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UN investigators say no findings yet of genocide within Ukraine
•In its first report, the investigative team created by the UN Human Rights Council a year ago determined that Russia had committed a vast array of violations since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
Holodomor: EU parliament recognises Ukraine's Soviet-era famine as 'genocide'
•The 1932-33 "Holodomor" -- Ukrainian for "death by starvation" -- is regarded by Kyiv as a deliberate act of genocide by Stalin's regime with the intention of wiping out the peasantry
UN report details serious rights abuses by China in Xinjiang region, does not mention genocide
•While the report did not refer to genocide, it did document population shifts in the region, using Chinese official figures
United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet in Bangladesh, to visit Rohingya refugee camps
•The exodus of Rohingya was sparked by a 2017 Myanmar army offensive against the mostly Muslim minority, with the UN's highest court last month giving the green light to a landmark case accusing the Buddhist-majority country of genocide
Two forgotten genocides of 20th century: Time to admit historical follies and start rapprochement
Rajivtuli •Only by admitting what actually happened in Malabar and Kashmir, we can take the first step towards negotiation and conflict resolution
Pope calls decades-long Indigenous abuse in Canada 'genocide', warns he must slow down
•During his six-day 'penitential pilgrimage' across Canada this week, the 85-year-old pope offered a historic apology to the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people, who have been waiting for years for such an acknowledgement from the head of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics
10 new terms in the glossary of Indian ‘liberals’ which you must know
Abhijit Majumder •These new terms are being dropped like birthday toffees by columnists, social media influencers and assorted jihad sympathisers and the anti-India cabal
Ukraine war: President Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'genocide' in Donbas onslaught
•In his daily televised address, the Ukrainian president condemned Moscow's brutal assault on the Donbas region, adding that its bombardment could leave the entire region 'uninhabited'
China's crackdown of Muslim minorities under scrutiny ahead of UN human rights chief visit
•China is accused of incarcerating one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in detention camps in Xinjiang in a security crackdown that the US and other countries have called a 'genocide'
Explained: The difference between a war crime, genocide and crime against humanity
•A war crime, crime against humanity and crime of aggression make up the most serious crimes known to man, and are prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague