Genocide Watch
- Dec 30, 2021
Call for Muslim Genocide in India
Right-wing Hindu activists at a conference took an oath to harm Muslims if necessary to make “a Hindu-only nation,” the most blatant example of rising anti-Muslim sentiment across India. Muslims praying on Friday in Gurugram, India. In recent months, Hindu nationalists have interrupted prayers there with battle cries. Credit...Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters By Sameer Yasir Hundreds of right-wing Hindu activists and monks rose in unison at a conference this week to take an oath: Th
Reuters
- Dec 29, 2021
UN, US Condemn Killing of At Least 35 Civilians in Myanmar
The aid group Save the Children said two of its workers had been killed in the attack, which opposition activists said was carried out by government soldiers. Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and set the bodies on fire on Dec. 24, 2021, according to reports.KNDF / AP A senior U.N. official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition a
Al Jazeera
- Dec 24, 2021
Hindu Event Calling for Genocide of Muslims Sparks Outrage
Police file case after videos go viral on social media of a meeting in which Hindu religious leaders called for mass killings and use of weapons against Muslims. Muslim devotees offer Namaz at Sector 37 parking area amidst protests, on December 3, 2021 in Gurugram, India [Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images] Videos showing Hindu religious leaders in India calling for genocide against Muslims have sparked outrage and prompted demands for action. Indian police said on
Crane Center for Mass Atrocity Prevention
- Dec 22, 2021
Joint Open Letter on the Banyamulenge
Joint NGO Open Letter of Concern to Governments on Mass Atrocities Committed Against the Banyamulenge in the Democratic Republic of Congo First published by Crane Center for Mass Atrocity Prevention December 22, 2021 We, the undersigned representative organization of the Banyamulenge diaspora community alongside international humanitarian partner institutions, firmly condemn the atrocious killing of Major Kaminzobe Joseph in the territory of Fizi, South Kivu Province in the D
The Guardian
- Dec 20, 2021
Tigrayan Forces to Pull Out of Nearby Regions in Ceasefire
Proposal to UN for TDF troops to return to Tigray in exchange for an arms embargo on Ethiopia and an end to aircraft attacks By Emmanuel Akinwotu Volunteers at the Zanzalima camp for internally displaced people in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia unloading an aid delivery from USAid on 17 December. Photograph: J Countess/Getty Images Tigrayan forces at war with Ethiopia’s government have pledged to withdraw from neighbouring regions in the north of the country in a sudden step towards a p
BBC News
- Dec 20, 2021
Tortured to Death: Myanmar Mass Killings Revealed
By Rebecca Henschke, Kelvin Brown and Ko Ko Aung Watch: BBC investigates Myanmar military's mass killings The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men, a BBC investigation has found. Eyewitnesses and survivors said that soldiers, some as young as 17, rounded up villagers before separating the men and killing them. Video footage and images from the incidents appear to show most of those killed we
Al Jazeera
- Dec 17, 2021
UN Rights Council Orders International Probe into Ethiopia Abuses
Ethiopia had earlier slammed decision to hold special session and had urged countries to vote against the draft text. Nearly 10 million people in northern Ethiopia face acute food insecurity, and at least two million have been forced to flee their homes [Giulia Paravicini/Reuters] The UN Human Rights Council has voted to launch an international investigation into abuses in Ethiopia, despite protests from Addis Ababa, amid warnings of looming generalised violence. The 47-membe
Human Rights Watch
- Dec 17, 2021
Cameroon: Armed Separatists’ Attack on Education
Address Shocking Toll on Students, Teachers, Schools Attacks by armed separatist groups on students, teachers, and schools in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions have had a devastating impact on children’s right to education. These criminal attacks don’t just cause immediate physical and psychological harm, but they jeopardize the future of tens of thousands of students. Regional and international partners should urge Cameroonian authorities to investigate and prosecute attacks on
Amnesty International
- Dec 16, 2021
Ethiopia: New Wave of Atrocities in Western Tigray
© ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images International investigations, access to detainees key to deter further abuses Amhara security forces are responsible for a surge of mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in the Western Tigray territory of northern Ethiopia, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
Tigrayan civilians attempting to escape the new wave of violence have been attacked and killed. Scores in detention face life-threa
Human Rights Watch
- Dec 16, 2021
Myanmar Atrocities Show Need for International Action
Sagaing Massacre Latest in Military’s Escalating Terror Campaign By Manny Maung A resident walks past smoldering houses following an alleged military attack on Kinma village, Pauk township, Magway Region, in central Myanmar, June 16, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo In a year where atrocities by Myanmar’s military have been commonplace, credible reports of a massacre of 11 people, including 5 children, who were bound, shot, and then burned, have sparked revulsion and outrage. Photos an
Genocide Watch
- Dec 15, 2021
Genocide Warning: The Solomon Islands
People walk through the Chinatown district of Honiara in the Solomon Islands on November 26, 2021, after a third day of violence. | AFP-JIJI By Nat Hill Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Warning for the Solomon Islands due to anti-Chinese riots. The Solomon Islands are in the South Pacific between Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Widespread political protests have been followed by violent riots, leading to the deaths of at least 3 people and arrests of over 100. The riots stem f
Santosh Sharma Poudel ¦ The Diplomat
- Dec 13, 2021
Nepal: Resurgent Hindu nationalism
In Nepal, calls grow for the restoration of a Hindu state. A resurgent Hindu nationalism in the former Hindu kingdom is drawing strength from India’s ruling BJP. The Pashupatinath Temple on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Bijay Chaurasia Santosh Sharma Poudel ¦ December 9th 2021 In August of this year, a group of people led by former Nepal Army General Rookmangud Katawal launched a campaign for the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu