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Rwandan Genocide Suspect Kabuga Dies in Custody in the Hague

Rwandan Genocide Suspect Kabuga Dies in Custody in the Hague

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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Félicien Kabuga, accused of bankrolling the Rwandan genocide, died on Thursday in a hospital in The Hague while in custody, a U.N. court said. Kabuga, whose exact birthday is not known but was over 90, was suffering from dementia and has been stranded in legal limbo since 2023 when judges ruled that he was not fit to stand trial. He was one of the last fugitives charged in connection with the 1994 genocide, accused of encouraging and financing the mass killing of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority. After years of evading international efforts to track him down, Kabuga was arrested near Paris in May 2020. In a statement, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, which deals with remaining cases from the now-closed U.N. tribunals for Rwanda and the Balkan wars, said it would “conduct an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Kabuga while in custody.” His trial began nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre left some 800,000 dead. He pleaded not guilty to charges including genocide and incitement to …

Crowds protest in Vienna ahead of Eurovision grand finale – POLITICO

Crowds protest in Vienna ahead of Eurovision grand finale – POLITICO

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Norbert Kettner, chief executive of Vienna’s tourism board, told POLITICO that security measures around the city are “much more intense” than the last time Eurovision was hosted here in 2015.  “Yes, the security measures are extremely high. No big event in the free world can be made anymore without high security levels,” Kettner said, adding that the city is working to “protect people who want to celebrate peacefully, but also protect people who want demonstrate peacefully.”  He added that across the week, the energy among fans from different countries has been “peaceful and moderate.”   Eurovision’s organizer, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), has repeatedly underlined that the song contest is apolitical, and that any broadcaster can take part as long as they follow EBU rules.   Speaking at a press conference on Saturday evening, the director general of Austria’s public broadcaster (ORF), Ingrid Thurnher, addressed the protest. She said everybody has the right to their opinion, and “that’s the nature of democracy,” but as the final is tonight the focus should be on the stage.   “We would really like for a couple of hours to have music, have the …

The Palestinian game fighting to exist | Israel-Palestine conflict

The Palestinian game fighting to exist | Israel-Palestine conflict

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NewsFeed A developer from the occupied West Bank is turning a 75-year-old Palestinian folk tale into a video game, and the fight to make it mirrors the story inside it. Dreams on a Pillow follows a mother displaced during the 1948 Nakba. We spoke to developer Rasheed Abueideh. Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Gaza documentary dropped by the BBC wins BAFTA | Gaza

Gaza documentary dropped by the BBC wins BAFTA | Gaza

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NewsFeed A documentary exposing Israel’s attacks on Gaza’s hospitals and the killing of 1,700 Palestinian medics won Best Current Affairs at the BAFTAs. During the acceptance speech, filmmakers criticised the BBC for initially funding the film but dropping it, accusing the broadcaster of censorship. Published On 11 May 202611 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Flotilla activists arrive in Turkiye before setting sail to Gaza | Gaza

Flotilla activists arrive in Turkiye before setting sail to Gaza | Gaza

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NewsFeed More than 30 Global Sumud Flotilla vessels have reached Marmaris on Turkiye’s coast, preparing for the final leg of their mission to break Israel’s siege of Gaza. At the end of April, Israel intercepted 22 boats off Greece and detained activists. Published On 10 May 202610 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

“Nowhere left to go”: Gaza residents return to rubble after Israeli strike | Genocide News

“Nowhere left to go”: Gaza residents return to rubble after Israeli strike | Genocide News

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Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Al-Shati Refugee Camp, where families search through the rubble after overnight Israeli airstrikes despite a ceasefire. Residents described the attacks as a breach of the truce, saying they lost shelter, belongings and the only places they had left to stay. Published On 9 May 20269 May 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Kenya cancer cluster sparks ‘environmental genocide’ claims over oil waste | Al Jazeera

Kenya cancer cluster sparks ‘environmental genocide’ claims over oil waste | Al Jazeera

