Special Report: Poland and Selective Humanitarianism
By Michał Jagielski Genocide Watch Migrants wait at the Polish-Belarusian border on November 18, 2021 in Grodno, Belarus. Thousands of people are trapped in freezing conditions at the Poland-Belarus border. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Poland is not unique in its selective humanitarianism. As the EU’s decision to restrict asylum rights for certain groups showed, the entire continent suffers from a neo-racist attitude towards migrants. However, Poland constit
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Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Syria
By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch Syrian Kurds protesting outside a U.S.-led international coalition base near the Turkish border in Syria. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images A decade after the establishment of CJTF-OIR, it appears that the alliance between the U.S. and the SDF is at an end. Initially, the Kurdish-led forces were the most reliable ally for Washington’s multilayered Syrian policy aimed at countering ISIS and the gr
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Doctors Without Borders: Rape is a weapon of war in Sudan
A temporary clinic in Tawila for people fleeing conflict in Darfur. "There is mounting evidence that rape is being deliberately and systematically used as a weapon of war," says UN Women. © UNFPA Rape is used as a weapon in Sudan's war, doctors group says The Washington Post March 31, 2026 By Evelyne Musambi and Samy Magdy | AP The aid group Doctors Without Border says that sexual violence against women and girls is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan’s fierce conflict b
Hungary's Orbán is defeated after 16 years in power
12 April 2026 Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, addresses after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussion
Genocide Watch: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Genocide Watch: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan by Franzie Schatzl and Grace Harris April 2, 2026 Credit: Wikipedia. Source: CIA Gilgit-Baltistan is in the northernmost corner of Pakistani Kashmir . Gilgit-Baltistan is a Shi’ite region in predominantly Sunni Pakistan. The citizens of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) have no representation in the Pakistani Parliament. Pakistani Kashmir suffers from extreme poverty and underdevelopment, although it is abundant in natural resources. Gilgi
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Under Trump, 46 deportees have died in ICE custody.
Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’ The New York Times March 29, 2026 As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny. The death of Emmanuel Damas, 56, has galvanized opposition to collaboration between ICE and local and state authorities in Boston.Credit ...Sophie Park for The New York Times By Jazmine Ulloa Allison McCann and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Jazmine Ulloa and All
Genocide Warning: Lebanon
Smoke billows after Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Genocide Warning: Lebanon March 2026 By Genocide Watch Hezbollah is a genocidal terrorist organization. Like its Iranian sponsors, Hezbollah openly declares its intention to destroy the nation of Israel, a policy of genocide. Since October 7, 2023, Hezbollah has launched over 10,000 attacks against Israel, including nightly missile
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Mar 25
Hindutva & Zionism: Ideologies of Exclusion
Hindutva & Zionism: Exclusionary Religion, Racism, and Nationalism A Formula for Forced Displacement and Genocide By Areeka Khan, Genocide Watch March 2026 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: SAM FINE/PHOTOS VIA GETTY IMAGES This report examines the historical origins and social impact of Hindutva in India and Zionism in Israel and Palestine. It explores how these ideologies shape national identity, citizenship, and belonging, and how they produce, sustain, and justify exclusion, forced disp
How Russia Seeks to Resolve the“Ukrainian Question"
A Russian tank drives past destroyed residential buildings in Popasna, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine . Source: Radio Free Europe, credit: Alexander Ermochenko (Reuters) The publication "How the Russian Federation Seeks to Resolve the “Ukrainian Question”. Certain Indicators of Genocide by the Russian Federation in the Context of Its Armed Aggression against Ukraine" is an analytical study produced by the Luhansk Regional Human Rights Centre Alternative (LRHRC Alter
Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon
Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of ‘deliberately terrorising civilian populations’ across Lebanon. First responders evacuate a body from the site of an Israeli attack in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 6, 2026 [AFP] Israel is exporting its “Gaza playbook” to Lebanon, a nonprofit group has warned, as the Israeli military continues to attack the country after ordering the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians. Medical Aid fo
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Mar 8
France Grants Safe Haven To Anti-Kremlin Couple Detained By ICE
Tens of thousands of Russians have applied for political asylum in the United States since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Many detainees have been subjected to arbitrary detention (Michael M. Santiago) France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russi
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Kosovo Retrial Finds Serb Ex-Policeman Guilty Of Massacre
A Pristina court for a second time found Muhamet Alidemaj, a former Serbian policeman, guilty of war crimes in the village of Izbice, where 130 men were shot dead in March 1999. Muhamet Alidemaj in court in Pristina on February 2, 2026. Photo: BIRN. After a retrial, Pristina Basic Court on Monday sentenced Muhamet Alidemaj, a former Serbian policeman, to 13 years’ imprisonment for participating in a massacre at Izbice during the Kosovo war in March 1999. Alidemaj had pleaded
