On 13 April 1919, at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, a large, peaceful crowd gathered to protest against the Rowlatt Act of British colonial govt, and the detention of pro-independence activists.

India@75: Massacre that prompted Tagore to renounce his knighthood

Recalling the dark past of Munich, WION's Sidhant Sibal visited the Munich memorial. Munich massacre was face of international terrorism in the 1970s.

Munich's Olympic park attack recalled: Munich massacre was face of international terrorism in the 1970s

Russian authorities have removed a Polish flag from a memorial commemorating the thousands of Poles killed by the Soviet Union, amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Warsaw over the Ukraine conflict.

Russia removes Polish flag from Soviet massacre memorial

Abdul Kader Bhuiyan, Secretary of Volunteer Front, a wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) threatened Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with “a repeat of 1975”, referring to the massacre of almost her entire family in a military coup then.

BNP leader calls for ‘repeat of 1975’ massacre in Bangladesh to oust Sheikh Hasina government

33 years on, and China is yet to release official death toll of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Tiananmen protests were primarily student-led demonstrations against Nepotism, Corruption in China.

Tiananmen square massacre: 33 years on, China yet to release official death toll

In pics: Dreadful 40 minutes as 18-year-old gunman rampages Texas elementary school

USA's most powerful gun lobby goes ahead with weapons convention, just days after Texas school massacre

35 people were massacred over the weekend in Myanmar. Their bodies were then burned by the Army Junta's troops. The victims included 'women, children & elders'. Their killings have sparked global condemnation. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: 35 people massacred in Myanmar

A high-ranking United Nation’s official says he is “horrified” by reports that at least 35 civilians have been killed and their bodies burned in eastern Myanmar, demanding the government to launch a probe.

UN horrified by massacre of 35 civilians in Myanmar

The main suspect in the trial over the November 2015 attacks in Paris claimed Thursday three co accused knew nothing about the plot, in his latest unscheduled intervention to disrupt proceedings.

Main Paris attacks suspect claims three co-accused 'knew nothing' about plot

Norway on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the worst massacre in its modern history, as church bells toll for the 77 people murdered by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik.

Norway marks 10 years since massacre by neo-Nazi

A prominent ethnic rebel group in Myanmar suspended one of its key leaders this week, a spokesman said Saturday, as it investigates an alleged massacre of civilians on its territory.

Myanmar rebel group suspends key leader in massacre investigation

A century after a white mob destroyed a vibrant African American community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, torching hundreds of homes and indiscriminately shooting people in the streets, President Joe Biden told a crowd of survivors and their families that the story of the massacre “will be known in full view.

In Tulsa, US President Biden tells of a massacre’s horrors

At the foot of modern buildings on an anonymous street, a few discreet metal plaques catch the eye. "Grier shoemaker," "Earl real estate", riveted to the ground, they bear the names of Black-owned businesses that once stood there before being destroyed during one of the worst racial massacres in the United States, in 1921.

100 years after Tulsa race massacre, African Americans still feel outcast 

US President Joe Biden is preparing to recognise the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Empire in World War I era as genocide, as per reports in US media.

Biden to recognise WW-I massacre of Armenians as genocide: Reports

Former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan was found guilty of defaming a dead priest on Monday, in connection with a pro-democracy uprising his troops crushed 40 years ago.

Former South Korean dictator Chun guilty of defamation over massacre

On 5 June 1989, the world woke up to the images of the massacre in Tiananmen. What action did the world's democracies take? What was India's stance under the Rajiv Gandhi government? WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | How the world responded 31 years back

The Tiananmen Square massacre is something China wants the world to forget. It was an event that killed any hopes of democracy in China. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how the ghost of Tiananmen still haunts Beijing.

Gravitas: 31 years since Tiananmen Massacre | What has changed in China?

On June 4, 1989, China sent tanks and military to Tiananmen Square. A pro-democracy movement was massacred under the cover of night. 31 years on, China has not released a death toll. WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report on the night that changed China forever.

Gravitas: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Communist governments were folding one after another. When the Soviet Union collapsed, China was hit the hardest. WION's Palki Sharma tells you why the global shift towards democracy was nightmarish for Beijing.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | Geopolitical changes that rattled China

Two things scare China, the ghost of Tiananmen Square, and more importantly- meeting the same fate as the Soviet Union. Because despite years of rapid changes, the chorus for democracy is echoing in China once again. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the story.

Gravitas: Tiananmen Massacre | What China fears the most

31 years ago young protestors in China had gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing and were demanding freedom and individual rights like those granted to people in the west. The Chinese government chose to send troops and tanks to crush the protestors and that came to be known as the 'Tiananmen Massacre'.

31 years since Tiananmen Square massacre | 1989 | China

A judge in the Philippines prepared to deliver a verdict on Thursday on the massacre a decade ago of 58 people, among them 32 journalists, in one of the country's most high-profile cases and its worst single instance of election violence.

Philippine court to rule on 2009 political massacre

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNCHR) urged Guinea on Saturday to "speed up" the trial for those responsible for a massacre on more than 150 opposition supporters exactly 10 years ago.

After 10 years, U.N. urges justice for Guinea stadium massacre

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