GENOCIDE  WATCH

By Md. Abu Saim September 23, 2026 On March 14, 2025, Bangladesh’s interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, along with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, visited Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, raising hopes among the Rohingya community that they could eventually return to their homeland. Back in 2017, the Rohingya population in Rakhine State faced a genocide perpetrated by the Myanmar junta. Behind the scenes, however, another force, the Arakan Army, was also positioning its

By Yolande Knell, Middle East correspondent and Malak Hassouneh, Reporting from Jerusalem 23 September 2026 Reuters There has been a sharp rise in reports of violence against women and girls in the Gaza Strip, including early and forced marriage, according to a series of recent reports from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). One report, which analyses data collected by 10 organisations, says, external the protracted crisis in war-torn Gaza has "created conditions in which women

By Hanna Duggal and Mohammed Haddad June 18, 2026 As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, Al Jazeera examines how AI handles it – and where it falls short. A man uses a smartphone as various social media apps are displayed on screen on June 12, 2026 [AFP] Hate speech that once circulated in person now travels farther and faster via anonymous online accounts behind a screen. As the United Nations marks the International Day for Countering