Is Guatemala's Mayan Genocide Continuing Today?
Maya Ixil women lead thousands of people marching for democracy in Guatemala City. Sandra Cuffe Source: Truthout Guatemala´s Indigenous Mayan Communities: Displacement, Cultural Destruction, and the Question of Genocide By Laura Rodriguez Martin, Genocide Watch, June 2026 For over four decades, Guatemala´s Mayan Indigenous communities have been displaced from their ancestral lands, first through massacre and scorched-earth warfare, and more recently through mining concessions
Genocide Watch
Jul 8
Country Report: Romania July 2026
The deportation of Iasi pogrom survivors by Romania's Antonescu Regime in 1941, and the disposal of those who died en route. Credit: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Koln Genocide Watch Country Report: Romania 2026 By Vladimir Kovtun In September 1940, General Ion Antonescu became Prime Minister of Romania, with the support of the fascist Iron Guard movement. Antonescu’s Government from 1940 until 1944 was allied to the Third Reich and directly participated in the Shoah. The Ant
Psychological Toll as Israel Erases Lebanese Villages
By Justin Salhani Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity. Civilians stand outside their homes destroyed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in February 2025 [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military. The Israeli military had recently withd
Al Jazeera
Jul 3
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top Two Million
Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022. A funeral for a Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv last year. Ukrainian forces have suffered 525,000 to 625,000 casualties, the study said. Nicole Tung for the New York Times July 1st 2026 More than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded in the four years that Russia has been waging war against its neighbor, according to a new study, a bleak mil
Rohingya starvation is Myanmar's genocidal state policy
Rohingya Hunger as State Policy: Food Deprivation and the Question of Genocide
Yousuf Syed Khan
Jun 26
UK Foreign Office claims only a court can find "genocide."
Sudan Is The Genocide Which Dares Not Speak Its Name – with warnings ignored by the British Foreign Office – “The world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe” – but where are the protests against the perpetrators. My Call for Blue Helmets; an Arms Embargo Across Sudan; The Imposition of A No Fly Zone; And For War Lords To Face Justice. Jun 26, 2026 [Genocide Watch comments are highlighted in green.} Genocide Watch Report Genocidal RSF reach 500,000 people in El Obeid, Sudan Reb
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Jun 26
Taliban Ban Hazara Mourning Rites in Herat, Afghanistan
By Farhaad June 24, 2026 Mourners walk through a street decorated with religious flags and banners during Muharram observances in Herat. (Photo credit: 8am.media) Local sources in Herat say that the Taliban have not permitted the observance of Tasu’a and Ashura ceremonies in the province, including street processions, chest-beating rituals, and the carrying of religious standards, and have imposed extensive restrictions on mourners. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Wedn
Hasht-e-Subh
Jun 25
Two women killed in peaceful protest in Afghanistan
By Flora Drury & BBC Afghan A woman on the streets of Herat on Monday - a day before the protest Taliban police used live fire to disperse a rare protest against the detention of women accused of violating strict Islamic dress codes in the western Afghan city of Herat, witnesses and protesters said. Medics told the BBC two people died, but did not specify how. A number of others at the protest were injured. Both men and women had taken to the streets days after local Taliban
BBC News
Jun 16
Genocide Watch Manual on Genocide and Genocide Prevention
Genocide Watch wrote a Training Manual on Genocide and Genocide Prevention for the Pan African Lawyers' Union that was used to train over 100 African lawyers in a Workshop held in Arusha,Tanzania in March 2025. The Training Manual was written by the Genocide Watch Legal Team, including Dr. Gregory Stanton, Sanaea Suntok, Brenda Salazar, Emily Mullin, Finia Hilmes, Areeka Khan, Subash Jai Devarage, and Omar Kausar. Members of the Genocide Watch Legal Team have since continue
Genocide Watch
Jun 11
Genocide Watch Ten Stages of Genocide World Map
EXPLANATION OF THE TEN STAGES OF GENOCIDE MAP This map shows the stages of genocide in 2025 in nations monitored by Genocide Watch. On the Genocide Watch website, this map can be found at: https://www.genocidewatch.com/tenstages The shading of each country reflects its current Genocide Alert level as of May 2025. Genocide Watch defines three alert levels: Genocide Watch – (yellow) classification, symbolization, discrimination Genocide Warning – (orange) dehumanization,
Genocide Watch
Jun 10
Tigray mandates mobilization, bans anti-recruitment speech
June 9th 2026 Debretsion Gebremichael, Pre-war council elect President, giving a press conference. (Source Tigray President Office Facebook Page) Addis Abeba – A draft proclamation reportedly prepared by the Legal Standing Committee of the region’s pre-war council, which has recently been reinstated by the TPLF, is drawing scrutiny over provisions that would make military mobilization a legal obligation while imposing harsh penalties on individuals and media organizations acc
Addis Standard
Jun 9
Russia’s Ukraine invasion fails; Putin attacks civilians
June 4th 2026 Russia launched a major bombardment of cities across Ukraine early on June 2, leaving over one hundred civilians dead or wounded. The attack, which focused primarily on Kyiv and Dnipro, was the most recent in a series of deadly overnight bombing raids beginning in early May that have signaled a new phase in Kremlin efforts to target Ukraine’s civilian population amid mounting indications that Russia’s invasion is stalling on the battlefield. The latest Russian a
