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Is Europe doing enough to prosecute ISIS fighters for Yazidi genocide?

Seven years on from a genocide that killed an estimated 10,000 Yazidi people in northern Iraq, European countries are grappling with how to prosecute those responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the 21st century.

My Europe Series

Is Bosnia’s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends?

Attempts to play down or deny what happened at Srebrenica in 1995 prompted Bosnia's foreign peace envoy to last week pass the nation's first law prohibiting genocide denial.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Serbs will shut down government over genocide denial law

Bosnian Serb politicians have pledged to block decision-making in the country’s institutions in protest over a recent move by a top international envoy to outlaw genocide denial.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Senior Bosnian official bans denial of Srebrenica genocide under law

The head of Bosnia’s Office of the High Representative has imposed changes to the country’s criminal law, introducing prison sentences for anyone who denies the genocide at Srebrenica.

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Serbia

Serbia's Vucic hits back as Montenegro bans Srebrenica genocide denial

Montenegrin lawmakers on Thursday ousted a pro-Serb government minister who denied the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica was genocide.

Montenegro

Montenegro minister ousted over Srebrenica genocide denial

Montenegro's parliament voted to sack the country's justice minister for expressing doubts about the genocide in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

UN judges to rule on Mladic appeal against Bosnian war convictions

The verdict in Mladić's appeal case will effectively conclude UN prosecutions for crimes committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian War.

Germany

Euroviews. Germany did not fully recognise Namibia killings as genocide | View

"Contrary to what the majority of global media reports suggest, there is no question of full recognition of the genocide in the legal sense and with consequences under international law."

Germany

Germany agrees to recognise colonial killings in Namibia as genocide

As well as recognising the killings and asking descendants of victims for forgiveness, Germany has committed to spend 1.1 billion euros on mostly development projects over the next 30 years.

Rwanda

France 'inflicted suffering on Rwanda by staying silent over genocide'

Macron acknowledged France had been at fault but stopped short of an apology.

Armenia

Armenia welcomes Biden's "genocide" recognition, but it's 'not enough'

“I cannot believe it. He really said it for real,” said local man Samuel Tadevosyan. “This is huge. The US are so important that they’re definitely going to set an example for other countries.”

Europe News

US recognition of Armenian killings as genocide revives an old debate

The United States’ decision to recognise the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as a "genocide" has revived a long-running debate in the European Union.

Rwanda

Rwanda genocide report: France 'did nothing to stop' massacres

Former French President Francois Mitterrand and his administration had knowledge of preparations for the massacres — yet kept supporting the government, the report says.

France

France 'was not complicit' in Rwandan genocide, report claims

The report says researchers found no evidence that French weapons were delivered to Rwanda after the start of the genocide.

Netherlands

Dutch government urged to recognise 1915 Armenia massacre as genocide

Turkey utterly refutes that the events of over a hundred years ago constitute a genocide.

USA

US declares China is 'committing genocide' against Uighur minority

In a statement issued on his last day in office, Mike Pompeo said China "has committed crimes against humanity" against Uighurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in the northwestern province of Xinjiang.

Rwanda

Hotel Rwanda's real-life hero arrested over 'terrorism' charges

“I believe it is a travesty that a human rights champion like Paul Rusesabagina should be captured, detained and held in the way he is being held," said Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Srebrenica: World leaders urged to counter Serbian genocide denial

In the 25 years since the Srebrenica massacre, some Serb leaders haven't fully accepted responsibility and deny that genocide took place in Bosnia in 1995.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. Denying and glorifying the Srebrenica genocide is inspiring extremists around the world ǀ View

25 years on from the massacre at Srebrenica, revisionism and glorification of the ethnic cleansing committed during the Bosnian War are giving impetus to extremists around the world to act with impunity.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Euroviews. 25 years after Srebrenica, genocide denial is pervasive. It can no longer go unchallenged ǀ View

As the world begins to grapple with the legacy of its darkest episodes, the way in which the history of what happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina over 20 years ago is told is should now be challenged before it poisons another generation.