GENEVA [Switzerland], In a poignant display of remembrance and defiance, Uyghur Muslims gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Friday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2009 Urumqi massacre.Organized by global Uyghur diaspora communities, including the World...
Nakba Remembrance Day is held every year on 15 May, with marches and demonstrations. The State of Israel was proclaimed on 14 May 1948.This year, the central event is planned in Ramallah in the West Bank, where sirens are expected to sound for 76 seconds to commemorate 76 years of the Nakba...
Protesters gathered on Monday evening under the slogan "Our hope is not lost yet." The rally was attended by relatives of hostages and former hostages, as well as people from towns and communities affected by the October 7 terrorist attack, which triggered the Gaza War.Monday was the annual...
In memory of this disaster, sirens were sounded for two minutes across the country on Monday morning. Cars stopped on the streets and pedestrians stood in silent remembrance of the victims. Then, the central commemoration ceremony began at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.This...
Tel Aviv [Israel], Yad Vashem, Israel's National Holocaust Museum and Memoria in Jerusalem, and the World Holocaust Remembrance Center expressed "deep concern over recent reports of the covering up of Holocaust monuments and memorials in the United States and the United Kingdom. A grim reminder...