India’s Bengal Pushes Out Muslim Bangladeshis
By Gurvinder Singh June 10, 2026 Hundreds taken to the border and many others put in detention centres as part of a ‘detect, delete and deport’ crackdown on undocumented migrants. Undocumented Bangladeshi migrants gathered near the Hakimpur border crossing. Credit: Al Jazeera Hakimpur, India – Raisul Islam stands under the scorching sun near a checkpoint in Hakimpur village along the border with neighbouring Bangladesh in the North 24 Parganas district of India’s West Bengal
Al Jazeera
Jun 22
Kashmiri Rights Activist Wins Partial Court Victory
By Yashraj Sharma June 10, 2026 The Delhi High Court grants bail to Khurram Parvez, who has been jailed for nearly five years in ‘terror funding’ cases. Parvez Imroz, right, a Kashmiri human rights lawyer, talks to activist Khurram Parvez in their office in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, August 25, 2020. Credit: Al Jazeera New Delhi, India — A prominent Kashmiri human rights activist who has been imprisoned for nearly five years has won a partial legal victory after b
Al Jazeera
Jun 22
Rodrigo Paz declares State of Emergency in Bolivia
Rodrigo Paz declares a state of emergency in Bolivia "to clear the country's highways" June 20, 2026 By BBC News Mundo* *With information from Cecilia Barría, Ayelén Oliva, and Gerardo Lissardy. “This is not a state of emergency intended to restrict people's lives. It is exactly the opposite,” President Paz said on Saturday. (Photo from June 8). Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images. After stating that he had exhausted “all avenues for dialogue,” Bolivian President Rodrigo
BBC News Mundo
Jun 21
Uncertain Futures and Restricted Movement: Afghan Refugees in Tajikistan
By Kristie Moore Photo showing migrants at the Tajik Border. Border signage states foreigners must follow migration rules. Source: TCA After the return of Taliban government to Afghanistan in 2021, former government employees and Afghan civilians fled the country, seeking safety in countries like Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. Like in Iran and Pakistan, where governments have initiated mass deportations of Afghan refugees, the government of Tajikistan is making a similar mov
Genocide Watch
Jun 21
Genocide Descendants Want N$17 Trillion
By Justicia Shipena June 21, 2026 Source: The Namibian Ovaherero and Nama genocide descendants are demanding N$17 trillion in reparations, rejecting the current Namibia-Germany negotiations as inadequate and exclusionary. The Okandjoze Chiefs Assembly for Genocide says the current negotiations between Namibia and Germany have failed to deliver justice. Reverend Ebson Kaapama, a member of the Maharero Royal Traditional Authority and technical committee member of the Okandjoze
The Namibian
Jun 21
Special Report: Civilian Harm in the U.S.–Israel–Iran War
By Alzbeta Frommerova Genocide Watch The findings of this report indicate that civilians have borne the greatest burden of the 2026 U.S.–Israel–Iran war. Women and children have been particularly affected by death, injury, displacement, and the disruption of essential services. In Iran, the conflict has also deepened existing patterns of repression and insecurity, particularly in the context of the Women, Life, Freedom movement, further restricting civic space and increasing
Genocide Watch
Jun 19
UN Calls for Peace and Reduction of Hunger in Yemen
By the United Nations June 16, 2026 Top UN officials called for bolstered efforts to stave off rising hunger and foster a path towards permanent peace in Yemen as they briefed the Security Council Tuesday morning. Displaced women and girls attend a class in Yemen. Credit: UNDP Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce between the Houthi rebels and the government continue
United Nations
Jun 18
Delhi Court Grants Bail to Rights Activist Khurram Parvez
By Kashmir Times June 10, 2026 Second NIA case still pending; his release from custody depends on a hearing listed next month Credit: Kashmir Times NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez in the terror-conspiracy and terror-funding case registered against him by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), more than four and a half years after his arr
Kashmir Times
Jun 18
US reconsiders role in Bosnia and Herzegovina
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate The outgoing High Representative, Christian Schmidt, left, at a meeting of the Peace Implementation Council in Sarajevo this week. Photograph: Elvis Barukčić/AFP/Getty Images A deepening US-European rift over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has broken open with a dispute over a top administrative post, leading to a US threat to “reconsider” its role in int
Russia Uses Education to Sustain Influence in Central Asia
By Farangis Najibullah June 2, 2026 Students attend the Russian school in the southern Tajik city of Bokhtar (Facebook). When a new Russian-language school opened its doors in Tajikistan's southern city of Bokhtar in 2022, thousands of locals flocked to enroll. Named after the 18th-century Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, it was one of five Russia-funded schools that popped up across the impoverished Central Asia country that year. Part of a $150 million Russian state pro
Vietnam Government Seize Property of Elderly Montagnard
By MSFJ Team June 17, 2026 Vietnamese Authorities Destroy Home and Seize All Property of Elderly Montagnard Woman in the Central Highlands Buôn Ea Pô, Cư Jút — June 17, 2026 In a brutal act of forced eviction that has left a 61-year-old Montagnard woman homeless and without basic necessities, Vietnamese state authorities descended on the home of Mrs. H Nghét Knul on the morning of June 16, 2026, stripping the property of every possession, seizing her vehicle, and demolishing
Qatar: New Efforts to Deport Baha’i Leaders
By Human Rights Watch June 14, 2026 Longstanding Repression of Religious Minority The Ministry of Interior Office in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2021. Credit: Shutterstock (Beirut) – The Qatari authorities since March 2026 have ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today, based on information from informed sources. The four were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pa
Human Rights Watch
Jun 17
