Tag: genocide

Rwanda honors those killed in genocide 25 years ago

KIGALI: Rwandan President Paul Kagame began a week of solemn ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered...

Rohingya demand justice after UN probe calls for genocide prosecution

DHAKA: Rohingya leaders in Bangladesh on Tuesday challenged the United Nations to ensure Myanmar's generals stand trial after investigators called for top military commanders...

Pakistan hatching conspiracy with Rohingya ‘terror groups’, alleges Bangladesh minister

DHAKA: Bangladesh Minister Obaidul Quader has accused Pakistan of hatching a conspiracy with Rohingya ‘terror groups’ and criticised it for supporting the war criminals of...

HRW report shows evidence of mass rape, genocide against Rohingyas

UNITED STATES: Myanmar troops gang-raped countless Rohingya women and girls during a military campaign that sent hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh,...

UN yet to determine if Rohingya crisis is genocide

GENEVA: The United Nations has yet to determine whether violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar meets the legal definition of genocide, Jyoti Sanghera —...

MEP Amjad Bashir calling for international sanctions against Myanmar

LONDON: Member of European Parliament (MEP) Amjad Bashir has been calling for comprehensive international sanctions against Myanmar in response to the persecution of the...

PTI’s Nusrat condemns Rohingya genocide

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh Vice President Nusrat Wahid on Sunday strongly condemned the genocide of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. “The international community must take...

Rulers, int’l community neglecting Rohingya genocide: Parvez Elahi

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, condemning the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Burma, questioned...

Shehbaz terms Rohingya persecution ‘genocide’

Urges world to take action against human rights violation in Myanmar LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that the persecution of Rohingya Muslims...

British MPs to debate occupied Kashmir issue on Thursday

The British House of Commons Thursday (tomorrow) will debate a motion on Kashmir which will call upon the British government to raise the issue...

Hizbul Mujahideen accuses India of ‘genocide’ in Kashmir

Hizbul Mujahideen accused New Delhi of “genocide” Wednesday, after days of clashes left at least 32 people dead and hundreds wounded on the Indian...

Erdogan says Armenian genocide charges ‘blackmail’ of Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Saturday that Turkey would never accept charges the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians in World War I, saying...