UN committee urges US government to pay reparations for slavery RT Question More 1 February 2016   A terra-cotta statue of a child slave inside the main house at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana © Edmund Fountain / Reuters   A United Nations panel of human rights activists has urged the United States’ government to pay reparations to the descendants of Africans who were brought to the US as slaves. The committee blamed slavery

Calling it Genocide Won't Stop it   William Mcgurn 21 March 2016 Image: For the inaugural event of the Advancing Ethical and Moral Leadership Series, William McGurn, Wall Street Journal columnist and former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, was the speaker. www.youtube.com image captured.   For almost two terms in office, Barack Obama and his team have studiously avoided acknowledging the most obvious fact of terrorists

U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Apologizes for Bombing of Hospital Mujib Mashal & Najim Rahimmarch 22 March 2016   Image: The remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, after it was hit by an American airstrike in October. CreditNajim Rahim/Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — The new commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan issued an unreserved apology on Tuesday to the victims of the United States’

Citing Atrocities, John Kerry Calls ISIS Actions Genocide Matthew Rosenberg, The New York Times  17 March 2016   WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry declared on Thursday that the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians, Yazidis and Shiite Muslims who have fallen under its control in Syria and Iraq.   The militants, who have also targeted Kurds and other Sunni Muslims, have tried to slaughter whole communities,

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release  REMARKS March 17, 2016 Secretary of State John Kerry  on Daesh and Genocide   March 17, 2016  Press Briefing Room Washington, D.C.   SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning, everybody. In 2014, the terrorist group Daesh began to seize territory in Syria and Iraq, overrunning major cities and committing atrocities. The United States responded quickly by denouncing these horrific

GOP accuses Obama of ‘paralysis’ on genocide label for ISIL The administration insists that it must first lock down the legal argument for such a declaration. Nahal Toosi, Politico 29 February 2016     Image:   “This is not a policy determination,” a senior Obama administration official insisted on the question of designating Islamic State activity as genocide. “This is a legal determination. It is a decision informed by a very

Michigan House of Representatives Passes Genocide Education Bill Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region, distributed on behalf of Armenian Genocide Education Committee.  23 February 2016   Bill Mandates Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Education in Michigan Schools Lansing, MI — The Michigan House of Representatives passed on Feb. 23 House Bill (HB-4493), mandating genocide education, including the Holocaust and the Armenian

Cessation of Hostilities in Syria Secretary of State John Kerry, Washington, D.C. 22 February 2016     I am gratified to see the final arrangements concluded today for a cessation of hostilities in Syria and call on all parties to accept and fully comply with its terms. If implemented and adhered to, this cessation will not only lead to a decline in violence, but also continue to expand the delivery of urgently needed humanitarian supplies to

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest and Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk 23 February 2016     On Tuesday, February 23, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk participated in a special White House briefing to provide an update on the Global Coalition's efforts in the fight against ISIL.   Mr. McGurk: What I wanted to focus on today,

On Jebel Marra: Obama Administration Sudan Policy Remains Expedient, Guided by a Perverse “Moral Equivalence” Eric Reeves 08 September 2016   Image: The U.S. State Department   Belatedly, the U.S. State Department has issued an equivocal and largely useless statement about a major upsurge in genocidal violence in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur: For Immediate Release | February 18, 2016 STATEMENT BY JOHN KIRBY, SPOKESPERSON Sudan: