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By James Tasamba November 6, 2026 Attackers also burned several houses and businesses as they fled, says civil society leader Source: Anadolu Ajansı Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group launched an overnight attack on several villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 24 civilians, a civil society leader said Friday. The attack occurred overnight Thursday into Friday in Beni territory, North Kivu province, civil society l

By Senan Monks Genocide Watch November 2, 2026 Oliver Cromwell. Image via Raidió Teilifís Éireann Introduction “It was a tragic necessity that the Irish should remember it; but it was far more tragic that the English forgot it. For he who has forgotten his sin is repeating it incessantly forever.”- GK Chesterton Between 1649 and 1653, the Commonwealth of England conducted a military campaign in Ireland through its New Model Army (NMA), led by Oliver Cromwell. The goal was to

A member of the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Getty Images) Congo's Silent Genocide The Spectator October 30, 2026 By Geoff Hill Should we call Gaza a genocide? Maybe. An estimated 75,000 dead is serious. But surely the more pressing question is, why is this the only tragedy that exercises the West? What about the millions of poor souls who’ve perished in Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC? The ongoing fighting in eastern Congo is the most

By Carina Dominguez October 14, 2026 Tribal leaders warn that proposed U.S. Census Bureau changes could erase critical data on American Indians and Alaska Natives, undermine tribal representation and threaten federal funding for Native communities. United States Census Headquarters in Sultland, MD (Photo/US Census) Tribal leaders oppose the U.S. Census Bureau’s proposed changes to how it collects information about Americans. The proposed rules would affect who gets counted an

By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters November 1, 2026 Hundreds of police, some carrying batons and shields, are deployed around the rally site. credit: Toronto Star (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in India’s capital, New Delhi, to demand the resignation of the election chief over changes to voter lists that opposition parties say favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi led Sund

By: Mariam Javid October 15, 2026 Powered by artificial intelligence, Israel’s strategy of keeping soldiers “out of harm’s way” while they kill Palestinians relies on quadcopter drones and various AI systems to identify and target people. Photo Credit: AFP ISLAMABAD – On February 29, 2024, Israeli forces fired at civilians as they gathered around an aid convoy. At least 115 people were killed in what has since become known as the ‘Flour Massacre’. Survivors recalled the invol

By Mohamed Zakaria October 26, 2026 The city I knew and the atrocities that changed it. We must preserve the record of what happened without letting it define the city I love. This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. To many people, the Sudanese city of El Fasher – where I was born, raised, and spent my professional working life – is now a place synonymous with hunger and death. For 500 devastating days beginning in May 2024 it was besieged by the Rapid Su

The Authoritarian Future is Already Here in Uganda The New York Times Oct. 8, 2026 By Megan K. Stack Plainclothes thugs frog-marching a radio commentator from the microphone midbroadcast. An opposition activist dying after reportedly being barricaded in his house, which was then set on fire. Security forces raiding a powerful independent media company, cutting electricity and imposing a monthlong closure. General Kainerugaba inspecting a military parade at his father’s inaugu

Special Report, October 2026 By Genocide Watch Photo Credit: Voter casts a ballot, PBS NEWS © 1996 - 2026 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. Genocide Watch writes to alert readers about escalating systemic threats in the United States (US) against voting rights regarding the 2026 Midterm Elections. In combination with growing judicial and extrajudicial repression and violence against immigrants, trans people (particularly trans women), and, indeed, all women in th

By Al Jazeera Staff October 18, 2026 Settler pogroms have escalated, coinciding with the annual olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas grenade towards Palestinian olive pickers and orders them to leave the area during the olive harvest in Khirbet Abu Falah, the West Bank [File:Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images] European diplomats and officials were attacked on Saturday amid a surge in settler pogroms across the occupied West Bank in rec

By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch October 2026 Palestinian woman in Gaza rubble credit:Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Genocide is one of the most severe crimes in international law, defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This crime does not begin with mass graves. It begins with language, law, and the slow erasure of a people's humanity. Dr. Gregory Stanton maps that process in Ten

In a new report, Amnesty International documented widespread human rights violations committed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other federal agencies during the Trump administration’s large-scale, militarized immigration enforcement operations in Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New Orleans and Washington, DC. The report, “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Oper

By Ajas Khan September 28, 2026 Rohingya in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks that forced them to flee their home in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 25 August. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Nine years ago, I was forced to flee my home in Maungdaw township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. I was 13 years old. I remember how quickly an average day turned into a day when life felt extinguished, leaving behind the place where I grew up with my family. Even now,

By Dánica Coto September 17, 2026 People gather next to the bodies of people they said were their relatives and were killed in a gang attack in Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug.24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A human rights group in Haiti has revealed new details about one of the country’s biggest massacres in recent years and unveiled security holes as authorities struggle to contain violent gangs. The National Human

Reconceptualizing Human Trafficking as an Instrument of Genocide, Part 2. By Renata Lampert NARA Record Group 75 Part 1 of this article established the doctrinal grounds for analyzing human trafficking under Article II of the Genocide Convention. This second part applies the conceptual framework by evaluating three case studies where trafficking was weaponized for group destruction. Child Transfers and Forced Assimilation: Ukraine Forced child transfer from Ukrainian to Russi

For Nigerian Christians, 9/11/2001 began an Islamist jihad Truth Nigeria September 11, 2026 Judd Saul brings aid to victims of Islamic terrorist attack. Photo by Masara Kim. By Mike Odeh James (Makurdi, Benue State) Twenty-five years after 19 hijackers killed 2,977 Americans in one morning, Nigeria’s Christians measure their September 11 not as a date but as a status quo. In 1998 Osama bin Laden signed a declaration of war against “Jews and Crusaders.” Crusaders meant Christi