarchy ‘committed genocide against our people,’ said independent lawmaker Lidia Thorpe.

Turkey, Germany discuss arms supplies and Israelโ€™s conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon

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A project to supply Turkey with Eurofighter jets, spearheaded by Britain, is still in its early stages, German Chancellor Scholz said.

UK presses China on weapons to Russia

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On trip to Beijing, Britain’s foreign secretary says practice “risks damaging China’s relationships with Europe.” But the two sides agree to disagree on human rights.

Meloniโ€™s surrogacy ban hits immediate backlash in Italy

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Opponents describe the new law as an “inhumane act against parents and children.”

Turkey shutters independent radio over Armenian genocide reference

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Station plays Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” at sign-off and resolves to return to airwaves.

Germany demands Israel give assurances it wonโ€™t use weapons against civilians

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Berlin insists it hasn’t cut off sales, but German leaders blocked exports until being told arms would not be used against civilian targets.

Macron faces backlash after demand for Israel arms embargo in Gaza

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The French president was criticized by members of his own party, as well as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

How the Israel-Hamas war sidelined other world hot spots

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Every administration has to readjust to respond to world events, but the Israel-Hamas conflict has been particularly disruptive to Bidenโ€™s other foreign policy efforts.

Poland and Ukraineโ€™s bloody past overshadows their anti-Russia alliance

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Thousands died in wartime massacres and Warsaw wants Kyiv to admit responsibility and allow for exhumations and reburial of the victims.

Rwandan former doctor goes on trial in France accused of genocide

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A former doctor, Eugene Rwamucyo, 65, goes on trial Tuesday for alleged genocide during Rwanda’s 1994 massacre of Tutsis by the Hutu majority. Accused of aiding anti-Tutsi propaganda and mass murder, Rwamucyo is charged with genocide, complicity, crim…

Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ‡โ€™s diplomacy ร  la carte

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The Serbian leader has proved adept at balancing the West versus China and Russia.

Netanyahu sows doubt about cease-fire with Hezbollah in UN speech

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The Israeli prime minister described the UN as a โ€œcontemptuous farce,โ€ pushing back on criticisms for Israelโ€™s actions in Gaza.

Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives review โ€“ fresh take on pregnant-woman-in-peril horror

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Unfolding in what looks like a single take, Thomas Sieben sends his protagonist into a house thatโ€™s haunted by historical traumaWhen Maria (Nilam Farooq) shows up 37 weeks pregnant at the attractive but remote country home of her husband Viktor (David …

โ€˜All must be beheadedโ€™: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giantโ€™s African stronghold

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Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.

France charges ISIS bride with crimes including genocide

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Wife of a now-deceased ISIS leader is accused of enslavement, imprisonment and torture.

World leaders voice frustration at Israel and the US as violence mounts in Middle East

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The U.N. contends with its own limitations as violence in the Middle East ratchets up amid General Assembly.

Turkeyโ€™s ErdoฤŸan compares Israelโ€™s Netanyahu to Hitler at UN assembly

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Turkish leader invokes ‘alliance of humanity’ to stop carnage in Middle East.

Germany fact-checks Russia for defending 1939 invasion of Poland

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โ€œSeriously?โ€ trolls the German foreign ministry.

Greta Thunberg carried away by police at pro-Palestine demonstration, again

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The protest called for Stockholm University to sever its ties with Israeli institutions.

Greta Thunberg arrested at pro-Palestinian protest

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โ€œPolice have been called, violently entered the building with a ram wearing assault rifles,” said Swedish activist before being detained.

Putin not arrested by ICC member Mongolia, which could now face prosecution

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Human rights campaigners say Mongolia will become an “accomplice” if it fails to arrest Putin, who is wanted for war crimes.

Croatian popstar calls Serbia leader Vuฤiฤ‡ a โ€˜dictatorโ€™ after border ordeal

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Singer says she was questioned on the Srebrenica genocide and on her support for protestors opposing EU-backed lithium mining.

Satire isnโ€™t a defense for antisemitism and hate

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If you speak up against racism, Islamophobia, homophobia or misogyny, don’t turn a blind eye now.

Democrats are jubilant, but now comes the hard part for Harris

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CHICAGO โ€” Kamala Harris arrived in Chicago still in a Democratic era of exuberance. But as the Democratic National Convention burst to life Monday, even Democrats here were preparing for a series of challenges ready to meet her on the other side of the balloon drop. In fact, they were right in front of her: [โ€ฆ]

An โ€˜uncommittedโ€™ delegate finds hope in Tim Walz

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Asma Mohammed, one of 30 โ€œuncommittedโ€ delegates for the Democratic National Convention, thinks the new ticket needs a cease-fire deal and an arms embargo to win.

