#Genocide #denial and glorifying war criminals were made crimes in Bosnia in 2021. ðð²ðð½ð¶ðð² ððµð² ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ð¶ðð®ðð¶ð¼ð», ð´ð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð² ð±ð²ð»ð¶ð®ð¹ ð¶ð» ðð¼ðð»ð¶ð® ðð¿ð¶ð½ð¹ð²ð± ð¶ð» ððµð² ð½ð®ðð ðð²ð®ð¿, ð¿ð²ð®ð°ðµð¶ð»ð´ ð¯ð¬ð± ð¿ð²ð´ð¶ððð²ð¿ð²ð± ð¶ð»ððð®ð»ð°ð²ð â ð®ð¯ð¼ðð ð¼ð»ð² ð²ðð²ð¿ð ðð¶ð»ð´ð¹ð² ð±ð®ð. Denial spiked after the UN adopted a resolution in April to create an annual commemoration of the #Srebrenica genocide. Itâs speculated that denial is surging because nobody is being prosecuted. Denis Dzidic, co-author of a report on denialism, said that genocide denial had been weaponized in political discourse, particularly on Serb-controlled media. ð§ð¼ ð±ð®ðð², ð°ð¼ðð¿ðð ð¶ð» #Bosnia, #Serbia, #Croatia , ð®ð»ð± ððµð² ðð»ðð²ð¿ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð®ð¹ ðð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ ð§ð¿ð¶ð¯ðð»ð®ð¹ ð³ð¼ð¿ ð³ð¼ð¿ðºð²ð¿ ð¬ðð´ð¼ðð¹ð®ðð¶ð® ðµð®ðð² ðð²ð»ðð²ð»ð°ð²ð± ð±ð° ð¶ð»ð±ð¶ðð¶ð±ðð®ð¹ð ðð¼ ð® ðð¼ðð®ð¹ ð¼ð³ ð³ð´ð ðð²ð®ð¿ð ð¶ð» ð½ð¿ð¶ðð¼ð» ð®ð»ð± ð³ð¶ðð² ð¹ð¶ð³ð² ðð²ð»ðð²ð»ð°ð²ð ð³ð¼ð¿ ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð²ð ð°ð¼ðºðºð¶ððð²ð± ð±ðð¿ð¶ð»ð´ ððµð² ð¦ð¿ð²ð¯ð¿ð²ð»ð¶ð°ð® ð´ð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð², ððð¹ð ððµðµð±. #genocidedenial #ICTY --- ðð®ð¢ð¨ð¦ ð¤ð°ð¶ð³ðµð¦ð´ðº ð°ð§ ðð ðð¯ðµð¦ð³ð¯ð¢ðµðªð°ð¯ð¢ð ðð³ðªð®ðªð¯ð¢ð ðð³ðªð£ð¶ð¯ð¢ð ð§ð°ð³ ðµð©ð¦ ð§ð°ð³ð®ð¦ð³ ð ð¶ð¨ð°ð´ðð¢ð·ðªð¢ ðªð´ ð®ð°ð¥ðªð§ðªð¦ð¥ ð¢ð¯ð¥ ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð¥ ð¶ð¯ð¥ð¦ð³ ðð ðð 2.0 (ð©ðµðµð±ð´://ð¤ð³ð¦ð¢ðµðªð·ð¦ð¤ð°ð®ð®ð°ð¯ð´.ð°ð³ð¨/ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð´/ð£ðº/2.0/ð¥ð¦ð¦ð¥.ð¦ð¯).
