GENOCIDEWATCH

The national flag of Tajikistan in Dushanbe, May 2011. OLGA TUTUBALINA / ASSOCIATED PRESS (Source: here) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Watch for Tajikistan. Ethnic Pamirs in the autonomous oblast of Gorno-Badakhshan are facing increased surveillance, persecution, and detention at the hands of the Tajik government. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) comprises the entire eastern portion of Tajikistan. While GBAO comprises 45% of Tajik territory it only holds 3

Radio Free Asia By Ounkeo Souksavanh for RFA Lao October 05, 2022 They were arbitrarily detained for three months for protesting against a new military camp in their village. Lao soldiers and villagers are shown in a disputed area in Vientiane's Naxaithong district, March 25, 2022 The Lao military arbitrarily detained five land dispute protesters for three months, then threatened them with further punishment if they were to talk to the media after their release, RFA has learn

From 1960 to 1996, the Guatemalan government, with support from the United States, conducted a systematic campaign of extermination and genocide against the indigenous Mayan population, killing more than 200,000 people. While the Guatemalan government has taken steps in January 2022 to offer reparations to several women who were victims of the genocide, the majority of Mayans still seek justice, recognition, and reparations for the crimes committed by the government. However,

October 2022 Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr help injured protesters during clashes with anti-riot forces near the office of the prime minister in Baghdad on August 29, 2022 [Ahmed Jalil/EPA] Citizens of Iraq have suffered from decades of war, genocide, brutal dictatorship, and political instability. Iraq remains divided by deep religious and ethnic schisms. Iraq’s corrupt government has continuously failed to meet the needs of Iraqi people, leading to protest

Burundian Army General Leonard Ngendakumana, who backed a failed coup in May and a deputy to the leader of the aborted uprising, speaks during a Reuters interview in the outskirts of Kampala Uganda, July 9, 2015 (© REUTERS/James Akena) BUJUMBURA - The European Union said on Tuesday it had lifted sanctions on three officials from Burundi, including the prime minister, as it engages in ongoing dialogue with authorities about improving the country's human rights record. "The Eur

The Islamic State announced the largest number of operations it has so far carried out in the span of two months in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor, which is under the control of Kurdish forces in northeast Syria. People take part in a funeral in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on Feb. 2, 2022, for Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters killed in clashes during a jailbreak attempt by Islamic State fighters at the Ghwayran prison

Report finds instances where the Syrian government first struck a target, then struck the nearby hospital, 'maximising damage to the wounded Plumes of smoke rise following Russian air strikes on the village of al-Bara in Syria's Idlib province, on 5 March 2020 (AFP) A new investigative report published on Thursday has identified nearly a dozen instances where it says the Syrian government and allied forces engaged in "double-tap" air strikes to target hospitals and "intention

Bishkek Court Sends Critics Of Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Deal To Pretrial Detention. On October 24, hundreds rallied in Bishkek demanding the detained activists and politicians be released and urging the government to revise the border demarcation deal. BISHKEK – A court in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, has sent to pretrial detention for two months 20 politicians and activists accused of planning riots over the government’s border demarcation deal with neighboring Uzbekistan. The

Trump’s Backers in Congress Use ‘Devil Terms’ to Polarize Voters New York Times. October 23, 2022 In vilifying tweets and speeches, G.O.P. lawmakers who contested the election have far outpaced other Republicans and Democrats in fueling polarization. By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Steve Eder As Representative Mary Miller embarked on her first congressional campaign, she described herself in salt-of-the-earth, all-American terms: a mother, grandmother and farmer who embodie

New York Times, October 23, 2022 Thousands of Ukrainian children have been transferred to Russia. ["Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group" is an act of genocide under Article 2(e) of the Genocide Convention.] A broken window at a hospital in March in Mariupol, Ukraine. Russian officials have made clear that their goal is to replace any childhood attachment to home with a love for Russia. Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press By  Emma Bubola As Russ