GENOCIDE  WATCH

In closing statements at the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three others, prosecutors demanded 45 years in prison for each of them, based on the 'gravity' of the war-crimes charges against them. Hashim Thaci (R) and Rexhep Selimi (L) at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, February 9, 2026. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers Livestream/Screenshot. On the first day of closing statements in the war-crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci a

Rohingya refugees gather in Kutupalong camp to mark the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Myanmar military’s 2017 genocide, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2019.  © 2019 Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters Genocide Emergency: Myanmar January 2026 By Jeanne Macé   On September 30, 2025, a “ High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar ” was held on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Genocide Watch urged UN members

By Vibhu Mishra 22 December 2025 The war in Sudan is entering a deadlier phase, the United Nations has warned, as intensified fighting in the Kordofan region, mounting civilian casualties from drone strikes and growing risks of regional spillover push the conflict toward the 1,000-day mark. © UNICEF/Ahmed Satti Children walk at a camp for displaced persons in Port Sudan, which is hosting families who fled violence across the country, including Darfur and Kordofan regions. Bri

Government social media post in April 2017 shows detainees in a political education camp in Lop County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang. © Xinjiang Bureau of Justice WeChat Account Genocide Emergency: Xinjiang, China 2025   Twelve million people, mostly Uyghur Muslims, live in Xinjiang, China, officially the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  (XUAR). The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to assimilate Uyghurs, replacing their culture with Han Chinese language and culture. Uyghur

India Must Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide Time Magazine   October 31, 2014   Members of the Sikh community hold aloft a banner calling for the 1984 storming of Sikhism's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, by Indian troops, to be recognised as genocide as they join a demonstration in central London on June 8, 2014, to mark the 30th anniversary of the assault known as Operation Blue Star.LEON NEAL—AFP/Getty Images   By Simran Jeet Singh 1984 remain