Tag: genocide
Bosnia’s international guardian bans denial of Srebrenica genocide
Valentin Inzko, international guardian of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo, July 26, 2021. AP A few days before the end of his mandate, the high international representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the…
Agreed sum “not enough”: Namibia announces further payments from Berlin
Friday 4th June 2021 Agreed amount “not enough” Namibia announces further payments from Berlin The unification of Germany and Namibia on a reconciliation agreement has met with sharp criticism from…
Germany asks Namibia for forgiveness for Herero and Nama genocide
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France: responsibility in genocide – view
Muhizi Olivier French President Emmanuel Macron lays a wreath at the genocide memorial in Kigali. During his visit to the East African state of Rwanda, he recognized France’s political responsibility…
Colonial times in today’s Namibia: Germany recognizes genocide
Friday, May 28, 2021 Colonial times in today’s Namibia Germany recognizes genocide During the time of the German Empire, colonial troops brutally attack ethnic groups in what is now Namibia.…
the other taboo of the Armenian genocide
“My biggest dream would be to meet his grandchildren, to kiss their hands,” says Andon Akkayan, a Belgian descendant of Armenians rescued by a Turk. LAURENCE D’HONDT PUBLIC SENATE –…
“The recognition of the Armenian genocide by the Biden presidency is a strong political and moral act”
Tribune. By his official declaration of April 24, day of commemoration of the genocide of the Armenians, Joe Biden becomes the first American president in office to affirm unequivocally the…
United States President Joe Biden’s full press release on recognition of the Armenian genocide
US President Joe Biden said on Saturday April 24 that the massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 amounted to genocide. This historic decision, largely symbolic, breaks with…
In Armenia, nearly 10,000 people march through Yerevan to commemorate the genocide
A torchlight procession to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in Yerevan on April 23. VAHRAM BAGHDASARYAN / PHOTOLURE / VIA REUTERS Nearly 10,000…
France and the ghosts of the Tutsi genocide
It was the last genocide of the XXe century. In three months, from April to July 1994, between 800,000 and 1 million Tutsi were killed in Rwanda at the initiative…
Lula talks about the “biggest genocide” in Brazilian history
Lula at a conference on March 10, 2021 in Sao Paulo. – Miguel SCHINCARIOL / AFP Former Brazilian President Lula believes that the current head of state Jair Bolsonaro should…