Cultural Genocide

40 Children Abducted as Boko Haram Kills Eight in Borno

Gunmen stormed a primary and junior secondary school in Mussa, while coordinated assaults on nearby Christian communities left eight people dead. By Luka Binniyat & Sulieman Ayuba Armed insurgents abducted 40 schoolchildren — including children under the age of five — during a Friday morning raid on Mussa town in Askira/Uba County, local officials told TruthNigeria. The attack came just hours after coordinated assaults on nearby Christian communities left eight people dead. T

TruthNigeria

2 days ago

Special Report: Colombian Community Leaders at Risk

By Juliana Girotto Genocide Watch Legislators hold photographs of social leaders who have been killed as Colombia's congress opens its new session ahead of the inauguration of leftist President-elect Gustavo Petro, in Bogota, Colombia July 20, 2022. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights In 2024, the South American nation of Colombia saw an average of 16 community leaders killed each month, resulting in a total of 186 documented murders in 2024, or 23

Genocide Watch

Apr 26

Israeli settlers block Palestinian kids’ path to school

Palestinian students walk to school using an alternative route that is nearly twice as long because a fence separates their village from the nearby Israeli settlement of Carmel, near the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Associated Press April 15, 2026 By SAM METZ and JALAL BWAITEL RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hajar and Rashid Hathaleen have always walked to school from their neighborhood on the outskirts of Umm al-Khair. But

Associated Press

Apr 15

China Accused of Erasing Mongolian Culture Online

By: Charlotte Lam When the Mongolian language started to disappear from classrooms in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China's north, many turned to the internet to keep their language and culture alive. A new investigation shows those remaining online spaces are being targeted by the Chinese government. Photo by BYAMBASUREN BYAMBA-OCHIR/AFP via Getty Images The Chinese government is targeting Mongolian language and culture in certain online spaces, systematically di

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Feb 11

Genocide Emergency: Xinjiang, China 2025

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

Genocide Watch

Dec 20, 2025

Cultural Genocide and the Kurdish Struggle in Iran

By Michał Jagielski Protesters hold up a placard reading "Stop Execution in Iran" as they take part in a rally in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 22, 2022. Iran executed four Kurds by hanging on Jan. 29, 2024, having found them guilty of charges of collaborating with Israel. Photograph: AFP The Kurds, along with other ethnic minorities in Iran, have been suffering from systemic attempts by the state to limit their autonomy and forcefully assimilate them into the dominant Iranian cultur

Genocide Watch

Nov 7, 2025