Genocide
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Suffer the little children. It is ever the way, from Rwanda to Gaza
They are the innocents, and it is never their fight. But it is the children of conflict who always suffer the most.
- by Tony Wright
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Harvard president resigns amid backlash from antisemitism testimony
Claudine Gay came under fire for her lawyerly answers to a question about whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate Harvard’s code of conduct.
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A man stepped out on the road with an AK-47. I traded my life back with cigarettes – and a desperate joke
Everyone in Rwanda knew travelling after dark was inviting trouble. I’d taken a risk for a trivial reason, and now a large man with an assault rifle was at the window of the car, making demands.
- by Tony Wright
Two sisters were saved from the Nazis and one was lost. Until now
My grandmother Sonja’s life story, particularly her escape from Nazi Germany, lies at the heart of my family’s collective identity. I had long accepted that the voices of her murdered family were permanently silenced. I was wrong.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Opinion
Opinion
A generation after the Bosnian genocide, we still haven’t broken the cycle of hate
On this day – July 11 – 28 years ago, Bosnian Serb forces murdered thousands of Bosniak boys and men in Srebrenica. That slaughter should continue to inspire us to fight extremism wherever we find it.
- by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
Investigation
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The young woman selling fascist memorabilia to the Croatian diaspora
A Sydney-based online store has been openly selling Ustasha-themed memorabilia and images of World War II Croatian dictator Ante Pavelic.
- by Simone Fox Koob and Ben Schneiders
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Literature
‘An Oscar for Oskar’: Schindler’s Ark families honour author Tom Keneally
The families of the Holocaust survivors saved by Oskar Schindler paid tribute to the Schindler’s Ark author this week.
- by Helen Pitt
Real-life hero who inspired Hotel Rwanda released from prison
Rwanda says it will release Paul Rusesabagina, a former hotel manager portrayed as a hero in a film about the 1994 genocide.
- by Katharine Houreld
End of an era in Cambodia as last living Khmer Rouge leader loses genocide appeal
In the final decision of the UN-backed war crimes tribunal, Khieu Samphan failed to overturn convictions for his part in one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century.
- by Chris Barrett
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Myanmar coup
Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia
Cases against military figures including junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are being prepared to hand to the Australian Federal Police.
- by Chris Barrett
For the seventh time since the Cold War, the US will label a nation’s acts as ‘genocide’
More than four years after the Myanmar military forced the Rohingya from their homes, the US will use the word to describe the violent purge.
- by Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis