Pope Francis greets a child as he leaves after the weekly general audience at the Vatican, November 23, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis on November 23 linked the suffering of Ukrainians now to the 1930s “genocide artificially caused by Stalin,” when the Soviet leader was blamed for creating a man-made famine in the … Read more
Lawmakers unanimously condemned the facilities for indigenous children after the Pope used similar words Canada’s House of Commons unanimously voted to approve a measure condemning the country’s notoriously abusive government-funded residential schools for indigenous children as a genocide on Thursday. “Today I lift up survivors, families, and communities who have sacrificed so much in order … Read more
Two influential American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives that urges the US President to recognise the atrocities committed against ethnic Bengalis and Hindus by the Pakistani armed forces in 1971 as a genocide. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Seve Chabot introduced the resolution in the US House of Representatives … Read more
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Seve Chabot introduced the resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 14 which among other things calls on the government of Pakistan to offer apologies to the people of Bangladesh for its role in such a genocide. Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna and Congressman Seve Chabot introduced the … Read more
A U.N. tribunal in The Hague opened the long-awaited trial of one of the last prominent suspects in the Rwandan genocide on Wednesday, despite his decision to boycott the hearing from his jail cell. Felicien Kabuga, a former businessman and radio station owner, was captured in France in 2020 after decades on the run. He … Read more
The former prime minister of Pol Pot’s genocidal regime has lost an appeal against a life sentence more than four decades after the Khmer Rouge was ousted from power. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the UN-backed tribunal, dismissed an appeal on Thursday by Khieu Samphan, upholding his life sentence for genocide against … Read more
A deputy culture minister says the 1943 Volhyn massacres fit the definition of genocide and Kiev will have to recognize that The mass murder of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during the Second World War meets the definition of genocide and the government in Kiev will have to recognize this sooner or later, Poland’s Deputy Minister … Read more
Pope Francis agreed Saturday that the attempt to eliminate Indigenous culture in Canada through a church-run residential school system amounted to a cultural “genocide.” Speaking to reporters while en route home from Canada, Francis said he didn’t use the term during his trip to atone for the Catholic Church’s role in the schools because it … Read more
Seven US Senators introduced a resolution on Friday accusing Russia of committing “a genocide against the people of Ukraine.” The allegations, which mirror a similar one introduced in the House of Representatives last month, have been refuted by Moscow, which has accused Ukraine of committing the same offenses. The resolution was sponsored by Senators Jim … Read more