Exclusive: Moscow is inciting genocide and committing atrocities intended to destroy the Ukrainian people, an independent report says
The legal report, signed by more than 30 leading legal scholars and genocide experts, accuses the Russian state of violating several articles of the United Nations Genocide Convention. It warns there is a serious and imminent risk of genocide in Ukraine, backing the accusations with a long list of evidence including examples of mass killings of civilians, forced deportations and dehumanizing anti-Ukrainian rhetoric used by top Russian officials.
The Kremlin has forcefully disagreed with President Joe Biden's statement in April that he considered Russia's actions in Ukraine a"genocide."What is genocideGenocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:The New Lines and Raoul Wallenberg Centre report says the Russian state is breaching Article II and Article III of the Genocide Convention.
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