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By Duncan Miriri The United Nations logo is seen on a window in an empty hallway at United Nations headquarters during the 75th annual U.N. General Assembly high-level debate, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in New York, U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar NAIROBI, March 1 (Reuters) - At least 440 people were killed in violence between warring parties in the South Sudanese county of Tambura between June and Sept

By Nat Hill, Co-Director of Research at Genocide Watch The Dega are a group of peoples that live in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The Dega were known as Montagnards by French colonial authorities, a term meaning “mountain dwellers.” The Dega are divided into sub-groups, including the Jarai, Rhade, Bahnar, and Koho. They are culturally and linguistically distinct from the majority Kinh (Vietnamese) population. The Dega have a long history of conf

By Amanda Coakley Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko that any strike on Belarusian territory would be considered an attack on Russia, an ominous sign that Moscow intends to drag Minsk into a war in Ukraine that most of its people likely do not support. “I promise you that any attack against or just one step across the border into the Belarusian territory would mean that they attack Russia,” Lukashenko cited Putin as saying. Alt

Taliban spokesman says dozens of criminals, kidnappers and smugglers arrested in operations across Kabul and other cities. We are trying to take steps against kidnappers, thieves and looters, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said [Hussein Malla/AP Photo] The Taliban are conducting a huge security sweep of Kabul and other Afghan cities, their spokesman said on Sunday, going house-to-house in search of weapons and criminals blamed for a recent spate of robberies and kidnappings. Th

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 19, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Rahmat Gul Six months after the Taliban takeover, attacks against former Afghan military and minority groups have continued. Despite announcing an amnesty, the Taliban’s consolidation of power has been characterized by revenge attacks and murders. Taliban militiamen have killed over 100 members of the former Afghan government security services since August. On August 20, 2021, Taliban forces murde

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By Nat Hill, Co-Director of Research at Genocide Watch A long-form report on the historical and present genocide against the Roma people in Europe. Introduction The Roma, also known as the Romani people, Kale, Sinti, or Gitanos, are a diverse group of peoples whose ancestors originally migrated from the Indian Subcontinent. Although the Roma are more commonly known as Gypsies, many now consider this term many now consider a slur. There are an estimated 20 million Roma living

Ahead of key Uttar Pradesh elections, state police accused of being ‘mercenaries’ of hardline Hindu nationalist government Fatima Begum’s son, Altaf, was said to have hanged himself in prison, but his family tell a different story. Photograph: Shaikh Azizur Rahman/The Guardian According to police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it was suicide. The young Muslim man they had brought into their custody had, out of despair, killed himself in the police station toilets. But,