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George Clooney presents Aurora Prize to Burundi humanitarian worker
George Clooney presents Aurora Prize to Marguerite Barankitse, a humanitarian worker from Burundi, at a ceremony in Armenia. A humanitarian worker who survived the Rwandan genocide was awarded the inaugural Aurora Prize at a ceremony presided over by actor George Clooney on Sunday in the Armenian capital Yerevan.Marguerite Barankitse, a Tutsi who saved thousands of lives, many of them children, and cared for orphans and refugees during the Burundi civil war, was awarded a $100,000 grant and will nominate organisations to receive a $1 million award.Clooney is a co-chair of the selection committee of the Aurora Prize For Awakening Humanity, founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian massacre and in gratitude to their saviours.The prize will be granted annually to an individual whose actions have had an exceptional impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes.The inaugural ceremony coincided with the day Armenia commemorated the 101st anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces.
Confronting darkness in Cambodia's Khmer Rouge stronghold
Sweden sentences man to life imprisonment for genocide in Rwanda
Suu Kyi and Myanmar face chorus of anger over Rohingya crisis
Suu Kyi has come under increasing fire over her perceived unwillingness to speak out against the treatment of the Rohingya or chastise the military.
September 4, 2017 | 06:31 pm PT
US says holds Myanmar military leaders accountable in Rohingya crisis
Tillerson said Myanmar military is responsible for the crackdown on Rohingya refugees.
October 18, 2017 | 05:36 pm PT
'Mounting evidence' of Myanmar genocide: watchdogs
Rights groups document widespread and systematic attacks on civilians.
November 15, 2017 | 08:00 pm PT
'Butcher of Bosnia' found guilty of genocide, jailed for life
The verdict was a 'milestone' for the court and for international justice.
November 22, 2017 | 06:25 pm PT
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of genocide in landmark ruling
Two top leaders of Khmer Rouge were found guilty of genocide Friday, almost 40 years after the fall of a regime that presided over the deaths of a quarter of the population.
November 15, 2018 | 11:03 pm PT
Sheer terror: A Cambodian recalls escape from genocide
Escaping from the Khmer Rouge was a desperate act, a thankful survivor recounts, 40 years later.
January 10, 2019 | 08:09 pm PT