http://www.mail.com/subjects/24382-genocides.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/24382-genocides.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/2153962-shock-lingers-nazi-unit-leader-us.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to those who know 94-year-old Michael Karkoc. World War II survivors in both the U.S. and Europe harshly condemned the news and prosecutors in Poland have said they'll investigate. An Associated... Sun, 16 Jun 2013 04:01:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2153962-shock-lingers-nazi-unit-leader-us.html 2013-06-16T04:01:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2152976-nazi-unit-leaders-minneapolis-life-prompts-shock.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The revelation Friday that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to people who knew him, prompted harsh condemnations from World War II survivors in the U.S. and Europe, and led prosecutors in Poland to say they would investigate. An Associated Press i... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:24:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2152976-nazi-unit-leaders-minneapolis-life-prompts-shock.html 2013-06-15T03:24:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130628-obama-names-outspoken-rice-security-adviser.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying Republican critics, President Barack Obama named outspoken diplomat Susan Rice as his national security adviser Wednesday, giving her a larger voice in U.S. foreign policy despite accusations that she misled the nation in the aftermath of the deadly attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya. The appointment, along with the nominatio... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2130628-obama-names-outspoken-rice-security-adviser.html 2013-06-06T00:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2132232-syria-poses-challenge-us-envoy-un.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiery human rights advocate Samantha Power has famously taken presidents to task for refusing to use military force to stop genocide. But as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Power may need to bite her tongue as the Obama administration resists being drawn into Syria. Those who know her well describe Power, 42, as vociferously passionate ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:57:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2132232-syria-poses-challenge-us-envoy-un.html 2013-06-05T20:57:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2120354-khmer-rouge-leaders-apologize-to-victims-families.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Former leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge being tried by a U.N.-backed genocide tribunal apologized to families of victims of the regime's atrocities, bringing a rare emotional note to an extended criminal trial dominated by the detailed recounting of names and old dates. Khieu Samphan, the head of state of the 1970s communist r... Fri, 31 May 2013 01:46:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2120354-khmer-rouge-leaders-apologize-to-victims-families.html 2013-05-31T01:46:55Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2113186-cambodia-pm-seeks-law-to-punish-khmer-rouge-denial.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The Cambodian prime minister said he wants a law to punish people who deny that atrocities occurred during the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, apparently trying to link his political opponents to the widely despised movement. Hun Sen's appeal to Parliament on Monday comes ahead of a July 28 election his Cambodian People's Party is ex... Tue, 28 May 2013 03:43:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2113186-cambodia-pm-seeks-law-to-punish-khmer-rouge-denial.html 2013-05-28T03:43:16Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings. The ruling late Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdic... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:06:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html 2013-05-21T06:06:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity. It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 198... Sun, 12 May 2013 03:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html 2013-05-12T03:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2077968-developments-guatemala-trial-rios-montt.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In 1999: Guatemalan non-governmental organization Association for Justice and Reconciliation files a complaint against army officials, including former Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, saying they're responsible for killings of thousands of Ixil Mayans during country's 36-year civil war. Victims try for years without success to get courts to act against military... Sat, 11 May 2013 02:26:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2077968-developments-guatemala-trial-rios-montt.html 2013-05-11T02:26:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074980-ex-dictator-denies-ordered-guatemala-genocide.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt denied on Thursday that he ordered the extermination of Ixil Mayas as he testified for the first time at his genocide trial. The 86-year-old ex-general, who ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983 during the height of its civil war, said prosecutors hadn't proved his participation i... Fri, 10 May 2013 02:30:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074980-ex-dictator-denies-ordered-guatemala-genocide.html 2013-05-10T02:30:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041398-israel-parliament-discusses-killings-armenians.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament has held a special session on whether to recognize the mass killings of Armenians as genocide, even as the government takes new steps to repair relations with Turkey. Tuesday's parliamentary debate came a day after senior Israeli officials wrapped up a round of reconciliation talks in Turkey. The countries pledged last... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:47:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2041398-israel-parliament-discusses-killings-armenians.html 2013-04-24T12:47:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one. A spokesman for the Constitutional Court, Martin Guzman, said the case of Efrain Rios Montt now goes back to Judge Carol Patri... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html 2013-04-24T05:17:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030778-hutu-refugees-fear-forced-return-to-rwanda.html NAKIVALE, Uganda (AP) — Leodegard Kagaba lifted his shirt to reveal an ugly scar on his belly left by a bullet that nearly killed him. Tutsi neighbors in Rwanda, he said, attacked him after accusing him of participating in the 1994 genocide. "I have many scars, even in my heart," he said. "The people who put those scars on me still live freely in Rwanda."... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:54:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030778-hutu-refugees-fear-forced-return-to-rwanda.html 2013-04-19T15:54:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war could meet in a United Nations courtroom for the first time, if one of them gets his wish. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic sought a subpoena Thursday to compel his one-time military chief, Gen. Ratko Mladic, to testify in ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html 2013-04-18T15:24:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026086-genocide-survivor-saved-member-enemy-tribe.html NEW YORK (AP) — A Rwandan genocide survivor who became a U.S. citizen Wednesday says she was saved because her father trusted an exceptional member of an enemy tribe that slaughtered the rest of her family. "My father always used to tell us, 'Never judge people by putting them in boxes, because of their country, their race, their tribe,'" Immaculee Ilibag... