List of Genocide & Crimes Against Humanity articles
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An illustration of Nury Turkel, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom The Witness
Why is global outrage about the Uyghur genocide muted? Human rights advocate Nury Turkel has some ideas.
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Jewher Ilham testifies during a hearing before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Western Academics Are Fighting for Disappeared Friends in Xinjiang
Mourning has consumed Xinjiang scholars for a region they can no longer reach.
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Two soldiers are seen from the back on a dirt road. Nigeria’s Alleged Forced Abortion Campaign Demands Action
For too long, the international community has ignored the Nigerian military’s abuses.
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The Chinese and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations speak at the United Nations. How an Unusual Coalition Outfoxed China and Russia at the U.N.
The United Nations, thanks to a clever procedural revolt by small countries, is finally moving to close one of its last gaps on international law.
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A long-delayed report on human rights in China The United Nations Is Scared of Calling Out China’s Genocide
A long-delayed report on Xinjiang was an important step forward, but it has critical omissions.
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Crosses, flowers, and photographs mark the graves of victims of the battles for Irpin and Bucha at the cemetery of Irpin, Ukraine, on May 16. Russia’s Brutal Honesty Has Destroyed the West’s Appeasers
Yet plenty of Western intellectuals and politicians still ignore what Moscow is saying loud and clear.
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A visitor at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin on Sept. 25, 2019. Germany Has Confronted Its Past. Now It Must Confront the Present.
Accepting—or rejecting—historical guilt for past evils doesn’t absolve nations of present-day responsibility.
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A woman wearing a headscarf crouches in a prayer position with her palms raised between two gravestones. The Virulent Nationalism That Led to Srebrenica Is Back in Bosnia
And Russian President Vladimir Putin is eager to exploit it.
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A Russian soldier testifies against Vadim Shishimarin. Can There Be Real Justice in Ukraine?
Past tribunals offer valuable lessons for how war crimes and genocide could be prosecuted in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian citizens and supporters attend a silent protest in Poland. Congress Seeks to Declare Putin’s War Genocide
A bipartisan resolution will underscore that Russian war crimes in Ukraine have constituted a genocide.
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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, visits a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 13. Can Plea Bargains Save the ICC?
Negotiated settlements would allow the court to go after more bad actors and could even mitigate further atrocities.
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A man stands in a damaged mosque. Christian Nationalism Is Tearing Ethiopia Apart
A religious revival rooted in the country’s imperial history has coincided with civil war and the spread of genocidal rhetoric—endangering a diverse and multifaith nation.
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Members of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force run during training at their base camp in a forest in Myanmar's eastern Kayah state. Myanmar Military Carries Out Atrocities in the East, Too
A distracted international community hasn’t been watching.
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Hermann Göring, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's second in command, at the Nuremberg trials Don’t Cling to Hopes That Putin Will Ever Face Justice
The system for prosecuting war crimes is broken—but focusing on sanctions could work.
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A Uyghur man in Medina, Saudi Arabia, in 2019 holds his expired Chinese passport (red) and a one-way travel document (blue) issued in its place by the Chinese mission in Saudi Arabia. China’s Transnational Repression Gets Saudi Backing
Deporting Uyghur refugees is inhumane and illegal.
