Nearly half of those held in Russia’s detention centers in Kherson were tortured, rights report find
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
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Nearly half of Ukrainians held in Russian detention centers in Kherson were subjected to widespread torture including sexual violence,...
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UK acknowledges acts of genocide committed by Daesh against Yazidis
The UK government has today formally acknowledged that acts of genocide were committed against the Yazidi people by Daesh in 2014....
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Seven months of crippling blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh
The blockade began on 12 December 2022. When six months passed and neither Western powers nor Russia spoke out against Azerbaijani...
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Azerbaijan Blocks Armenian Convoy To Nagorno-Karabakh, Accuses Yerevan Of 'Provocation'
Azerbaijan Stops Armenian Convoy To Nagorno-Karabakh [RFE/RL] Azerbaijan has refused to allow through the Lachin Corridor a convoy of...
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Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children may qualify as genocide
South African officials confirmed on July 19 that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend next month’s BRICS summit in...
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Italian Senate recognizes Holodomor as genocide
Italy's Senate, the upper house of the country's Parliament, voted to recognize Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people,...
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Never Forget: The Psychology of Genocide
Today's events in Ukraine bear profound historical resonances. In 1944, the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term...
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UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release 53rd Session of the Human Rights Council, Interactive dialogue with the Special Adviser on the Prevention of...
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Komsic: Trust in the West has never been lower: They tolerate the same Ideas that committed Genocide
Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)Zeljko Komsic gave a speech before the BiH diaspora in Stuttgart ahead of the...
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Inside daring effort to rescue Ukrainian children
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy says more than 200,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia and Russia-occupied...
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