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A group of 298 petitioners from remote villages of Marsabit County in northern Kenya is suing BP and the Kenyan government over oil exploration waste from the 1980s that it says is causing a cancer cluster that has killed hundreds. Residents and local health workers say cancer cases and deaths have risen steadily, with more than 500 people reported dead from cancers affecting the digestive system, particularly the oesophagus and stomach. Many were from villages where access to medical care remains limited. They believe rising cancer cases are linked to toxic waste left behind during oil exploration in the 1980s. Six years ago, doctors diagnosed Maisan Chamuset, 74, with throat cancer and told him he might never speak normally again. Today, Chamuset communicates through a small pipe inserted in his throat, and his voice comes out strained and mechanical, a reminder of the effect the disease had on his life. Chamuset’s experience reflects a growing trend in the desert settlement of Kargi, where death tolls are on the rise, including his wife, who died of …

Britain’s local elections are haunted by the Middle East – POLITICO

Britain’s local elections are haunted by the Middle East – POLITICO

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“Lots of people feel very strongly, both about their local services as they should do and feel equally strongly about the fact that there’s a reprehensible genocide happening,” he said. The extra scrutiny facing the Greens in recent days does appear to be having an impact — and not in the direction Polanski wants. A YouGov poll published Wednesday of 2,377 British adults conducted on May 4 and 5 found 47 percent had an unfavorable view of Polanski — his worst rating since becoming leader, and up eight points from 39 percent in a previous poll on April 28 and 29. Just 22 percent had a favorable view. The pollster noted negativity towards the Green leader rose the most among voters who backed rival parties at the 2024 election, including the Lib Dems and the Tories. Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank, said: “Green candidates who campaign on Gaza seek expressive support for issues that local councillors have limited influence over.” Muslim voters concerned about Gaza are not one monolithic group but …

France reopens probe into Rwanda’s ex-first lady over 1994 genocide

France reopens probe into Rwanda’s ex-first lady over 1994 genocide

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France’s judiciary on Wednesday ordered the resumption of an investigation into accusations that the widow of Rwanda’s former president Juvenal Habyarimana was involved in the 1994 genocide. Investigating magistrates last year dismissed the case into alleged complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity against Agathe Habyarimana over “insufficient evidence”. Read moreFrench judges dismiss genocide case against Rwanda’s former first lady But the judiciary overturned that decision and ordered that the investigation continue. Habyarimana, now 83, has been living in France since 1998. Kigali has repeatedly requested her extradition. The former first lady fled Rwanda with French help just days after her husband’s plane was shot down in April 1994, triggering the genocide which saw around 800,000 people, mainly ethnic Tutsis, slaughtered in one of the 20th century’s worst atrocities. She has rejected allegations against her, saying she was a stay-at-home mother of eight children with no link to politics. French courts, acting on the principle of “universal competence” to try the most serious crimes committed outside of their country’s territory, have already convicted several Rwandans …

Born during Israel’s genocide: Gaza’s child survivors bear the scars of war | Israel-Palestine conflict

Born during Israel’s genocide: Gaza’s child survivors bear the scars of war | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Nour Abu Samaan was born on October 7, 2023, just three hours before the start of what would become a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip. Her arrival was met with joy by her mother, Samar Hammad, but that happiness lasted only a day. On October 8, as Nour rested in her mother’s arms, Israeli missiles struck nearby. The air thick with smoke and toxic gases, the newborn began to struggle for breath. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “My daughter suddenly choked in my hands,” Samar told Al Jazeera Arabic. “Her colour turned blue, her eyes rolled back, and she lost all movement”. Doctors later diagnosed Nour with movement paralysis caused by the inhalation of toxic gases. At just two days old, Nour’s life shifted from a nursery to a hospital bed, beginning a heavy journey of pain. A miraculous escape Samar spent a month at al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in north Gaza, watching over her daughter in the intensive care unit (ICU) as the war closed in. North Gaza bore the brunt …