genocide Archives - Voice of the Cape

Analyst: “Russia was banned by the IOC so they could not compete as a nation yet Israel had a free pass in the middle of the worst genocides since World War Two”

By Kouthar Sambo With the 2024 Olympics ending, the event was marked as a huge point of contention as geopolitics and social justice contestations were the order of the day. Speaking on VOC's PM Drive show on Monday, a political analyst, Ashraf Patel, outlined some of the reflections around the Olympics. "The Olympics has been a story of globalisation intersecting with a fractured world. The broader global context, particularly the […]

13 August 2024

International

Israeli occupation forces bombs Dalal Al-Mughrabi School in the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza

By Kouthar Sambo "In a new massacre added to the long series of massacres committed by the criminal Zionist occupation army as part of its ongoing aggression against our people in the Gaza Strip, the occupation army deliberately bombed Dalal Al-Mughrabi School in the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City." This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. The school shelters displaced people and the tragic massacre resulted in […]

2 August 2024

International

UCT4Palestine launches a teach-in academic boycott regarding UCT’s alleged complicity in the Israeli aggression in Gaza

By Kouthar Sambo The University of Cape Town (UCT)4Palestine launched a teach-in academic boycott on Monday regarding UCT's alleged complicity in the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Speaking on VOC's News Beat show on Tuesday, a member of the UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) Malaika Khan said listening to the Palestinian guest speakers sharing their stories was the most "phenomenal moment" of the event. "Their stories highlighted the ongoing atrocities and […]

16 April 2024

Local

“The votes were 60 in favour and 75 against this motion to boycott Israeli institutions”

By Kouthar Sambo The University of Cape Town's (UCT) Senate is voting on three motions regarding the ongoing aggression in Gaza and its students are also advocating for a full academic boycott. Speaking to VOC News, UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) Chairperson Anwar Adams said the outcome of the vote was supposed to take place on Wednesday, but UCT's Senate was heavily debating the way forward. He further confirmed that […]

14 March 2024

International

The Al Quds Foundation (SA) and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will be hosting a picket in support of Palestine

By Kouthar Sambo The Al Quds Foundation (SA) and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) will be hosting a picket tomorrow, 1 November, from 12:00 until 14:00. The coordinator of the Al Quds Foundation and the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Younis Allie, clarified the details of the event which was initially deemed a protest. "Our picket is not postponed, and it is only the venue that changed. We will no longer […]

31 October 2023

International

“It is 75 years of agony, 75 years of killing and murder, 75 years of genocide”

By Kouthar Sambo Palestinian supporters showcased their support in commemoration of Nakba Day on Monday, 15 May highlighting 75 years of forced displacement and expulsion of Palestinians. With heightened emotion, hundreds of supporters gathered at the Muir Street Mosque in District 6 and made their way through Hanover and Adderley Street chanting “Free, free Palestine.” Once the crowd eventually arrived at Parliament, various political organizations, activists, and religious scholars addressed […]

17 May 2023

International

Potential ‘crimes against humanity’ in China’s Xinjiang, UN says

INTERNATIONAL China’s detention of Uighurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang may amount to “crimes against humanity”, the United Nations human rights office said in a long-delayed report that was finally published late on Wednesday. The 45-page report (PDF) called on Beijing to immediately release “all individuals arbitrarily deprived of their liberty”, clarify the whereabouts of those whose families have been unable to locate them and […]

1 September 2022

International

Turkiye should face International Court over Yazidi genocide, UK report says

INTERNATIONAL British human rights lawyer, Helena Kennedy, has said that Turkiye should face charges before the International Court of Justice for being complicit in acts of genocide against the Yazidi people, The Guardian reports. According to the report, Kennedy endorsed an investigation against Syria and Iraq for failing to prevent the killings. The lawyers, known as the Yazidi Justice Committee (YJC), asserted that States are held accountable under the Genocide Convention to […]

12 July 2022

International News

Call to recognise genocide ahead of UN Rohingya donor meeting

Civil society groups have urged the countries convening a UN-backed Rohingya donor conference to acknowledge that genocide was committed against the ethnic minority in Myanmar, as the United Kingdom announced new funding for the tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees now living in camps in Bangladesh. With the donor conference due to start later on Thursday, a group of 35 organisations appealed to the US and other countries to acknowledge […]

22 October 2020

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