Mateusz Morawiecki
Mar 19, 2018
Poland’s Misunderstood Holocaust Law
World War II altered not only the fate of nations but also that of millions of families in Europe. From the viewpoint of Poland, it was...
New York Times 1
Mar 14, 2018
Myanmar Rejects U.N. Findings: ‘No Ethnic Cleansing or Genocide in Our Country’
By Hannah Beech and Saw Nang Senior Myanmar officials denied on Wednesday that the country’s military had committed any crimes against...
Darfur Women Action Group
Mar 6, 2018
Justice Delayed Justice Denied
Nine years ago today, on March 4th the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued the first arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir of...
Radio Dabanga
Mar 1, 2018
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict calls for end to ‘culture of denial’ in Sud
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, has called for an end to the ‘culture...
James McAuley
Feb 22, 2018
Poland’s new ‘Holocaust law’ comes up against massacre of Jews in 1941
JEDWABNE, Poland — The Jews who survived the axes were burned alive in a barn on the outskirts of town. The Germans had just recaptured...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Rewriting History in Eastern Europe
Last week, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law criminalizing statements that attribute responsibility for the...
Foreign Affairs
Feb 14, 2018
Don't Speak, Memory: How Russia Represses Its Past
Every spring, buses covered in portraits of Joseph Stalin appear on the streets of Russian cities. His face replaces ads for cell phones,...
Associated Press 1
Feb 13, 2018
US Says Myanmar Makes Life for Rohingya 'A Death Sentence'
By Edith Lederer U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley denounced Myanmar's government Tuesday for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims "a...
CNN 1
Feb 2, 2018
Poland to outlaw references to 'Polish death camps' in Holocaust bill
By Judith Vonberg Poland's senate has approved a controversial bill that makes it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in crimes...
Poland Radio
Feb 2, 2018
'Polish death camp' and lies about WWII is also Holocaust denial: Polish PM
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the Holocaust was an unimaginable crime and “attempts to negate it should always be condemned”. He...
Washington Post
Feb 1, 2018
Poland’s Senate passes Holocaust complicity bill despite concerns from U.S., Israel
What will be the impact of the law? Once it is signed by the president, anyone convicted under the law could face fines or up to three...
The Phnom Penh Post
Jan 29, 2018
Khmer Rouge reparations statue quietly removed
By Erin Handley A memorial to the victims of the Khmer Rouge’s policy of forced evacuation has been unceremoniously removed just weeks...
