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Harvard President Apologises For Not Condemning Calls For Jewish Genocide
Claudine Gay, along with President Liz Magill from UPenn and Sally Kornbluth from MIT, faced criticism for their responses during a five-hour congressional hearing.
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Israel Must Stop "Genocide" Of Palestinians Immediately: Iran's Khamenei
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel's "genocide" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip should stop "immediately", state TV reported on Tuesday, a day before U.S. President Joe Biden is due to visit Israel.
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Bangladesh Demands UN To Declare March 25 As World Genocide Day: Envoy
Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner Andalib Elias on Saturday said his country has been demanding the United Nations to declare March 25 as World Genocide Day.
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Afghan Women Protest "Hazara Genocide" After 20 Die In Kabul Bombing
Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people -- mostly young women from the ethnic group.
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Rohingya Refugees Mark 5th 'Genocide Remembrance Day' In Bangladesh Camps
Thousands of Rohingya refugees held "Genocide Remembrance Day" rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar.
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"This Is Genocide": Ukraine's Zelensky After Discovery Of Mass Graves
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of committing genocide and attempting to eliminate the "whole nation" of Ukraine, a day after the discovery of mass graves and apparently executed civilians near Kyiv.
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Activists Urge Beijing Olympics Boycott Over Human Rights Concerns
Activists today called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
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United States Declares China Committing "Genocide" Against Uighurs
The United States declared Tuesday that China is carrying out genocide against the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim people, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dramatically raising pressure over Beijing's sweeping incarceration of minorities on his last full day in office.
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Let's Pay Homage To 3 Million Killed, 2 Lakh Raped By Pak Army In 1971: India At UN
As the United Nations marked International Day of Victims of Genocide on Wednesday, India called for paying homage to the three million people killed and hundreds of thousands of women raped by the Pakistan Army and religious militias in the 1971 Liberation War, describing it the "most horrific episode in human history".
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200,000 Rohingya Rally To Mark 'Genocide Day' In Bangladesh Camps
Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh camp Sunday to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenian Genocide Memorial
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a rallying cry to remember the past after visiting the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey.
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Bangladesh Set to Hang Opposition Leaders Within Days
Two key Bangladesh opposition leaders are set to be hanged within days after losing final appeals to overturn their death sentences, the justice minister today, as authorities completed formalities for their execution.
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Central African Republic at Risk of Genocide, Says Group
In the early hours of Monday morning, a Christian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in the Central African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen had attacked Christians in the nearby village of Liwa and killed 21.
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Cambodia Remembers Khmer Rouge Victims on 'Day of Anger'
About 1,000 people Tuesday marked Cambodia's annual "Day of Anger" against the genocidal former Khmer Rouge regime, with black-clad students wielding hoes and bamboo sticks to mimic their crimes in the late 1970s.
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Harvard President Apologises For Not Condemning Calls For Jewish Genocide
Claudine Gay, along with President Liz Magill from UPenn and Sally Kornbluth from MIT, faced criticism for their responses during a five-hour congressional hearing.
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Israel Must Stop "Genocide" Of Palestinians Immediately: Iran's Khamenei
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel's "genocide" of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip should stop "immediately", state TV reported on Tuesday, a day before U.S. President Joe Biden is due to visit Israel.
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Bangladesh Demands UN To Declare March 25 As World Genocide Day: Envoy
Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner Andalib Elias on Saturday said his country has been demanding the United Nations to declare March 25 as World Genocide Day.
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Afghan Women Protest "Hazara Genocide" After 20 Die In Kabul Bombing
Dozens of women from Afghanistan's minority Hazara community protested in the capital Saturday after a suicide bombing a day earlier killed 20 people -- mostly young women from the ethnic group.
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Rohingya Refugees Mark 5th 'Genocide Remembrance Day' In Bangladesh Camps
Thousands of Rohingya refugees held "Genocide Remembrance Day" rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar.
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"This Is Genocide": Ukraine's Zelensky After Discovery Of Mass Graves
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of committing genocide and attempting to eliminate the "whole nation" of Ukraine, a day after the discovery of mass graves and apparently executed civilians near Kyiv.
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Activists Urge Beijing Olympics Boycott Over Human Rights Concerns
Activists today called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.
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United States Declares China Committing "Genocide" Against Uighurs
The United States declared Tuesday that China is carrying out genocide against the Uighurs and other mostly Muslim people, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dramatically raising pressure over Beijing's sweeping incarceration of minorities on his last full day in office.
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Let's Pay Homage To 3 Million Killed, 2 Lakh Raped By Pak Army In 1971: India At UN
As the United Nations marked International Day of Victims of Genocide on Wednesday, India called for paying homage to the three million people killed and hundreds of thousands of women raped by the Pakistan Army and religious militias in the 1971 Liberation War, describing it the "most horrific episode in human history".
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200,000 Rohingya Rally To Mark 'Genocide Day' In Bangladesh Camps
Some 200,000 Rohingya rallied in a Bangladesh camp Sunday to mark two years since they fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar forces, just days after a second failed attempt to repatriate the refugees.
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73-Year-Old Artist Fasts Inside Steel Box For 3 Days, Buried Under Road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of totalitarian violence.
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Pope Francis Visits Armenian Genocide Memorial
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a rallying cry to remember the past after visiting the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey.
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Bangladesh Set to Hang Opposition Leaders Within Days
Two key Bangladesh opposition leaders are set to be hanged within days after losing final appeals to overturn their death sentences, the justice minister today, as authorities completed formalities for their execution.
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Central African Republic at Risk of Genocide, Says Group
In the early hours of Monday morning, a Christian militia swept down on the village of Ardo-Djobi near Bambari in the Central African Republic killing 18 Muslims of the Fulani ethnicity. Just a few days earlier, Muslim gunmen had attacked Christians in the nearby village of Liwa and killed 21.
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Cambodia Remembers Khmer Rouge Victims on 'Day of Anger'
About 1,000 people Tuesday marked Cambodia's annual "Day of Anger" against the genocidal former Khmer Rouge regime, with black-clad students wielding hoes and bamboo sticks to mimic their crimes in the late 1970s.