World Without Genocideâs Post
More Relevant Posts
-
ð§ðµð² ððµð¶ð»ð²ðð² ðð¼ðºðºðð»ð¶ðð ð£ð®ð¿ðð (#CCP) ðµð®ð ð® ð¹ð¼ð»ð´ ð®ð¿ðº ð¶ð» ð½ð²ð¿ðð²ð°ððð¶ð»ð´ ððµð² ð¨ðð´ðµðð¿ð, ð® ððºð®ð¹ð¹ ð ððð¹ð¶ðº ðºð¶ð»ð¼ð¿ð¶ðð ð´ð¿ð¼ðð½ ð¶ð» #China ð®ð»ð± ð®ð» ð²ðð²ð» ððºð®ð¹ð¹ð²ð¿ ð±ð¶ð®ðð½ð¼ð¿ð®ð» ð°ð¼ðºðºðð»ð¶ðð ð¶ð» ððµð² ð¨ð¦. Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff in the New York governor's office, was arrested earlier this month and charged with acting as an agent of the CCP. She is accused of altering public statements about the persecution of the Uyghurs. ð§ðµð² ð´ð¼ðð²ð¿ð»ð¼ð¿âð ð¼ð³ð³ð¶ð°ð² ðð²ð¿ðºð¶ð»ð®ðð²ð± ð¦ðð»'ð ð²ðºð½ð¹ð¼ððºð²ð»ð ð¶ð» ð ð®ð¿ð°ðµ ð®ð¬ð®ð¯ ð®ð³ðð²ð¿ ðð»ð°ð¼ðð²ð¿ð¶ð»ð´ ð²ðð¶ð±ð²ð»ð°ð² ð¼ð³ ðºð¶ðð°ð¼ð»ð±ðð°ð ð®ð»ð± ð¶ðºðºð²ð±ð¶ð®ðð²ð¹ð ð¿ð²ð½ð¼ð¿ðð²ð± ðµð²ð¿ ðð¼ ð¹ð®ð ð²ð»ð³ð¼ð¿ð°ð²ðºð²ð»ð.
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
Dr. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, has written a compelling and frightening analysis of where the world is today. âThe New Nazismâ calls out leaders in #China, #Russia, #SaudiArabia, #Turkey, #India, #Iran â and the #US - for policies and practices that he asserts align with Nazism today. See his essay here: https://lnkd.in/eTbGi8j9Â
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
There is a new statue in the United Nations north garden at #UN headquarters in New York. The statue is called "Kwibuka Flame of Hope." It is a gift from #Rwanda, and according to UN information, âð§ðµð² ððð¶ð¯ðð¸ð® ð³ð¹ð®ðºð² ðððºð¯ð¼ð¹ð¶ðð²ð ððµð² ð¿ð²ðð¶ð¹ð¶ð²ð»ð°ð² ð®ð»ð± ð°ð¼ðð¿ð®ð´ð² ð¼ð³ ð¥ðð®ð»ð±ð®ð»ð ðð¶ð»ð°ð² ððµð² ððµðµð° ðð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð² ð®ð´ð®ð¶ð»ðð ððµð² ð§ðððð¶ ð¶ð» ð¥ðð®ð»ð±ð®, ððµð²ð» ðºð¼ð¿ð² ððµð®ð» ð¼ð»ð² ðºð¶ð¹ð¹ð¶ð¼ð» ð½ð²ð¼ð½ð¹ð², ð¼ðð²ð¿ððµð²ð¹ðºð¶ð»ð´ð¹ð ð§ðððð¶, ð¯ðð ð®ð¹ðð¼ ðððð ð®ð»ð± ð¼ððµð²ð¿ð ððµð¼ ð¼ð½ð½ð¼ðð²ð± ððµð² ð´ð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð², were systematically killed following years of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech exacerbating ethnic tensions.â The inscription reads: "The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Remember â Unite â Renew." Note that the inscription refers only to genocide being enacted against Tutsi people. The UN statement quoted above specifically refers as well to âHutu and others who opposed the genocide.â In Rwanda today, anybody who suggests that victims were other than Tutsis will face severe consequences for âdenyingâ the genocide. ð§ðµð² ð¨ð¡ ð´ð²ðð ð¶ð ð¿ð¶ð´ðµð. https://lnkd.in/gyziXEp3 Â
Kwibuka Flame of Hope Tribute to 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda Installed at UN Headquarters
media.un.org
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
