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French judges dropped a case against French peacekeepers deployed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide who were accused by survivors and human rights groups of being complicit in massacres, legal sources said on Wednesday. Survivors of the June 1994 slaughter in the hills of Bisesero in western Rwanda had...

The 27th anniversary of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica resulted in a new wave of digital violations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including hate speech and denial in the digital space. During the commemoration of the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, on July 11, episodes of online hatred...

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has selected 13 journalists, historians, artists, and activists to receive grants to create small projects based on the archives of the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague and domestic courts in former Yugoslav countries. The recipients of the grants will...

The United States has imposed sanctions on the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Bosniak-Croat federation and an official of the Bosnian-Serb entity, accusing them of threatening the country’s democratic institutions. In a statement on Monday, the US Department of the Treasury said it was...

The top UN human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials about the impact of the broad application of counterterrorism and deradicalization measures on the rights of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region. Michelle Bachelet, who...

Guatemala’s controversial attorney general has started a second term, but Maria Consuelo Porras‘ last-minute reappointment this week has sparked widespread condemnation and new sanctions amid alarm over backsliding on the rule of law. President Alejandro Giammattei swore in Porras for another four...

"Tropics - Fruits of Hope" is the inspirational name former rebels in Colombia have chosen for their new venture. A premium coffee, "Fruits of Hope" is grown, harvested, and roasted by more than 1,000 guerrilla fighters who laid down their arms following the signing of a peace agreement between the...

Referencing the Tigray crisis in Ethiopia and the war in Ukraine, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world ‘is not treating the human race the same way.’ Tedros, who is from Tigray, said since a truce was declared in the besieged northern region of Ethiopia three weeks ago, about 2,000 trucks...

World leaders heard impassioned pleas Thursday from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more military aid to defend his country and the United States announced new sanctions and humanitarian aid as officials gathered for a trio of summits to discuss next steps in countering Russia’s month...

The United Nations voiced disappointment after a pledging conference raised less than a third of the money it said was needed to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in war-torn Yemen. The UN was seeking $4.27bn to help 17.3 million people, but raised only $1.3bn at Wednesday’s conference in Geneva...