Bangladesh Court Sentences Former Leader Sheikh Hasina to Death

The former prime minister, who fled to India last year, was tried in absentia for ordering the use of lethal weapons during the uprising that drove her from power.

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Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire

Boycotts of Israeli universities, largely imposed in Europe, have multiplied since the start of the war and reflect Israel’s international isolation over its conduct in Gaza.

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Paramilitary Accepts Sudan Truce Plan, but the Military Has Not

The R.S.F. paramilitary group, facing growing condemnation for atrocities in Darfur, said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal, but it is not yet clear what the military will do.

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Libya Detains Former Prison Director Wanted for Crimes Against Humanity

Osama Elmasry Njeem was arrested in Italy in January but sent back to Libya, as critics accused the Italian government of failing to stand up for human rights.

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Nigeria Resists Christian ‘Mass Murder’ Claims Amid Trump Threats

Officials have accused the United States of foreign interference and called on Washington to support the country’s democracy instead of fomenting division.

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After Fleeing a Massacre, Survivors Encountered Still More Gunfire and Abductions

Thousands of people who witnessed atrocities have tried to escape El Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region since paramilitary fighters seized that city in late October.

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A Massacre Unfolding in Sudan

My colleague Declan Walsh writes about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur — and how the world is now largely looking away.

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Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers

The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case.

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Twenty Years Later, Atrocities Haunt Darfur Again

The world seems unable, or unwilling, to do much to stop a new struggle on an old battlefield, as atrocities sweep villages and towns.

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We Need to Rethink How We Think About the Holocaust

Professor Marianne Hirsch on how the way we teach the “crime of all crimes” informs our understanding of Gaza.

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