Crackdown on Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Systematic Crackdown on Independent Religious Practitioners in Dak Lak Province DAK LAK, VIETNAM
Montagnards Stand for Justice
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Louder Than Truth: The Crisis of Credibility in Indian News Media
A Report by Genocide Watch Photo: GETTY IMAGES The Noise That Replaced the News There was a time when Indian news media claimed to present an unbiased record of events. Today, the media have dropped this pretense of objectivity. Indian media have been captured by political parties, particularly by the BJP. The media are louder, angrier, and far less interested in informing the public about what really happens. This is not an accidental drift. It reflects a deeper shift in w
Genocide Watch
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Genocide Warning: Lebanon
Smoke billows after Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Genocide Warning: Lebanon March 2026 By Genocide Watch Hezbollah is a genocidal terrorist organization. Like its Iranian sponsors, Hezbollah openly declares its intention to destroy the nation of Israel, a policy of genocide. Since October 7, 2023, Hezbollah has launched over 10,000 attacks against Israel, including nightly missile
Genocide Watch
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Belarus Country Report: November 2025
By Juliana Girotto Image: Lev Karavanov/Mostphotos Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Warning for Belarus. Five years since mass protests swept Belarus in 2020, the Lukashenko government has deepened its repression and involvement in human rights violations. Belarusians are denied the ability to exercise basic rights, including freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. In the February 2024 parliamentary elections and the January 2025 presidential election,
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Female Genital Mutilation in Southeast Asia
South & Southeast Asia: The Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation By Juliana Girotto, Genocide Watch March 2026 Activists carry banners to commemorate International Women’s Day. Toto Santiko Budi/Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently released a call to action surrounding the medicalization of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Asia-Pacific region. FGM can be defined as “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female extern
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Russia dubs Narva, Estonia a 'people's republic'
Masked Russian "Little Green Men" in Narva, Estonia Copyright AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file Euronews March 19, 2026 By Johanna Urbancik & Franziska Müller A pro-Russian online campaign is casting the Estonian city of Narva as a "people's republic", spreading propaganda and at times calling for violence and sabotage. A flag, a coat of arms, freshly drawn borders – and rhetoric that echoes the playbook of the so-called "people's republics" in eastern Ukraine and Russian-occupied
Israel Strikes Syria After Druze Clashes
Samantha Granville Beirut Israel says it will not tolerate Syrian attacks on the Druze minority (Reuters) Israel says it has carried out air strikes on Syrian government infrastructure in the south of the country, in response to what it described as attacks on Druze civilians in Suweida province. In a statement, the Israeli military said it hit a command centre and weapons stored at army compounds overnight. "The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will not tolerate harm towards the
BBC News
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Special Report: Femicide in Afghanistan
By the Central Asia Task Force Genocide Watch An Afghan mother holds her daughter, staring at the light from behind her obscured window. Photo: UN Women/Sayed Habib Bidell. The conditions facing women in Afghanistan today reflect a systematic, multilayered assault on their rights, dignity, and survival. The Taliban’s return to power has not only reversed 20 years of progress but has intensified gender-based persecution to levels amounting to femicide. From the collapse of leg
Genocide Watch
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Hindutva & Zionism: Ideologies of Exclusion
Hindutva & Zionism: Exclusionary Religion, Racism, and Nationalism A Formula for Forced Displacement and Genocide By Areeka Khan, Genocide Watch March 2026 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: SAM FINE/PHOTOS VIA GETTY IMAGES This report examines the historical origins and social impact of Hindutva in India and Zionism in Israel and Palestine. It explores how these ideologies shape national identity, citizenship, and belonging, and how they produce, sustain, and justify exclusion, forced disp
How Iranians Protest: The Green Movement
By Alžběta Frommerova Since late December 2025, Iran has experienced widespread protests in response to a dramatic decline in the value of its currency, ongoing government mismanagement of basic services, and deteriorating living conditions. The protests began with strikes and store closures, then progressed into large-scale street rallies across the country. Millions of Iranians went into the streets demanding the overthrow of the Islamic Republic regime. Supporters ral
Genocide Watch
Mar 19
Kenya Country Report: October 2025
By Cooper Denison Demonstrators mark the first anniversary of deadly antigovernment protests in Nairobi on June 25, 2025 [Donwilson Odhiambo/Reuters] Kenya gained independence in 1963 following decades of oppressive British colonial rule. The 1952 Mau Mau Uprising, an armed anti-colonial rebellion led by members of the dispossessed Kikuyu ethnic group, was met with brutal violence under a lengthy state of emergency that lasted until 1960. Atrocities included imprisonment, t
Genocide Watch
Mar 18
Dozens Killed in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul
The attack hit a drug rehabilitation facility, and Afghanistan vowed to retaliate, risking an escalation of the conflict between the two countries. By Safiullah Padshah and Elian Peltier The airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghan officials said. Sayed Hassib/Reuters A Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center killed dozens of people in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Monday night, in the deadliest single attack of an escalating conflict betwee
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