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The genocide trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is at a standstill after a political push from conservative sectors of society, including President Otto Perez Molina, to stop the trial. They deny genocide tool place during the civil war (Christian Science Monitor)

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The Armenian Genocide is commemorated in Diyarbakir, Turkey for the first time (Armenian Weekly)

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In Israel, Knesset members urge their government to recognize the Armenian genocide (Haaretz)

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Irwin Cotler argues that Genocide Prevention Month should not only be an occasion to remember the horrors of genocide, but also a time to reflect and act upon its lessons (Jerusalem Post)

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Peter Eisner of the Huffington Post reflects on the efforts of Pope Pius XI to speak out against the Nazis and call the world’s attention to their atrocities

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A man suspected of Nazi war crimes, including the deportation of more than 15,000 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in the spring of 1944, has been arrested in Hungary (CNN)

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Nicola Clark of the Guardian discusses how the media attention surrounding Justin Bieber’s flippant comment left in the guestbook at the Anne Frank House has been a way to educate his followers about the Holocaust

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has appealed to countries harboring genocide suspects to extradite or prosecute them (AllAfrica)

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The Gulf state of Qatar plans to host a two-day conference on development and reconstruction in Sudan’s post-genocide Darfur region (BBC)

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The Jewish Museum in Berlin stirs controversy with an exhibition featuring a Jewish man or woman in a glass box to answer questions on Judaism (Slate)

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