The Khojaly genocide
The genocide perpetrated by Armenian aggressors in the late 20th century in Khojaly was one of the most monstrous crimes committed not only against Azerbaijanis but also against all of…
Genocide in Myanmar
It is only in recent weeks that the word ‘Rohingya’ has begun to crop up in international headlines and to seep into the world’s collective consciousness and conscience. Yet as…
Hashtagging genocide
Fifth column There is a creepy rush among Indian public figures – cricketers, films stars, writers, journalists and politicians – to validate and justify war crimes in Jammu and Kashmir.…
The Holocaust, genocide and Turkey
Recently the German Parliament passed a resolution branding the deaths of Armenians in Turkey in 1915 as genocide. Slowly but surely, all the European countries have picked up a stick…
‘Democratic’ ethnic cleansing
THE discourse on democracy in the West — in particular — is self-congratulatory, and other systems that have delivered hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, hunger, illness, illiteracy…
A fleeting peace
THE guns have gone silent in Gaza with the ceasefire coming into effect, as life limps back to what is considered normal in the enclave, devastated by incessant Israeli bombing for the…
Trump’s first week orders and Pakistan
On Donald Trump’s inauguration day Western media was left struggling for headlines. His supporters focused on his anti-immigration executive orders, and his pledge to direct members of his cabinet “to…
What more could Bibi have done?
Turns out that Donald Trump’s warning, that “all hell would break out in the Middle East” if a deal wasn’t reached by the time he took office, was aimed more…
Arrest warrants for Netanyahu-I
This write-up seeks to examine the effects and impacts of emerging developments in International Criminal Law. The Prosecutor of International Criminal Court (ICC) recently filed Criminal charges against Benjamin Netanyahu,…
Zones of interest
ONE of the more thought-provoking movies to emerge in the past couple of years, from a western film industry that thrives on pointless fantasies, redundant remakes and superfluous sequels, was…
