Genocide

In 2019, former Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in war crimes during what was one of the worst genocides in modern history: the Srebenica Massacre in Bosnia.Motivated by staunch Serbian nationalism, this dark chapter of history saw more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims…

From commentor Jeff G:I grow tulips in a pot every year. This is this year’s tulip.And, via commentor Aleta, some seed-starting inspiration: From the Downeaster, “The Maine Farmer Saving the World’s Rarest Heirloom Seeds”:When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly,…

I would like to begin my response post by expressing my deepest gratitude to the distinguished reviewers of my book, Shannon Raj Singh, Anjali Manivannan, and Jessica Peake, for bringing in their diverse and insightful perspectives while reviewing ‘The Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria: Mass Atrocities, Human Protection,…

2020-04-23 -- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHHM) on Thursday added China to its list of 15 country case studies for Beijing's mass internment of Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), saying the three-year-old camp system represented "crimes against humanity." The museum's Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of…

The most significant trial of Syria’s nine-year civil war is set to begin this week, but it won’t be held in The Hague, or organised by a regional tribunal. Instead, two members of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime will stand trial in Koblenz, a German city on the banks of the…

In the 25 years since the Bosnian War’s Srebrenica massacre, these people have been left behind. “I’m Hazira. Hazira!” the woman yells at the people who are slowly gathering around her. “Look at the state of you,” someone says finally. Hazira Đafič, not even 50 years of age, is a…

Today is the 108th day of 2020. There are 258 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Cuba is invaded at “Bay of Pigs” by a US supported invasion force of 1,500 Cuban exiles, who are defeated by Fidel Castro's forces.OTHER EVENTS1194: Richard the Lionhearted returns to England, ending an…

Alain (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But last autumn, he was sitting in the office of the Refugee Law Project in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, as he calmly recounted his story. He described the night in May…

The acclaimed Fleet Street photographer John Downing MBE, who survived interrogation by Idi Amin's special forces and documented war zones around the world, has died aged 79.Downing visited more than 100 countries including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Rwanda and Uganda during a distinguished career, bringing harrowing images of conflict to newspaper front…

Today is the 97th day of 2020. There are 269 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2009: Rescue workers using bare hands and buckets search frantically for students believed buried after Italy's deadliest earthquake in nearly three decades strikes the central city of L'Aquila, killing more than 150 people, injuring…