#Vanuatu, #Figi, ð®ð»ð± #Somoa, ð£ð®ð°ð¶ð³ð¶ð° ððð¹ð®ð»ð± ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð ððð¹ð»ð²ð¿ð®ð¯ð¹ð² ðð¼ ð¿ð¶ðð¶ð»ð´ ðð²ð®ð ð®ð»ð± ððµð² ð±ð¶ðð®ð½ð½ð²ð®ð¿ð®ð»ð°ð² ð¼ð³ ððµð²ð¶ð¿ ðµð¼ðºð²ð, ð®ðð¸ð²ð± ððµð² ðð»ðð²ð¿ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð®ð¹ ðð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ ðð¼ðð¿ð ðð¼ ðºð®ð¸ð² ððµð² ð±ð²ððð¿ðð°ðð¶ð¼ð» ð¼ð³ ð²ð°ð¼ððððð²ðºð ð® ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð². Since the US devastated Vietnam with Agent Orange in the 1970s, people around the world have advocated for #ecocide to become a crime equal to genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, the human rights atrocity crimes. Ecocide is defined as âunlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.â ðð³ ððð°ð°ð²ððð³ðð¹, ððµð¶ð ð´ð¹ð¼ð¯ð®ð¹ ð²ð³ð³ð¼ð¿ð ðºð²ð®ð»ð ððµð®ð ð°ð¼ðºð½ð®ð»ð ð¹ð²ð®ð±ð²ð¿ð, ð¼ð¿ ð²ðð²ð» ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð, ððµð®ð ð¸ð»ð¼ðð¶ð»ð´ð¹ð ð°ð¼ð»ðð¿ð¶ð¯ððð² ðð¼ ð²ð»ðð¶ð¿ð¼ð»ðºð²ð»ðð®ð¹ ð±ð²ð´ð¿ð®ð±ð®ðð¶ð¼ð» ð°ð¼ðð¹ð± ð³ð®ð°ð² ðµð®ð¿ððµ ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ ð½ð²ð»ð®ð¹ðð¶ð²ð. Advocates for making ecocide a crime under international law say that this would be a powerful deterrent. Jojo Mehta, co-founder of Stop Ecocide International, said, âCriminal law creates powerful moral as well as legal boundaries, making it clear that extreme levels of harm are not just unlawful but totally unacceptable.â ð§ð¼ ð±ð®ðð², ðºð®ð»ð ð°ð¼ðð»ðð¿ð¶ð²ð ðµð®ðð² ðð¿ð¶ððð²ð» âð²ð°ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð²â ð¶ð»ðð¼ ððµð²ð¶ð¿ ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ ð°ð¼ð±ð²ð, ð¶ð»ð°ð¹ðð±ð¶ð»ð´ ððµð² ððð¿ð¼ð½ð²ð®ð» ð¨ð»ð¶ð¼ð». The US, however, with its staunch support of fossil fuels and related industries, has not even raised the word in public forums. ðð ð¶ð ðð¶ðºð² ðð¼ ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð¶ð»ð®ð¹ð¶ðð² ððµð² ð¸ð¶ð¹ð¹ð¶ð»ð´ ð¼ð³ ð¼ðð¿ ð½ð¹ð®ð»ð²ð. ð§ððð¥ð ðð¦ ð¡ð¢ ð£ððð¡ðð§ ð.
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
ð§ðµð² ðð»ðð²ð¿ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð®ð¹ ðððð¼ð°ð¶ð®ðð¶ð¼ð» ð¼ð³ ðð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð² ð¦ð°ðµð¼ð¹ð®ð¿ð (ðððð¦) ð®ð±ð¼ð½ðð²ð± ð® ð¿ð²ðð¼ð¹ððð¶ð¼ð» ð°ð¼ð»ð±ð²ðºð»ð¶ð»ð´ ððð²ð¿ð¯ð®ð¶ð·ð®ð»âð ð´ð²ð»ð¼ð°ð¶ð±ð®ð¹ ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð²ð, ð²ððµð»ð¶ð° ð°ð¹ð²ð®ð»ðð¶ð»ð´, ð®ð»ð± ðð¶ð¼ð¹ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð ð¼ð³ ð¶ð»ðð²ð¿ð»ð®ðð¶ð¼ð»ð®ð¹ ð¹ð®ð ð®ð´ð®ð¶ð»ðð ðð¿ðºð²ð»ð¶ð®ð»ð ð¶ð» ð¡ð®ð´ð¼ð¿ð»ð¼- ðð®ð¿ð®ð¯ð®ð¸ðµ, a region in the Caucasus Mountains bordering Eastern Europe and Western Asia. Azerbaijan and Armenia have had a long-simmering and often-deadly conflict for decades. The IAGS resolution details the specific crimes, including bombing, forced removal and deportation, the torture and killing of POWs and civilians, and the destruction of cultural objects. ð§ðµð² ðððð¦ ð°ð®ð¹ð¹ð ð¼ð» ððµð² ð´ð¼ðð²ð¿ð»ðºð²ð»ð ð¼ð³ ððð²ð¿ð¯ð®ð¶ð·ð®ð» ðð¼ ð°ð²ð®ðð² ððµð²ðð² ð°ð¿ð¶ðºð²ð ð®ð»ð± ðð¼ ð¿ð²ðð½ð²ð°ð ðð¿ðºð²ð»ð¶ð®âð ðð²ð¿ð¿ð¶ðð¼ð¿ð¶ð®ð¹ ðð¼ðð²ð¿ð²ð¶ð´ð»ðð. In addition, the IAGS urges Armenia, which is now the 124th state party to the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court, to refer the situation to the Court for investigation. IAGS also recommends that Armenia bring a case against Azerbaijan at the International Court of Justice for violations of the Genocide Convention. We support these calls to end the violence, for find justice for the victims, and for perpetrators to be held accountable for their crimes.
