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Trudeau visits Rwandan Genocide Memorial
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Ukraine investigating forcible deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide
FILE - People survey the destruction amid the smoldering remains of a shopping center in Kyiv, Ukraine, following a shelling by Russian forces on March 21, 2022. Relentless shelling, bombing and airstrikes have reduced large swaths of many cities and towns to rubble in the 100 days since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
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Ukrainian victims of sexual violence need reproductive health care, Minister Harjit Sajjan says
International Development Minister and Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada Minister Harjit Sajjan rises during Question Period, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Serious risk of genocide in Ukraine as Russia breaches international treaty, report says
FILE Ñ Bodies are loaded onto a truck to be taken for further forensic investigation, in Bucha, Ukraine, April 12, 2022. The town, not far from the capital of Kyiv, is where the warÕs worst atrocities have been discovered, and as the days pass the full scope of the terror and butchery only grows. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
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The past is present: What role should Canada’s historians play in reconciliation? The question has proved surprisingly controversial
Ira Basen
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Parliament votes unanimously to declare Russia’s war on Ukraine as genocide
FILE PHOTO: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB Forensic technicians exhume the bodies of civilians who Ukrainian officials say were killed during Russia’s invasion and then buried in a mass grave in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo
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Patrick Brown dives dangerously into diaspora politics
Konrad Yakabuski
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Trudeau welcomes talk of Russia’s actions in Ukraine as genocide
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a media statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Justin Trudeau says it is "absolutely right" that people are describing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. The prime minister says there are official, legal procedures for determining whether a genocide is occurring. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, Pool)
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Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities in Bucha
A mass grave on Sunday, April 3, 2022, near an Orthodox church in Bucha, Ukraine. With Russian forces retreating, Ukrainians in Bucha are finding scores of bodies in yards and on the roads amid mounting evidence of intentional and indiscriminate killings of civilians. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
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Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo/File Photo
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International Court of Justice orders Russia to cease hostilities in Ukraine
People demonstrate in support of the Ukraine outside the United Nations' top court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 16, 2022, where judges where expected to rule on a request by Ukraine to order Russia to halt its devastating invasion. But it remains to be seen if Moscow would comply with any order made by the International Court of Justice. Russia snubbed a hearing last week at which lawyers for Ukraine accused the country's powerful neighbor of "resorting to tactics reminiscent of medieval siege warfare" in its brutal assault. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
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The Christchurch massacre may have had a Canadian connection – but there’s a reason you may not know about it
Doug Saunders
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Russia fails to appear at International Court of Justice as Ukraine argues invasion was built on a lie
THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS - MARCH 07: In this handout provided by the International Criminal Court of Justice (ICJ), public hearings take place on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by the Ukraine in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation), held under the presidency of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court on the first day of hearings at the Peace Palace on March 7, 2022 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Oral arguments were presented by Ukraine. Ukraine is petitioning the ICJ to classify Russia's invasion as a genocide and issue an injunction under the UN Convention against Genocide. (Photo by Frank van Beek/ICJ via Getty Images)
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Russia boycotts UN court hearings as Ukraine seeks emergency order to halt hostilities
A man walks past a damaged vehicle and debris following Russian shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Russia has launched a barrage of air and missile strikes on Ukraine early Thursday and Ukrainian officials said that Russian troops have rolled into the country from the north, east and south. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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Ukraine to confront Russia at International Court of Justice
Ukrainian artillerymen keep position in the Luhansk region on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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The West still has a responsibility to protect the people of Ukraine
Tina J. Park
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World Court to hear Ukraine-Russia case March 7-8
IRPIN, UKRAINE - MARCH 1: Ukrainian serviceman cross the destroyed bridge on March 1, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russian forces continued to advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as their invasion of its western neighbor entered its sixth day. Intense battles also continue in Ukraine's other major cities. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
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Turkey, Armenia to hold talks on normalizing ties
A street vendor sells Turkish national flags at Mahmutpasa street, a middle-class shopping district, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Istanbul, Turkey, January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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China says ‘Uyghur tribunal’ is a lie
FILE PHOTO: A view of the Chinese Embassy plaque in London, Britain, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
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Senator Raymond Setlakwe pushed for Canada to recognize Armenian genocide
Quebec entrepreneur and lawyer Raymond Setlakwe, 71, leaves the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 20, 2000 after being sworn in as one of two new members of the Senate. (CP PHOTO/Jonathan Hayward)