Genocide Denial on the Anniversary of Srebrenica
By: Sofia Gilmore and Alexander Smith Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery; Photo: Wikimedia July 11, 2026 marked the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, in which Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratklo Mladić overran Srebrenica, a United Nations (UN)-designated “safe area,” and committed mass killings and genocide. There have been many attempts at memorializing the genocide at Srebrenica. In 2000, then-High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch de
Genocide Watch
Nov 3
Country report: Myanmar October 2026
By H. H. Hlaing People extinguish a fire in a building that was destroyed in a bombardment carried out by Myanmar’s military in Thabeikkyin Township in Mandalay Region of Central Myanmar on April 19, 2025. Getty Images Since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar has experienced prolonged conflict between the Bamar-dominated government and ethnic minority groups, including the Rohingya. The persecution of the Rohingya intensified under the military rule of General Ne Win, who
Genocide Watch
Oct 29
Letter from Human Rights Advocates for Shahriar Kabir
Shahriar Kabir credit: The Telegraph Picture An Open Letter in Defense of Historical Memory, Freedom of Expression, and Shahriar Kabir Issued jointly by Genocide Watch (United States), Chair of the Alliance Against Genocide, together with Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (Canada), European Bangladesh Forum (UK and EU), International Crimes Strategy Forum (United Kingdom), South Asian Democratic Forum (Belgium), NEVER AGAIN Association (Poland), Greek Helsinki
Japanese PM makes offering at war shrine
By The Japan Times October 18, 2026 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual tree stand offering to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday. Credit: JIJI Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual masakaki tree stand offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, the start of its autumn festival. She offered the masakaki in her capacity as prime minister. Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to the Shinto shrine during the three-day festival, w
The Japan Times
Oct 19
Burundi: Commission Accused Of Fueling Hutus-Tutsis Hate
By David Irakoze October 12, 2026 The president of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Pierre Claver Ndayicariye, accompanied by other commissioners, at a site where the human remains of victims of the 1972 massacres were exhumed in northeastern Burundi, May 4, 2021 © SOS Médias Burundi. Bujumbura, October 12, 2026 — The Burundian Parliament has extended the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for another four years, extending its term from Oc
SOS Médias Burundi
Oct 15
German town bans memorials to Nazi victims
By Bethany Bell September 26, 2026 Credit : BBC There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis. Germany's Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a "scandal". Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims
BBC News
Oct 2
North Macedonia's independence should not be commemorated by glorifying war criminals
By Bardhyl Jashari September 6, 2026 Gravestones at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, commemorating 8,372 Bosniak Muslim victims of a massacre committed by Bosnian Serb forces under the command of Ratko Mladić in 1995. Photo by Michael Büker, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Death does not erase the verdict. When a war criminal is placed on a pedestal by government officials, it undermines the dignity of the victims, weakens the rule of law, harms the very idea of North
Global Voices
Sep 16
In El Salvador, mothers desperately search for the disappeared
By Bryan Avelar September 13, 2026 President Nayib Bukele claims that years of gang violence have left 80,000 people missing. However, the Legislative Assembly has rejected a proposed bill centered around the search for the disappeared, leaving families feeling helpless. Forensic criminalist Israel Ticas excavates a clandestine grave in El Salvador. Photo by EL PAÍS USA Edition Shortly after 9:00 p.m. on August 4, 2021, Herbert Argueta got up from the chair where he had spent
EL PAÍS USA Edition
Sep 12
For Nigerian Christians, 9/11/2001 began an Islamist jihad
For Nigerian Christians, 9/11/2001 began an Islamist jihad Truth Nigeria September 11, 2026 Judd Saul brings aid to victims of Islamic terrorist attack. Photo by Masara Kim. By Mike Odeh James (Makurdi, Benue State) Twenty-five years after 19 hijackers killed 2,977 Americans in one morning, Nigeria’s Christians measure their September 11 not as a date but as a status quo. In 1998 Osama bin Laden signed a declaration of war against “Jews and Crusaders.” Crusaders meant Christi
Denial in India: The Tenth Stage of Genocide
In this final part of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series, we explain how Denial enables and continues
Genocide Watch
Aug 25
First Nations call to outlaw residential school denial
Assembly of First Nations calls for criminalization of residential school denialism Jackie McKay July 15, 2026 'It is a shame to live in a country that will not protect our people from hate crimes,' says MKO grand chief Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday. (Pierre-Paul Couture/Radio-Canada) The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed an emergency resolution that calls on Canada to criminalize reside
CBC News
Aug 13
Country Report: Japan July 2026
By Genocide Watch Image by Bloomberg via Getty Images Japan has long practiced historical revisionism regarding their Empire-era atrocities. From the late 1800s to 1945, the Japanese Empire committed numerous war crimes against multiple peoples across the Asia-Pacific region. Often referred to as the Asian Holocaust, these atrocities included genocide and other mass atrocities during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Its actions included, starvation, forced assim
Genocide Watch
Aug 10
