Genocide

A German court put John Demjanjuk on trial Monday to face charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp and his lawyer immediately accused the court in Munich of bias. Read More

Rwanda wants to "clear up the diplomatic climate which has been poisoned since 1994" with France, the Kigali government said a day after the announcement of the restoration of diplomatic ties. Read More

Genocide Intervention Network, in collaboration with the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, has launched a new initiative to build support across the country for genocide prevention. Read More

Radovan Karadzic has filed a motion challenging the legitimacy of the U.N. war crimes tribunal prosecuting him for allegedly masterminding Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Read More

In January 2010, the Twin Cities-based nonprofit World Without Genocide will launch book clubs throughout Minnesota aimed at deepening understanding of genocide past and present and encouraging intercultural dialogue on human rights. Read More

Accused Deny Massacre Charges Amid Concern That People in Ituri Missed Court Proceedings. Read More

A new charity, Article 1, has been established to inform government and citizens about the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities. Read More

France and Rwanda have restored diplomatic ties, officials in both countries said Sunday, three years after relations were severed when a Paris judge accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of ordering his predecessor's assassination. Read More

Former rebel leader Agathon Rwasa has been chosen by his party as its candidate for Burundi's 2010 presidential election. Read More

Tanzania has fiercely denied allegations said to come from the United Nations that it has illegally funnelled arms to Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read More