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Book Review: The Politics of Genocide

Scoop NZ : Scoops [NZ] (< 1 hour)
In 1895 novelist Anatole France - who in the same decade took up cudgels in defense of persecuted Armenians in the Ottoman Empire while also entering the lists on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus - wrote an essay in which he maintained that words are like ...

Congo rejects recommendation in UN report on genocide

Christian Science Monitor [US] (< 1 hour)
Guest blogger Jason Stearns says that the Congolese government's rejection of recommendations made in a UN report on the possible genocide makes it less likely that crimes will be adequately addressed.

U.N. Delays Release of Report on Possible Congo Genocide

IHT: Africa [US] (< 1 hour)
Rwandan outrage over a report suggesting that its troops might have been responsible for genocide in Congo prompted the United Nations to delay the official release for a month.

UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October

FindLaw : International [US] (< 1 hour)
GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights official says the release of a report accusing the Rwandan army of possible genocide in Congo in the 1990s will be delayed, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version.

SAfrica to end amnesty for illegal Zimbabweans

FindLaw : International [US] (< 1 hour)
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's government says it is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence.

Spanish officials thank Catholic Church for 'important role' in release of Cuban prisoners

Catholic News Agency [US] (< 1 hour)
Havana, Cuba, Sep 2, 2010 / 10:04 pm .- During a visit to Cuba, two officials from Spain's Socialist Party expressed gratitude to the Catholic Church for its "important role" in securing the release of several political prisoners.

China in the Driver's Seat

The Nation [US] (< 1 hour)
Robert DreyfussOn the American left, there's no consensus about how to respond to China's emergence. Confront China or accommodate? Slam China with tariffs or invite it to build in the US? And what about human rights? Robert Dreyfuss talks to ...

Red China Turns U.S. Human Rights Molehills Into Mountains

Blogger News Network [US] (< 1 hour)
The United States and China discussed human rights at a round of high-level talks.  One might be surprised that the meeting did not so much focus on the egregious atrocities that have gone on under this Communist tyranny from the time of its ...

New book claims famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israeli spy agency Mossad

KPLR : Nation World [US] (< 1 hour)
JERUSALEM , A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war criminals and Germans working in Arab countries.

SAfrica to end amnesty for Zimbabweans

The Sydney Morning Herald : World [AU] (< 1 hour)
South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic and political meltdown.
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