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- Jun 27, 2021
- 3 min
Diplomatic war erupts between Poland and Israel over compensation for German crimes during WW2
A new Polish law has reignited a diplomatic war between Poland and Israel.
Poland's prime minister said on Friday that as long as he holds his post the Polish government will not pay for German crimes committed during the Second World War. Mateusz Morawiecki made his declaration as Poland came under fire from Israel after the Polish lower house of parliament passed a bill that could put a time limit on restitution claims for property lost during the War.
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- Jun 24, 2021
- 4 min
The forgotten genocide in Bangladesh
Unlike the Rwandan genocide, or the Holocaust, or the killings that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia, the genocide in Bangladesh has largely slipped out of public awareness.
During the nine-month-long Bangladesh War for Liberation the Pakistani military, which was supported by pro Pakistani Islamist militias, killed between 500,000 to 3 million people and subjected nearly 400,000 women to rape and sexual enslavement. Bangladesh, as a nation, did not exist prior to 1971 be
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- Jun 4, 2021
- 3 min
China's failed attempt to erase the Tiananmen square massacre
On Jun 4, 1989, Chinese troops stormed through Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters in what would become known as the Tiananmen Square massacre.
The Tiananmen massacre was precipitated by the peaceful gatherings of students, workers, and others in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and other cities in April 1989 calling for freedom of expression, accountability, and an end to corruption.
The government responded
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