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
#Genocide Tourism, itâs called â visiting places where terrible things have happened. More than 1,184,000 people visited #Auschwitz in 2022. Why? For some, it is the desire to try to understand the enormity â to grapple with the intentional murder of 6 million Jews, more than 1.1 million who were murdered at Auschwitz. Other tourists appear to be on a thrill-seeking journey, searching for the most lurid, graphic details of human violence and depravity. ð§ðµð¶ð ð¶ð ð® ð±ð²ðð²ð°ð¿ð®ðð¶ð¼ð» ðð¼ ððµð² ðºð²ðºð¼ð¿ð¶ð²ð ð¼ð³ ððµð² ðð¶ð°ðð¶ðºð, ð®ð»ð± ðð² ð±ð²ð½ð¹ð¼ð¿ð² ð¶ð. Today, genocide tourism is flourishing in #Xinjiang Province in western #China, home to #Uyghur people. China is perpetrating genocide on this small ethno-religious group, yet despite years and years of documentation and witness testimony of the horrors, the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) denies any responsibility. To support this denial, the CCP has organized tourist excursions into Xinjiang to show that the Uyghurs are living happy and prosperous lives. ðªð² ðð¶ð¹ð¹ ð»ð¼ð ð¯ð² ð³ð¼ð¼ð¹ð²ð±. --- ðð®ð¢ð¨ð¦ ð¤ð°ð¶ð³ðµð¦ð´ðº ð°ð§ ðððð ðªð´ ð®ð°ð¥ðªð§ðªð¦ð¥ ð¢ð¯ð¥ ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð¥ ð¶ð¯ð¥ð¦ð³ ðð ðð -ðð 3.0 (ð©ðµðµð±ð´://ð¤ð³ð¦ð¢ðµðªð·ð¦ð¤ð°ð®ð®ð°ð¯ð´.ð°ð³ð¨/ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð´/ð£ðº-ð´ð¢/3.0/ð¥ð¦ð¦ð¥.ð¦ð¯).
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
ð§ðµð² #UN ðµð®ð ð°ð®ð¹ð¹ð²ð± ððµð² #Rohingya âððµð² ðºð¼ðð ð½ð²ð¿ðð²ð°ððð²ð± ð½ð²ð¼ð½ð¹ð² ð¼ð» ð²ð®ð¿ððµ.â Seven years ago, nearly a million Rohingya fled from their home country of #Myanmar, formerly Burma, into neighboring #Bangladesh. The countryâs army was torturing, raping, and killing them in what is labeled as #genocide. ð¡ð¼ð, ðð²ðð²ð» ðð²ð®ð¿ð ð¹ð®ðð²ð¿, ð»ð²ð ð®ððð®ð°ð¸ð ð®ð¿ð² ðð»ð±ð²ð¿ðð®ð ð¶ð» ð ðð®ð»ðºð®ð¿. What have the Rohingya done to warrant these atrocities? Simply being who they are: a small Muslim minority in a Buddhist country, isolated, stripped of their citizenship more than 40 years ago, a good target for hate. The UN says that the conditions that enabled the genocide are âlethal doses of international ignorance and indifference and the impunity that it fostered. World leaders have issued statements every year on the anniversary of the beginning of the 2017 genocidal attacks, condemning the violence and expressing sympathy for its victims. These statements, no matter how well intentioned, are grossly inadequate.â ð§ðµð²ð¿ð² ðºððð ð¯ð² ð¯ð¼ððµ ð®ð¶ð± â ð®ð»ð± ð®ð» ð²ð»ð± ðð¼ ð¶ðºð½ðð»ð¶ðð. ð¡ð¢ðª. --- ðð®ð¢ð¨ð¦ ð¤ð°ð¶ð³ðµð¦ð´ðº ð°ð§ ðð¢ð´ð¯ðªð® ðð¦ð¸ð´ ðð¨ð¦ð¯ð¤ðº ðªð´ ð®ð°ð¥ðªð§ðªð¦ð¥ ð¢ð¯ð¥ ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð¥ ð¶ð¯ð¥ð¦ð³ ðð ðð 4.0 (ð©ðµðµð±ð´://ð¤ð³ð¦ð¢ðµðªð·ð¦ð¤ð°ð®ð®ð°ð¯ð´.ð°ð³ð¨/ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð´/ð£ðº/4.0/ð¥ð¦ð¦ð¥.ð¦ð¯).
