With each passing year, fewer witnesses to the tragedy of the Great Famine of 1932 and 1933, are still alive.
Tag: War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Ex-Soldier Gets 5,160 Years in Prison for Guatemala Massacre
Santos López Alonzo, 66, participated in the 1982 killing that all but wiped out a farming village at the height of the civil war, prosecutors said.
War Crimes Suspect Called ‘Rambo’ Is Turned Over to International Court
Alfred Yekatom, a commander in a Central African Republic militia, is wanted on suspicion of war crimes, including murder, deportation and torture of Muslims.
‘We Only Killed the Bad People’: 2 Khmer Rouge Leaders, Forever Linked
Khieu Samphan, 87, and Nuon Chea, 92, who were convicted of genocide on Friday, once hoped that the world would “let bygones be bygones.”
Khmer Rouge’s Slaughter in Cambodia Is Ruled a Genocide
Four decades after the Communist movement’s reign of terror, two surviving senior leaders are held accountable in a genocide verdict that opens the door for other rulings.
First Rohingya Are to Be Returned to Myanmar Killing Grounds
More than 2,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees are set for repatriation from neighboring Bangladesh, many of them unwillingly. The United Nations calls it a “clear violation” of international principles.
A ‘Legacy of Terror’: ISIS Left More Than 200 Mass Graves in Iraq
It may not be much of a surprise, but the scale of the job of digging up Islamic State victims is shocking. The UN says there may be 12,000 victims.
Ex-Guard, 94, at Nazi Camp Is Tried in German Juvenile Court
Johann Rehbogen is being tried for assisting in hundreds of murders while serving as a guard at the Stutthof concentration camp. He started work there when a teenager.
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