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Sudan's RSF committed crimes against humanity in el-Fasher, Amnesty says

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The Amnesty report adds to evidence of atrocities in el-Fasher, which the UN says bore the hallmarks of genocide.

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1918

CRIME OF ARMENIA CHARGED TO KAISER

That the murder of the Armenians was planned by the Kaiser is evident by the methods employed. The Turks at first refused, but because of their democratic principles and life the Armenians stood between the Kaiser and the realization of his scheme of an empire stretching from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf. So long as they occupied the position they did in the Turkish empire, so long would the Kaiser's plans fail. So he ordered their extermination and Turkey was the weapon used for their destruction. "For every drop of Armenian blood soaking Turkish soil the Kaiser is responsible. Turkey is crazy. It is possessed of demons, and the Devil is Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany." — The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Ore.) 1918-07-11

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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, July 11, 1918 — front page Enlarge →

What Happened Next

Abdication of Wilhelm II

Wilhelm fled to the Netherlands, where he formally abdicated on 28 November 1918, ending the House of Hohenzollern's 300-year rule over Prussia.

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Istanbul trials of 1919–1920

On 8 April 1919, Mehmed Kemal, former Kaymakam of Boğazlıyan, Yozgat, was sentenced to death and hanged on 10 April 1919. These legal proceedings also functioned as vehicles for Mehmed VI to manifest his dissent towards the condemned individuals and justify his position in response to the Western powers that had emerged victorious in World War I.

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Treaty of Versailles

Article 227 of the Versailles treaty required the handing over of Kaiser Wilhelm for trial 'for supreme offence against international treaties and the sanctity of treaties' before a bench of five allied judges – one British, one American, one French, one Italian, and one Japanese. If found guilty the judges were to 'fix such punishment which it considers should be imposed'. The death penalty was therefore not precluded.

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