Bangladesh says it Foiled Indian Attempts to Force Migration
By Reuters June 4, 2026 Credit: Reuters DHAKA, June 4 (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Thursday it had foiled several attempts by India to force people into the country over the previous 24 hours, reviving a dispute over alleged undocumented migration and clouding efforts to improve ties between the South Asian neighbours. Their border is one of the longest land frontiers in the world, stretching for more than 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across all sorts of terrain, making it diff
Reuters
Jun 16
Deadly Protests in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
By Al Jazeera Staff June 9, 2026 Experts say the current crisis is part of a deeper, long-running debate about governance in the region. Source: Al Jazeera Security personnel patrol a street in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on June 8, 2026 on the eve of Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC)'s anticipated rally, days after the local government banned the protest group under anti-terror laws [AFP] At least 11 people were killed on Sunday during clashes be
Al Jazeera
Jun 14
#EndTheSilence: Standing for Leah Sharibu in Nigeria
Graphic credit: The Roys Report #EndTheSilence: Standing for Leah Sharibu and Nigeria’s Missing Christian Women and Girls June 4, 2026 Eight years ago, a 14-year-old Nigerian girl disappeared into captivity because she refused to renounce her Christian faith. Today, Leah Sharibu remains missing—and the world must not forget her. On June 18, Christian Freedom International, Jubilee Campaign, and 21Wilberforce will join with advocates, faith leaders, members of the
21 Wilberforce
Jun 11
Genocide Watch Manual on Genocide and Genocide Prevention
Genocide Watch wrote a Training Manual on Genocide and Genocide Prevention for the Pan African Lawyers' Union that was used to train over 100 African lawyers in a Workshop held in Arusha,Tanzania in March 2025. The Training Manual was written by the Genocide Watch Legal Team, including Dr. Gregory Stanton, Sanaea Suntok, Brenda Salazar, Emily Mullin, Finia Hilmes, Areeka Khan, Subash Jai Devarage, and Omar Kausar. Members of the Genocide Watch Legal Team have since continue
Genocide Watch
Jun 11
Genocide Watch Ten Stages of Genocide World Map
EXPLANATION OF THE TEN STAGES OF GENOCIDE MAP This map shows the stages of genocide in 2025 in nations monitored by Genocide Watch. On the Genocide Watch website, this map can be found at: https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages The shading of each country reflects its current Genocide Alert level as of May 2025. Genocide Watch defines three alert levels: Genocide Watch – (yellow) classification, symbolization, discrimination Genocide Warning – (orange) dehumanization,
Genocide Watch
Jun 10
Tigray mandates mobilization, bans anti-recruitment speech
June 9th 2026 Debretsion Gebremichael, Pre-war council elect President, giving a press conference. (Source Tigray President Office Facebook Page) Addis Abeba – A draft proclamation reportedly prepared by the Legal Standing Committee of the region’s pre-war council, which has recently been reinstated by the TPLF, is drawing scrutiny over provisions that would make military mobilization a legal obligation while imposing harsh penalties on individuals and media organizations acc
Addis Standard
Jun 9
Zelensky ignites fury by honouring Ukrainian WWII fighters who massacred Poles and Jews
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to name a military unit after a World War II-era militia infamous for massacring Poles and Jews has led to a sharp spike in tensions between Kyiv and Warsaw. June 7, 2026 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) attends the reburial ceremony of Andriy Melnyk, who died in 1964 and was the leader of a branch of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), along with his wife Sofia, at the National Military Memorial Cemet
The Challenge of Ethiopian Constitutionalism
By Dr. Gregory H. Stanton, Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide This speech was presented on May 15, 2026 by Dr. Gregory Stanton to a Conference on the Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia in the Kennedy Conference Room, The Russell Office Building, US Senate, Washington, DC The Challenge of Ethiopian Constitutionalism Keynote Speech by Dr. Gregory H. Stanton Conference on the Human Rights Crisis in Ethiopia Kennedy Conference Room, US Senate,
Genocide Watch
Jun 5
Fighting in Somalia’s capital as anger over election delay erupts
A truck carrying Somali security forces drives in Mogadishu before planned antigovernment protest. [Feisal Omar / Reuters] Residents flee from their homes due to fighting between two warring political factions. Violence has erupted in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, as government forces and opposition-allied militias have exchanged fire before an antigovernment protest, damaging buildings and forcing residents to flee. Fighting began on Wednesday and continued into Thursday bef
AFP, AP and Reuters
Jun 4
Russia’s Ukraine invasion fails; Putin attacks civilians
June 4th 2026 Russia launched a major bombardment of cities across Ukraine early on June 2, leaving over one hundred civilians dead or wounded. The attack, which focused primarily on Kyiv and Dnipro, was the most recent in a series of deadly overnight bombing raids beginning in early May that have signaled a new phase in Kremlin efforts to target Ukraine’s civilian population amid mounting indications that Russia’s invasion is stalling on the battlefield. The latest Russian a
RSF Rapes and Ransoms Sudanese Women
Women say they were raped and ransomed by RSF fighters in Sudan’s ongoing war Associated Press June 2, 2026 Sudanese women survivors of RSF mass rapes. Source: Manara Magazine By SAM MEDNICK KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Naked, hungry, raped and lying in her own urine, the woman said her captors after two days of misery handed her a phone. Call your friends and family, they said. Tell them to buy your freedom or you’ll be killed. The 38-year-old said she screamed on the calls as ho
Mass Deportations Are Crimes Against Humanity
President Donald Trump…credit: Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Mass deportations violate U.S. and international law. They’re also crimes against humanity. By Dr. Gregory H Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch President Trump’s order to arrest and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of refugees, violates US obligations under the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees. The US Senate ratified that treaty unanimously in 1968. 147
Genocide Watch
Jun 3
