SARAJEVO (AA) – It has been 14 years since Karadzic, one of those responsible for the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was captured in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, but not before executing the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crimes against humanity in Europe after World War II. Karadzic was held responsible...
PARIS (AA) – A French court on Tuesday sentenced a former Rwandan official to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of complicity in the 1994 genocide in the African country. The Paris Assize Court held Laurent Bucyibaruta, 78, the former prefect of Gikongoro province, guilty of acts of genocide and complicity in genocide […...
BELGRADE, Serbia / ANKARA (AA) – Masterminds of the Bosnian genocide of 1995- Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic- driven by blind hate and ethnic prejudice, carried out the most well-documented and widely known genocide and crime against humanity in Europe after World War II. Both faced charges for their role in the 1992-1995 Bosnian War ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US voiced solidarity with the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 11 as the Balkan nation marked the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. The mass killings of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim boys and men in 1995 by Serb forces marks biggest genocide in Europe since the World Wars. […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The Dutch government on Monday apologized to Bosniak families who lost their relatives in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren offered the apology at the 27th commemoration of the genocide at the cemetery in Potocari in Bosnia and Herzegovina. “The Netherlands ...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish soldier was killed in northern Iraq where the Turkish army launched Operation Claw-Lock to rid the area of terror elements, the National Defense Ministry has said. Abdullah Bayram was killed after PKK fighters opened fire in the operation zone, according to the ministry. The ministry expressed condolences to Bayra...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least one person was killed and five others wounded when a knife-wielding man stabbed several people at an asylum shelter in southern Germany, local media reported on Monday. According to state broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), the attacker knocked on the doors at the facility in Kressbronn on Lake Constance late Sunday [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – Over 500 right-wing extremists are wanted in Germany, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Monday. In an answer to the Left Party’s parliamentary question, the ministry said as many as 568 far-right extremists, including 145 people who committed violent crimes, are sought by Germany as of March 31. At least 79 of [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia’s Victoria state has banned the display of the Nazi swastika. Anyone displaying it in public will face monetary penalty or jail, or both. The Parliament of Victoria passed the Summary Offences Amendment (Nazi Symbol Prohibition) Bill 2022 on Tuesday, which “makes it a criminal offense for a person to intenti...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed a hate crime investigation into anti-Asian slurs spray-painted onto a San Leandro, California home last weekend. On Saturday, police responded to a report of vandalism at 9 p.m. “A racial epithet within an anti-Asian message” was scrawled on a realtor sign marketing the property for sale. On ...
