Topic: Genocide
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame said an outspoken presidential aspirant could be prosecuted for inflammatory remarks about the 1994 genocide. Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu who was living abroad during the 100-day slaughter, returned to Rwanda last month to launch a bid in the August presidential elections, in which analysts expect Kagame to win a second 7-year term. "I think ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressional panel will vote next month on a resolution to label the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as "genocide," a move that could infuriate Turkey. Howard Berman, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday he intended to call a committee vote on the non-binding resolution on March 4 ...
The International Criminal Court will again consider charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur, after an appeals panel ruled that judges made an "error in law" when they refused to indict him on that charge last year. "He should get a lawyer ...
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court on Wednesday opened the possibility of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir being charged with genocide in Darfur. Appeals judges at the tribunal reversed a decision that prosecutors had not provided enough evidence to add genocide to Bashir's charge sheet, ruling that the ICC's pre-trial chamber must look again at whether he ...