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:13:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2026086-genocide-survivor-saved-member-enemy-tribe.html 2013-04-17T22:13:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Bosnian activist Munira Subasic lost 22 close family members in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, yet she was barred from speaking at a U.N. meeting where Serbia's ultranationalist president attacked the international body's war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia which has been prosecuting leaders of the genocide.... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:48:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2012348-bosnian-activist-un-meeting-was-biased.html 2013-04-11T18:48:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's struggle to deal with the war crimes of the past, including bringing an aging former dictator and his officers to justice, is hitting the country's current leader. A former soldier testifying at the genocide trial of ex-strongman Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, directly accused President Otto Perez Molina of ordering pillaging... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:25:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html 2013-04-09T15:25:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and flown to International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he faces charges including murder, rape and persecution in a rebel group's deadly reign of terror that gripped eastern Congo a decade ago. Ntaganda arrived and was taken to a cell sh... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:30:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972604-international-court-detains-rwandan-born-warlord.html 2013-03-22T23:30:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one of the bloodiest phases of the country's long civil war. In its absence, with trial set to start Tuesday, prosecutors hope to painstakingly prove through a detailed recreation of the mi... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html 2013-03-18T21:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954092-death-coming-justice-khmer-rouge-regime.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Decades after Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement oversaw the deaths of 1.7 million people by starvation, overwork and execution, the regime's imprisoned top leaders are escaping justice one by one. How? Old age. Thursday's death of 87-year-old Ieng Sary, one of the founders of the Khmer Rouge, has fueled urgent calls among ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:01:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954092-death-coming-justice-khmer-rouge-regime.html 2013-03-15T05:01:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953992-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-amid-genocide-trial.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Sary, who co-founded the communist Khmer Rouge regime responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians in the 1970s, and who decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial, died Thursday before his case could be finished. He was 87. Ieng Sary was the brother-in-law of late Khmer Rouge leade... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:38:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953992-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-amid-genocide-trial.html 2013-03-14T16:38:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953490-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-genocide-trial.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Sary, who co-founded the brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, died Thursday morning before the case could be finished. He was 87. His death before any verdict was reached in ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953490-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-genocide-trial.html 2013-03-14T06:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1942548-shiite-leader-sectarian-attacks-genocide.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's minority Shiite Muslims have started using the word "genocide" to describe a violent spike in attacks against them by a militant Sunni group with suspected links to the country's security agencies and a mainstream political party that governs the largest province. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a group of radical Sunni Muslims, who ... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1942548-shiite-leader-sectarian-attacks-genocide.html 2013-03-09T06:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929300-cambodia-khmer-rouge-tribunal-staff-strike.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian translators angry that they have gone without pay for three months stopped working at the U.N.-backed genocide trial of former Khmer Rogue leaders on Monday, a new setback for an international justice effort that has been hobbled by conflicts with the Cambodian government. Khmer Rouge tribunal spokesman Neth Pheaktra ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:02:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1929300-cambodia-khmer-rouge-tribunal-staff-strike.html 2013-03-04T09:02:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924568-dutch-court-woman-incited-genocide-rwanda.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday convicted a Rwandan-born Dutch woman of inciting genocide in Rwanda's 1994 mass murders of ethnic Tutsis by members of the Hutu tribe — the first conviction of a Dutch citizen for the crime. The Hague District Court sentenced Yvonne Basebya, 66, to six years and eight months in prison for her role, the... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:04:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924568-dutch-court-woman-incited-genocide-rwanda.html 2013-03-01T14:04:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel Serbs, including the Srebrenica massacre, by providing them with military aid during the Balkan wars. Gen. Momcilo Perisic, a former close ally of ex-Yugoslav President Sl... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:59:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html 2013-02-28T19:59:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900744-ivory-coast-president-faces-charges.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was prepared to go to any lengths — including using lethal force — to cling to power after losing elections in 2010, and should stand trial for his alleged involvement in post-election violence, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said Tuesday. Fatou Bensouda said the worl... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:55:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1900744-ivory-coast-president-faces-charges.html 2013-02-19T22:55:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883906-protests-rwanda-genocide-acquittals.html KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Hundreds of Rwandans marched to the offices of the United Nations tribunal set up to try key cases related to Rwanda's 1994 genocide to protest the court's decision to acquit two former cabinet ministers accused of masterminding killings. The protesters, bearing placards denouncing the Arusha, Tanzania-based International Criminal Tr... Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1883906-protests-rwanda-genocide-acquittals.html 2013-02-11T17:38:00Z