Recent News

7 September 2009
'This country has a long way to go': Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit speaks out about his bitter struggle to bring more killers to justice

5 March 2009
Grounding Sudan's Killers

4 March 2009
International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan,

2 March 2009
A new report issued on eve of ICC’s decision on whether to issue an arrest warrant for President al-Bashir makes a number of recommendations about how to improve enforcement

13 February 2009
MIGS mourns the death of Alison Des Forges, a leading human rights researcher and scholar, who taught all of us that the genocide in Rwanda could have been prevented. A friend of MIGS, she will live in our minds and hearts forever.

19 December 2008
Canadian Led Resolution on Iran Approved by UN General Assembly

3 December 2008
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Urges Strong Measures Against Perpetrators in Darfur Region of Sudan--
• Eighth Report of the Prosecutor of the ICC to the UN Security Council pursuant to UNSC 1593 (2005)

• Statement to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Darfur, the Sudan, pursuant to UNSCR 1593 (2005)

4 November 2008
German parliament vows to fight anti-Semitism

5 June 2008

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Brings in Charges Against Sudan Government

20 May 2008
Iran Arrests Baha'i Leadership

Canadian Baha’is are deeply concerned

10 April 2008
Kristof's Advice to President Bush on Darfur

4 September 2007
Abandoned Rwandan State Archive Containing Documents Relevant to the 1994 Genocide Will Be Digitized

29 May 2007
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS FRANCIS DENG OF SUDAN AS SPECIAL ADVISER FOR PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE, MASS ATROCITIES

29 September 2006
World War II Euthanasia Victims Found in German Mass Grave

5 September 2006
SUDAN: Heightened tension and frustration in Darfur

5 September 2006
Darfur mission will end in Sept, but consultations continue - AU

5 September 2006
SUDAN: Khartoum issues deadline to AU force

5 September 2006
Africa Union 'will quit Darfur'

4 September 2006
Darfur rebels say Sudanese govt forces are pursuing offensive

4 September 2006
Sudan says AU can stay in Darfur but not under UN

4 September 2006
UN resolution greeted by Khartoum’s new Darfur offensive

3 September 2006
Sudan asks African force to leave Darfur by Sept. 30

2 September 2006
Sudan launches major offensive against Darfur rebels

1 September 2006
Army unleashed military offensive in Darfur

1 September 2006
Darfur conflict could spread in days - EU

31 August 2006
Sudan rejects U.N. Darfur resolution as illegal

31 August 2006
Security Council votes to set up UN peacekeeping force in Darfur

31 August 2006
Darfur rebels say govt attacks as UN vote nears

31 August 2006
Sudan’s Salva Kiir meets Darfur SLM leader in Asmara

30 August 2006
Security Council expected to vote tomorrow for UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur

29 August 2006
Sudan's Bashir meets U.S. envoy, rejects Darfur troops

28 August 2006
UN’s top humanitarian official warns of looming catastrophe in Darfur

22 August 2006
"To Halt Sudan's Atrocities, Follow the Money"

19 August 2006
Two African peacekeepers killed in Sudan’s Darfur

13 July 2006
"A Dying Deal in Darfur"

22 June 2006
Iran Makes Travesty of Human Rights

16 May 2006
New York Times editorial calls on Government of Turkey to end denial and recognize Armenian genocide

16 May 2006
UN Security Council demands Sudan admit assessment mission to transfer Darfur misssion from AU to UN authority

3 March 2006
U.S. Senate urges swift action on Darfur

1 March 2006
Peacekeepers and diplomats seeking to end Darfur's violence, hit roadblock

28 February 2006
Refugee crisis grows as Darfur war crosses a border

25 February 2006
Armenian furor over Public Broadcasting System (PBS) plan for debate

21 February 2006
Austria imposes 3-year sentence on notorious Holocaust denier

9 February 2006
Guatemala massacre survivors paid after 24 years

8 February 2006
New design plan for Berlin's Topography of Terror memorial exhibit

 

15 October 2005
The Economist deems African Union Force failing the test in Darfur

25 September 2005
Conference on Armenian genocide goes forward in Turkey

23 September 2005
Turkish court bars holding of historians' conference on Armenian genocide

18 September 2005
President Bush's neglect of the atrocity crimes underway in Darfur

16 September 2005

What reforms has the U.N. summit meeting achieved (and not achieved)?

18 August 2005
Bush push to block adherence to International Criminal Court roils U.S. neighbors

17 August 2005
Michel Bagaragaza, Influential Member of Former Rwandan President's Entourage, Surrenders to UN Tribunal in Arusha

11 August 2005
Two senior members of Ethiopia's former military government have been sentenced to death after an 11-year trial.

31 July 2005
U.S. Study Pinpoints Near-Misses by Allies in Fathoming the Unfolding Holocaust

21 July 2005
Thousands Displaced by Attack in South Kivu (Demoratic Republic of Congo)

20 July 2005Democratic Republic of Congo: UN Launches New Operation Against Rwandan Hutu Rebels

12 July 2005
In Bosnia, World Leaders Apologize for [Srebrenica] Massacre

8 July 2005
10 Years After Massacre, 2 Top Bosnian Serbs Still Hunted

7 July 2005
Karadzic son arrested by NATO troops
For background on this story see: EU Bans War Criminal "Supporters"

6 July 2005
Burundi: Winning the legislature, former Burundi rebels vow to negotiate peace (IRIN)

20 June 2005
United Nations Security Council urges Secretary-General to initiate negotiations to set up a Burundi Truth Commission, Special Chamber to examine past genocides, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burundi


News Archives September 2001 - Septembre 2004

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