Peru forced sterilisations case: ‘They could get away with it’
Victims of mass forced sterilisations in the 1990s fear upcoming Peru presidential runoff results could close door to justice. Women hold...
Al Jazeera
May 21, 2021
OAS Court Orders Protection for Honduran Trans People
Outraged by a long-ignored slaying in Honduras, lawyers are urging a human rights court in Central America to force governments to better...
New York Times 1
May 9, 2021
Former LRA leader, ex-child soldier, Dominic Ongwen sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment
A former leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, who himself had been abducted by the rebel group as a child, was sentenced...
Genocide Watch
May 6, 2021
Sexual Assault in Cameroon’s Anglophone Southwest
Women in conflict-hit Northwest and Southwest regions speak of a pervasive fear of sexual assault and violence perpetrated by armed...
Al Jazeera
Apr 29, 2021
LGBTQ South Africans Demand Justice After Hate Crime Wave
Four gay men have been murdered in South Africa in less than a month. Getty Images By OLIVER HAUG | April 21, 2021 Lonwabo Jack, a...
Genocide Watch
Apr 22, 2021
Genocide Watch Condemns Attacks on Asian Americans
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Genocide Watch condemns hateful attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Former...
Genocide Watch
Apr 13, 2021
Cameroon: Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far North
Boost Civilian Protection, Monitor Troops’ Conduct (Nairobi) – The Islamist armed group Boko Haram has stepped up attacks on civilians in...
Human Rights Watch
Apr 6, 2021
'They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
Rape is being used as a weapon as fighting rages in remote parts of Tigray region. “Even if we had shouted,” one woman said, “there was...
Genocide Watch
Apr 1, 2021
Turkey pulls out of treaty protecting women from violence
Some politicians have attacked the charter saying it damages family unity, encourages divorce and acceptance of the LGBTQ community....
Al Jazeera
Mar 20, 2021
Timestream: Yazidi Persecution and Genocide
Genocide Watch staff have published the sixteenth Timestream in a series of critical genocides in the world. This Timestream covers...
Genocide Watch
Mar 18, 2021
Fleeing the horrors of war in Mozambique
Some people rub their stomachs and talk of their hunger. Others describe burnt villages, abducted relatives, and the agonies of long...
BBC News
Mar 13, 2021
Underreported and Unpunished, Femicides in El Salvador Continue
Originally published March 5, 2021 In one of the most dangerous Latin American countries to be a woman, lockdown measures exposed...
