The recent Halabja commemoration proves that the ‘three Rs’ of remembrance, recognition and retelling are not enough. ‘Never again’ must become ‘always prevent’.‘From Denial To Recognition. From Destruction To Construction.

There’s an odd, and slightly twisted argument doing the rounds at the moment. It goes: it’s perfectly ok to let genocide happen, yes, even on your doorstep. Let’s just restrict the discussion to that. Not regime change, not geopolitical advantage, simply the prevention of genocide. It’s ok.

Guest Contributor: Kenny Stevenson 28th August 2013 ‘Was the price too high?’ asked Kirsty Wark. ‘Of course the price is very, very high’, replied Tony, ‘but think of the price people paid before Saddam was removed’. Defiant as ever, Blair strolled ...

There is a genocide happening now, a quiet genocide that very few are listening to. It is claiming the lives of the silenced, the overlooked, the defenseless. It has taken more lives than all of the genocides in the twentieth century combined. It is happening now.

The idea that the international community was impotent in the face of evil must be wholeheartedly rejected, as it relativises the moral responsibility of those who decided to become a silent accomplice rather than engage in a robust and rigid response to crimes against humanity.

Guest Contributor:  Advisory Board Member Peter Watt 5th August 2013 There has been an awful lot of noise again recently about Iraq. The overall sense was that in deciding to commit British forces in the second Iraq war Tony Blair had ...

Damian Counsell interviews Julie Lenarz, the Executive Director. Their wide-ranging conversation covers her recent visit to Iraqi Kurdistan to mark the 25th anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s genocidal actions against its people; why the survivors viewed Allied action as a liberation; the surprising ...

When I walked towards the memorial in Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan a fortnight ago to attend the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the genocide, I passed by a seemingly endless stream of images.