Al Jazeera
- Nov 24, 2020
South Africa anti-racism protests over ‘whites-only graduation party’
Tear gas fired outside Cape Town school after graduation party, allegedly organised by parents, was attended only by white students and teachers. People run away from tear gas during protest against alleged racism outside Brackenfell High School in Cape Town [Mike Hutchings/Reuters] The South African police have fired tear gas at opposition activists protesting against alleged racism at a Cape Town school after a so-called “whites-only” year-end dance party was organised off-
Sally Hayden | Al Jazeera
- Nov 23, 2020
Concern Grows For Safety Of Eritrean Refugees As Tigray War Rages
Eritrean refugees face threats of violence, harassment and food shortages amid conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Eritrean refugee woman in the Mai-Aini refugee camp near the Eritrean border in Tigray [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] As fighting continues in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations is calling for the opening of routes to four refugee camps sheltering Eritreans, who are almost fully reliant on humanitarian aid. Ann Encontre, UNHCR representative in Ethiopia
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
- Nov 23, 2020
Global Centre For The Responsibility To Protect Highlights Syria As "Population At Risk"
RISK LEVEL: CURRENT CRISIS 16 UNSC vetoes blocking action and accountability Populations continue to face war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by various state forces and non-state armed groups in Syria’s ongoing conflict. BACKGROUND Since the war between the government and opposition groups in Syria began in 2011 at least 580,000 people have been killed. Nearly 13 million people have been displaced – the largest number displaced by any conflict in the world – inc
Genocide Watch
- Nov 22, 2020
Country Report: Kosovo November 2020
Kosovo was an autonomous region of Serbia in Former Yugoslavia. Kosovar Albanians held leading positions in the economy and government. After Tito’s death, Yugoslavia disintegrated and Slobodan Milosević became the President of Serbia. He stripped Kosovo of its autonomous status. As a result, thousands of Kosovar Albanians lost their jobs in government, police, media, and educational institutions to Serbians. In response, Kosovar Albanians established a non-violent separatist
DAWN
- Nov 22, 2020
Genocide Watch chief’s views on occupied Kashmir hailed
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has hailed the recent statement of Genocide Watch founding president and chairman Dr. Gregory Stanton regarding Muslims’ genocide in India. Pakistan had expressed its concerns over the matter at several international forums, but the situation was further deteriorating in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), said FM Qureshi in a statement issued on Friday. He said Muslims were being maltreated not just in th
Judith Verweijen | The Africa Report
- Nov 21, 2020
DRC: Opportunistic use of ‘balkanisation’ theory in Minembwe
Posted by The Africa Report on November 2, 2020. A MONUSCO delegation in Fizi, one of the territories affected by recent violences, March 16 2019. (MONUSCO/Jacob de Lange) On 28 September, a high-level political, military and diplomatic delegation attended the installation ceremony of the burgomaster (mayor) of the commune rurale – a non-customary local governance entity – in Minembwe, in the South Kivu highlands in eastern DRC. While the burgomaster had already been in funct
Thomas Shacklock | Genocide Watch
- Nov 21, 2020
GENOCIDE EMERGENCY ALERT: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, OCTOBER 2020
Anti-balaka militias in Gamba, south-east CAR in 2017. (AFP/Alexis Huguet) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency for the Central African Republic (CAR), where 80% of the country is controlled by armed groups. Conflict between largely Muslim ex-Séléka rebels and Christian anti-Balaka militia endangers all civilians. Muslims have been disproportionately targeted, as have the Fulani within the Muslim population, and are hence facing persecution (Stage 8). Other vulnerab
Al Jazeera
- Nov 20, 2020
Ethiopia bombs Tigray capital as it rejects mediation calls
Hundreds of people have been killed and some 25,000 have fled to Sudan since the start of the government’s military operation against Tigray’s rulers almost two weeks ago. Ethiopian fighter jets have bombed the capital of the restive Tigray state, several sources have said, as the federal government resisted international pressure for mediation in the conflict with forces loyal to the regional governing party. Ann Encontre, the representative of the United Nations refugee age
Human Rights Watch
- Nov 20, 2020
Uganda: Authorities Weaponize Covid-19 for Repression
Investigate Killings, End Arbitrary Detention, Allow Peaceful Gatherings (Nairobi) – The arrest and detention of presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi, is a sign of the growing repression of opposition politicians ahead of Uganda’s national elections scheduled for January 2021. The Ugandan authorities should release Kyagulanyi immediately and unconditionally and respect the rights of people to peacefully protest his detention. Security forces arrested Kyagulanyi, popularl
Jubilee Campaign
- Nov 18, 2020
Jubilee Campaign submits report to the International Criminal Court describing genocide in Nigeria
WASHINGTON DC, 18 November - Jubilee Campaign releases their report Genocide is Loading: Finding Reasonable Basis to Believe Crimes Against Humanity Occurred during Ministerial Event on Nigeria's Invisible Genocide hosted by Save the Persecuted Christians. The report counters the farmer-herder clashes narrative that has been used to describe the violence in the Middle Belt and northern Nigeria, noting the casualty asymmetry. The report clarifies that the research and focus ar
Linda Zheng | Genocide Watch
- Nov 17, 2020
GENOCIDE EMERGENCY ALERT FOR XINJIANG, CHINA
Image Source: (Reuters: Murad Sezer) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of China. For decades, the Chinese government has systematically restricted the religious, cultural, and social practices of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is a region located in the northwest of the People’s Republic of China. Xinjiang is home to several ethnic minorities including Turkic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, a
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