Rohingya Sue Facebook for £150bn Over Myanmar Genocide
Victims in US and UK legal action accuse social media firm of failing to prevent incitement of violence By Dan Milmo Residents of the...
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Genocide Emergency: Ethiopia
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert regarding the Ethiopian government’s persecution of the Tigrayan people in its war...
Hate Speech in Myanmar Continues to Thrive on Facebook
By SAM McNEIL and VICTORIA MILKO FILE - Young demonstrators participate in an anti-coup mask strike in Yangon, Myanmar, on April 4, 2021....
Facebook Removes Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Post
Cara Anna and Amanda Seitz | Associated Press Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 2021, 3:43 PM PT Facebook removes Ethiopian prime minister’s...
Genocide Emergency: The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Historically persecuted minorities are still target in the D.R.C. today.
Facebook Knew it was Used to Incite Violence in Ethiopia
It did little to stop the spread, documents show. By Eliza Mackintosh Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, seen...
Facebook's Role in Myanmar and Ethiopia Under New Scrutiny
Whistleblower Frances Haugen adds to long-held concerns that social media site is fuelling violence and instability By Emmanuel Akinwotu...
Genocide Emergency: CAR October 2021
Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for the Central African Republic (CAR). Central African refugee camp in Ndu on the...
Genocide Emergency: The Banyamulenge of the DRC
The Banyamulenge have been persecuted and treated as an “unwanted” people since the colonial era.
Special Report: AAPI Communities in the United States
Summary This special report explores the recent increase in discrimination, harassment, and hate crimes perpetrated against Asian...
Central African Republic's Hate Speech Problem
By Rachel Sullivan, Brianna Ferebee In the aftermath of a disputed election and targeted disinformation campaigns, divisive rhetoric...
‘My Blood Is Boiling’: War Fever surges, Ethiopia
By Abdi Latif Dahir A government drive to enlist civilians in the war effort threatens to widen the conflict, forcing ethnic groups to...
Ethiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared
Discriminatory Arrests, Detentions, Business Closures in Addis Ababa. (Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities since late June 2021 have...
Ethiopian detentions of Tigrayans include kids
By CARA ANNA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Small children are among those held amid a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans suspected of...
Ethiopia calls on citizens to fight in Tigray war
All eligible civilians should join the military to stop Tigray forces ‘once and for all’, PM Abiy Ahmed’s office says. Abiy sent troops...
US warns of ‘dehumanizing rhetoric’ on Tigray
By CARA ANNA NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed concern Wednesday about the...