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German police arrest Rwanda genocide suspect accused of ordering killings
Rwandan genocide memorial in Nyamata (Fanny Schertzer) German prosecutors have arrested a German-Rwandan national on suspicion of complicity in genocide and 25 counts of murder during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. The suspect, identified only as Innocent S. under German privacy rules, was arrested in the central German state of Hesse on Wednesday. According to Reuters,…

King's College Student Union passes boycott Israel motion

Mar 25, 2014
King’s College London University Students Union, Tuesday, passed a motion that supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, that urged the international community to suspend economic cooperation with Israeli entities in protest of Israeli policies and operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

The motion, which passed with 348 of the overall 600 votes, read,

EU preparing 'robust' sanctions against Russia, says Cameron

Mar 25, 2014
The British Premier, David Cameron, outlined at the Houses of Commons today, that the European Union (EU) was preparing a strong set of sanctions to place against Russia should they intervene further into Ukraine.

Speaking on his visit to The Hague to meet European leaders and the US president, Cameron outlined that a "strong, robust and powerful" package of trade, financial and economic sanctions were being prepared.

US congress panel urges Myanmar to end persecution of Rohingya community

Mar 25, 2014
A US congressional panel, yesterday, passed a resolution that urged Myanmar to end discrimination against the Rohingya people.

The House of Foreign Affairs Committee approved a resolution calling for Myanmar to “end all forms of persecution and discrimination” against the Rohingya community.

The Chairman of the Committee, Ed Royce, commenting on the resolution, said,

Egyptian rulings contravene international law says UN

Mar 24, 2014
The United Nations human rights office today deemed that the recent Egyptian court decision to sentence over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death contravened international law.

Speaking in Geneva, the United Nations human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville, said,

Jamat-e-Islami to face charges of genocide in Bangladeshi tribunal

Mar 24, 2014
Leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, are to face charges of crimes against humanity and genocide for their conduct during the war that led to the independence of Bangladesh.

The coordinator of the Investigating Agency of the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) outlined today that seven charges including genocide and crimes against humanity would be pressed against the party and its affiliates.

US planes to hunt Kony

Mar 24, 2014

The United States will deploy military aircraft and more of special forces to hunt down Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.

The US had already deployed 100 troops to help African troops to find him, and will now send another 150 Air Force special forces.

Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army is accused of committing horrific crimes, and African Union troops are tracking down his forces in the border region of Uganda, South Sudan, DR Congo and the Central African Republic.

Botswana and 56 other HRC member states urge end to reprisals against civil society

Mar 23, 2014

The Botswana ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mothusi Bruce Rabasha Palai, has expressed concerns about increasing reports of reprisals against civil society activists, who are engaged with international human rights organisations.

Palai called on members to commit to an end to reprisals and contribute to a better response by the UN.

The statement, supported by 56 other member states of the UN Human Rights Council, comes in the wake of Sri Lanka’s recent crackdown on human rights activists, who sought to highlight disappearances and other abuses on the island, as the Council deliberates a resolution on Sri Lanka.

Russia stripped of G8 summit

Mar 23, 2014
The G8 summit will not be held in Russia this year, said the British Premier, David Cameron  during his visit to the Netherlands today.

Urging Russia to respond to recent sanctions and change its course Cameron said,

“We should be clear there’s not going to be a G8 summit in Russia”

Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt

Mar 23, 2014
Over 500 alleged supporters of the ousted former President Morsi, were issued death sentences by an Egyptian court today.

Commenting on the court’s decision, a Cairo based lawyer in favour of the proceedings, Gamil Dorgham, said,

“The decision is not a final one, but if it were final, it’s all right. You have to know we are fighting terrorism. We have to deter them.”

US urged to protect Rohingya community from genocide in Myanmar

Mar 23, 2014
A former U.S congressman and current president of the US based ‘United to End Genocide’ activist group, Tom Andrews, outlined today that, “the building blocks of genocide” were evident during his month long visit to Burma this year.

Andrews warned that the Rohingya Muslims faced life-threatening deprivation whilst living in a state of fear under the current government and urged the US government to use their leverage with the Myanmar government to protect the Rohingya community.
King's College Student Union passes boycott Israel motion
EU preparing 'robust' sanctions against Russia, says Cameron
US congress panel urges Myanmar to end persecution of Rohingya community
Egyptian rulings contravene international law says UN
Jamat-e-Islami to face charges of genocide in Bangladeshi tribunal
US planes to hunt Kony
Botswana and 56 other HRC member states urge end to reprisals against civil society
Russia stripped of G8 summit
Morsi supporters sentenced to death in Egypt
US urged to protect Rohingya community from genocide in Myanmar