Israeli strike on Gaza school reportedly kills at least 90 civilians

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Israel’s military said it struck an โ€œactiveโ€ Hamas command center in the attack, which came during dawn prayers at the school.

Tim Walz was my teacher 20 years ago. Hereโ€™s what I learned.

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A former student of the new vice-presidential candidate opens up.

EU, France, UK slam Israel minister for Gaza starvation comment

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The European Union, France and the UK on Wednesday (7 August) condemned a far-right Israeli minister for suggesting it would be “justified and moral” to starve two million Gazans to free scores of captives held in the Palestinian territory.

Turkey joins South Africaโ€™s genocide case at ICJ against Israel

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The NATO country has been increasingly vocal in its support for the Palestinians.

Gaza war casts a shadow over the Olympics

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After calls to ban Israel from the Games, Israeli athletes have been met with protests, death threats and abuse.

Turkey threatens to โ€˜enterโ€™ Israel to protect Palestinians

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Turkey โ€œmust be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,” the president said.

Fincantieri CEO on Trump, defense spending and consolidation

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SNEAK PEEK โ€” Fincantieri boss Pierroberto Folgiero is looking to the Middle East and Southeast Asia for growth, he told Jacopo. โ€” The U.K.โ€™s new government is under pressure to halt arms sales to Israel. โ€” F-35s, Eurofighters and GCAP: Morning Defense brings you the latest news on fighter jets. Good morning, and welcome to [โ€ฆ]

Croatia bans 3 top Montenegrin politicians over Holocaust resolution

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The trio were declared personae non gratae โ€œdue to systematic actions to disrupt good neighborly relations.”

A defiant Netanyahu vows to stay the course; hits โ€˜useful idiotsโ€™

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Netanyahu praised Biden for his โ€œheartfelt supportโ€ following Hamasโ€™ surprise attack.

What a Kamala Harris foreign policy could look like

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She would likely stay tough on Russia and China, and has rebuked Israelโ€™s handling of aid into Gaza.

Attack on Donald Trump strikes fear into European hearts

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Fears of political violence are simmering just beneath the surface in Europe, too.

Gaza officials say 90 Palestinians killed as Israel targets Hamas military chief

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An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday (13 July), the enclave’s health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.

Gaza is still the hottest election issue in these parts of Britain

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Labour Leader Keir Starmer faces intense pressure in heartland constituencies over his equivocation about war in the Middle East.

Starmer will have to walk a US-China tightrope

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There’s already some discord between the two countries when it comes to China, but there are areas where they could work on similar approaches.

Holocaust vote throws wrench in Montenegroโ€™s EU bid

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The tiny Western Balkan nation wants to join the EU by 2028 โ€” but tensions with Croatia could scupper that.

Centrists from US to Germany move right on immigration

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As elections loom in the U.S., the U.K. and France, the fraught politics of migration are a key issue animating voters on both sides of the Atlantic.

Recent asylum case law of the CJEU: Distinction, Integration or Extension from ‘Mainstream’ EU law?

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 Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London

Photo credit: Luxofluxo, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Introduction

While attention has been focussed
on the overhaul of EU law on asylum โ€“ which I have analysed in an upcoming
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Spain joins South Africaโ€™s World Court case accusing Israel of genocide

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Spain will join South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip to help restore peace in the region, in a diplomatic move that comes days after Madrid, along with Ireland …

Bosnia and Herzegovina bars some EU citizens from voting in EU election

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An ally of Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik called the move retaliation for support of a U.N. resolution on Srebrenica.

Spain to join South Africaโ€™s genocide case against Israel

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The EU has largely remained silent on the case before the International Court of Justice.

Moldovan parliament denounces Russian โ€˜genocideโ€™ in Ukraine

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Moldova’s parliament denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “genocide” in connection with Moscow’s treatment of children in occupied areas, but the assembly’s Moscow-friendly opposition parties refused to take part in the vote.

Israel-Palestine debate seizes French National Assembly after Rafah offensive

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Scuffles and slurs ensued after a hard-left parliamentarian raised a Palestinian flag in the National Assembly.

Gaza: The rest of the world sees hypocrisy written into the Westโ€™s response

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Our human response to the Oct. 7 massacre has shackled us to an Israeli prime minister whoโ€™s serving his personal interests and those of the fringe groups in his coalition government.

โ€˜No longer justifiableโ€™: European leaders condemn Israelโ€™s strike on refugee camp

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Israel’s actions are “incompatible with international law,” German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said.

