West Bengal invokes Goonda Act; 10 Muslims arrested over neet
Maktoob July 26, 2026 The West Bengal government invoked the Goonda Act for the first time after clashes during the Kolkata NEET protest, with police arresting 11 people, including 10 Muslims, while student leaders alleged BJP-backed provocateurs triggered the violence. The West Bengal government on Saturday said it had invoked the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, 2026, commonly known as the Goonda Act, against those accused of orchestratin
Maktoob
Jul 27
Israel prepares for military operations in the West Bank
By Abeer Salman, Kara Fox, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman July 24 2026 Smoke billows after settlers set fire to homes and businesses in the West Bank village of Faraata on Friday. *Obtained by CNN The Israeli military began preparations for a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday after four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes there. The military said a group of settlers entered an area of the West Bank restricted to Israeli civil
CNN 1
Jul 26
Azerbaijan's "Great Return" Destroys Armenian Artsakh
By Kristie Moore 43 families (totaling 176 former internally displaced persons) returning to Kangarly village in the Aghdam, Karabakh region of Azerbaijan on July 17, 2025 (Source) Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has been ongoing for decades. Displacement has been a constant facet of this reality. Both Armenians and Azerbaijanis have been cleared from the area on numerous occasions, displaced from their homelands, and forced to rebuild from nothi
Genocide Watch
Jul 25
West Africa Monthly Report: June 2026
West Africa continued to face significant security, governance, and human rights challenges throughout June 2026.
Genocide Watch
Jul 25
Exploiting the Beautiful Game: Sportswashing at the World Cup
By: Alexander Smith President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Summary: Three North American countries hosted the 2026 World Cup: The United States (U.S.), Canada, and Mexico. Fans traveled globally to support their teams, filling stadiums seating 40,000 to 80,000 people. This quadrennial
Genocide Watch
Jul 24
Silence Surrounds Rapes of Kosovo’s Ethnic Minorities
By: Serbeze Haxhiaj Illustration: Igor Vujcic/BIRN. Stigma still cloaks the issue of wartime sexual violence in Kosovo, but even more so for survivors from the Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian minorities. The Roma woman was 19 years old when she and her cousin were raped by three Serbian policemen on February 25, 1999, at the height of the Kosovo war. They had been waiting for a bus from the southern city of Prizren to their home in Decan/Decani, when a police patrol approached, as
Balkan Insight
Jul 24
We're Entering a Terrifying New Era of Genocide.
Child in Gaza. Source: The International Rescue Committee I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era. The New York Times July 21, 2026 By Omer Bartov Dr. Bartov is a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. How do genocides end? In most cases, there are two options. Either the perpetrators accomplish their goal, or a military force stops them, and accountability ensues. In 1904 the Imperial German Army began a campaign that nearly w
Exclusion and Radicalization in France
Part One: Context on France’s Muslim Community By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch French Muslim woman debates Rally National Leader Marine Le Pen on the issue of the hijab. Image - Associated Press Introduction The Muslim community in France consists mainly of immigrants from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and other parts of northwestern Africa) and their descendants. Over the past few decades, the community's significant growth has coincided with an uptick in incid
The Past is Never Past
Volkswagen's New Convictions for Slavery in the Brazilian Amazon July 16, 2026 Saulo de Matos and Heitor Guimarães Picture: Wolfgang Weihs/picture alliance On June 11, 2026, the German automotive company Volkswagen (VW) was convicted in four different lawsuits by the Brazilian Labor Court for reducing people to slavery in the Brazilian Amazon. While this judgment marks the company’s second round of convictions for enslavement within the Amazonian state of Pará, it stands out
Verfassungsblog
Jul 23
Build bridges, not walls between Thailand and Cambodia
By Pravit Rojanaphruk, Khaosod English This week marks one year since the beginning of the tragic and needless undeclared war between Thailand and Cambodia. Many have been killed—civilians and soldiers on both sides—and their loved ones will continue to miss them dearly. How do we even begin to count the losses? Do we count only the innocent civilians killed in our country? What about the soldiers? And what about those who were displaced, including those who remain vulnerable
Khaosod English
Jul 23
Niger: 3 Years of Military Rule Deepens Human Rights Crisis
Security Threat Spurs Crackdown on Political Opposition, Civil Society, Media
Human Rights Watch
Jul 23
UN probes into deaths in Pakistani-administered Kashmir
By AP and Reuters July 17, 2026 Kashmir clashes have killed 31 since June, leading UN rights chief Volker Turk to appeal for calm Protesters on the march in Pakistan-administered Kashmir during a strike called by the banned Joint Awami Action Committee, an alliance of civil society groups in Neelum Valley [File: Naseer ud Din/Reuters] The United Nations human rights chief has called for an independent investigation into deadly unrest in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. On Frida
Al Jazeera
Jul 22