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
In #Sudan, a brutal war is being fought by two rivals: the Sudanese government, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). #Peace ðð®ð¹ð¸ð ðµð®ðð² ð³ð®ð¶ð¹ð²ð± ð®ð»ð± ð®ð» ð²ððð¶ðºð®ðð²ð± ð®ð±.ð² ðºð¶ð¹ð¹ð¶ð¼ð» ð½ð²ð¼ð½ð¹ð² ð³ð®ð°ð² ð®ð°ððð² ðµðð»ð´ð²ð¿ ð®ð»ð± ðºð¶ð¹ð¹ð¶ð¼ð»ð ððð³ð³ð²ð¿ð¶ð»ð´ ð¼ððð¿ð¶ð´ðµð ð³ð®ðºð¶ð»ð². The #UN labels the atrocities in the fighting as war crimes and crimes against humanity, widespread acts of violence, torture, ethnic cleansing, and murder. On August 14, UN aid convoys finally began to roll out for #Darfur, one of the hardest-hit regions in Western Sudan. The actual delivery will be very difficult due to unprecedented flooding. ð§ðµð¶ð ð¶ð ð® ðð¿ð®ð´ð²ð±ð ð¼ð³ ð²ð½ð¶ð° ð½ð¿ð¼ð½ð¼ð¿ðð¶ð¼ð»ð. #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity #ethniccleansing
To view or add a comment, sign in
-
Last year, the American Library Association documented that 4,200 book titles were censored. ððâð ð® ð½ð¿ð²ððð ððµð¼ð¿ð ððð²ð½ ð³ð¿ð¼ðº ð°ð²ð»ðð¼ð¿ð¶ð»ð´ ð¯ð¼ð¼ð¸ð ðð¼ ð¯ðð¿ð»ð¶ð»ð´ ð¯ð¼ð¼ð¸ð â ð¹ð¶ð¸ð² ððµð² ð¡ð®ðð¶ð ð±ð¶ð±. Nazi book-burnings occurred in 34 German towns. Students at German universities set ablaze works that were labeled as âun-Germanâ and evil. The books going up in flames were by some of the worldâs greatest thinkers, writers, and scientists: people like Hemingway, Einstein, and Freud. ð§ðµð² ðð²ð¿ðºð®ð» ðð¿ð¶ðð²ð¿ ðð²ð¶ð»ð¿ð²ð¶ð°ðµ ðð²ð¶ð»ð² ðð®ð¶ð±, âðªðµð²ð¿ð² ð¼ð»ð² ð¯ðð¿ð»ð ð¯ð¼ð¼ð¸ð, ð¼ð»ð² ðð¶ð¹ð¹ ðð¼ð¼ð» ð¯ðð¿ð» ð½ð²ð¼ð½ð¹ð².â --- #censorship #bookbunings ðð®ð¢ð¨ð¦ ð¤ð°ð¶ð³ðµð¦ð´ðº ð°ð§ ðð¦ð³ð®ð¢ð¯ ðð¦ð¥ð¦ð³ð¢ð ðð³ð¤ð©ðªð·ð¦ ðªð´ ð®ð°ð¥ðªð§ðªð¦ð¥ ð¢ð¯ð¥ ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð¥ ð¶ð¯ð¥ð¦ð³ ðð ðð -ðð 3.0 ðð (ð©ðµðµð±ð´://ð¤ð³ð¦ð¢ðµðªð·ð¦ð¤ð°ð®ð®ð°ð¯ð´.ð°ð³ð¨/ððªð¤ð¦ð¯ð´ð¦ð´/ð£ðº-ð´ð¢/3.0/ð¥ð¦/ð¥ð¦ð¦ð¥.ð¦ð¯).
To view or add a comment, sign in
637 followers