Spainโ€™s Podemos warns about โ€˜hypocrisyโ€™ of โ€˜European Commission of warโ€™

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The European Union is โ€œcomplicitโ€ in โ€œgenocideโ€ allegedly being carried out by Israel in Gaza, while the European bloc acts with โ€œhypocrisyโ€ by sending arms to Ukraine but leaving the Palestinian people to their fate, Irene Montero, the lead candidate …

Israel intensifies Rafah attacks, defying Court of Justice ruling

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Israeli officials condemned the ICJ ruling, calling the charges of genocide “false, outrageous and morally repugnant.โ€

World Court orders Israel to halt its offensive in Rafah

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), ordered Israel on Friday (24 May) to halt its offensive in Rafah, marking a landmark emergency ruling on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in its assault on the Gaza Strip.

World Court to rule on request to halt Israelโ€™s Rafah offensive

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Judges at the UN’s top court will rule on Friday (24 May) on South Africa’s request to order Israel to halt its Rafah offensive and withdraw from Gaza, part of a wider case accusing Israel of genocide.

UN to vote on declaring Srebrenica genocide memorial day

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The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday (23 May) on establishing an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia.

Serbia reels at UN resolution on Srebrenica massacre

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Decades later, Belgrade is still determined to control the narrative over the slaughter of over 8,000 Bosniaks in 1995 during the Yugoslav war and mold it to its own interests.

UN Srebrenica resolution will cause further division in the Balkans

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Reaching a consensus on memorializing the past in a way that doesnโ€™t sow division is the best way to ensure it does not โ€” and cannot โ€” happen again.

Biden: Whatโ€™s happening in Gaza โ€˜is not genocideโ€™

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The president emphasized his backing of Israel, aiming to quell frustrations heโ€™d conditioned aid.

The International Criminal Court just saved Benjamin Netanyahu

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Far from forcing a pause in the fighting, accusations of war crimes will cause Israelis to rally around their embattled prime minister.

Europe, Israel and the International Criminal Court

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The law must apply to everyone equally โ€” or it’s not law at all.

The UN Srebrenica resolution is vital for peace

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Ending genocide denial is more relevant than ever, however, the opportunity is being squandered as politicians fail to confront and process the past in a responsible way.

Israelโ€™s โ€˜total victoryโ€™ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says

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Itโ€™s the bluntest articulation yet from a Biden administration official that Israel canโ€™t succeed at its goal of wiping out Hamas.

Dutch police clash with pro-Palestine protestors at Amsterdam university

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University staff denounced “extreme” violence by police toward student protestors.

The ICC should consider the new Armenian genocide petition

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This isnโ€™t just about the Armenian community in Nagorno-Karabakh โ€” it’s focused on different forms of genocide committed against Armenians in Armenia itself.

Biden says US will cut off offensive weapons to Israel โ€˜if they go into Rafahโ€™

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Israelโ€™s military plans have been the source of tension with the U.S.

Anatomy of a scroll: Inside TikTokโ€™s AI-powered algorithms

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Israel or Palestine? What users see in their social media feeds related to the Middle East crisis and other global political events is determined by opaque AI-powered curation systems.

Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Namibiaโ€™s Shark Island

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Researchers say more bodies of Herero and Nama people from early 20th century concentration camp could be in waters around portThe Namibian authorities are being urged to halt plans to extend a port on the Shark Island peninsula after the discovery of …

Lessons on combating genocide: Never give up

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This year, we should remember Benjamin Berell Ferencz who led the Nuremberg prosecution of two dozen SS commanders, and his legacy: Law, not war.

โ€˜Weโ€™re infantilised or demonisedโ€™: French students criticise Gaza protests crackdown

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University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heededJack, 22, a student in public administration, was dragged out of his university building by the arms and legs on Friday, as police forcibly removed…

Campus protests: Top French university shuts as police remove pro-Palestinian group

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Israel’s war in Gaza stokes European tensions, after clashes erupt between students and cops at American colleges.

Russia repeats genocide on Crimean Tatars [Promoted content]

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The 80 years since the genocidal deportation of the Crimean Tatar people are not just a tragedy for the Crimean Tatars, but a systemic diagnosis and a historical warning of what Russian imperialism is. MEP Anna Fotyga, former foreign minister…

French left-wing star hounded from May Day protests

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“These attacks are the result of months of hatred and slander,” MEP Raphaรซl Glucksmann said after the incident.

ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel

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Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin complicit in alleged war crimesThe International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes …

Top UN court rejects bid to force Germany to stop arming Israel

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Nicaragua had accused Germany of โ€œfacilitating genocideโ€ by supplying Israel; diplomats suspect Moscow was behind the suit.

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