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
Alliance Against Genocide
2 days ago
Authorities arrest main suspect in Baniyas mass killings
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu 15 October, 2026 Syrian officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as he tried to cross the border, SANA reports. Several former officials from the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been arrested since he was toppled in December 2024 [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP] Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, acco
Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu
3 days ago
Genocide Reparations Forum Asks Germany Not To Pursue
By Nishi Felton 10 October 2026 The Genocide Reparations Advocacy Forum (Graf) has called on German civil societies to stand against the 2021 joint declaration, a bilateral government agreement addressing the 1904-1908 genocide against Ovaherero and Nama people. Source: The Namibian The forum, established in June, issued their statement on Saturday in advance of a plenary debate in the German Bundestag (parliament) to finalise the joint declaration. “The debate must lead to a
The Namibian
Oct 15
The Human And Political Choices Behind AI Warfare
By Antony Loewenstein October 2, 2026 Israel's war on Gaza has become a testing ground for AI-enabled warfare. But behind the algorithms, data systems and targeting tools are people making decisions. Gaza is an AI-enabled genocide. But more importantly, humans are ultimately making the decision about who lives and dies. The AI apocalypse in warfare may be coming, but I want people to think more about the humans who are behind warfare now and in the future. I've written about
The New Arab
Oct 6
Bosnia Dismisses Two Soldiers for Glorifying Ratko Mladic
By Dragana Erjavec September 24, 2026 Defence Ministry terminates contracts of two soldiers who honoured the legacy of convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal. Credit: EPA/FEHIM DEMIR. Bosnia’s Defence Minister Zukan Helez on Thursday officially signed the dismissal papers of two soldiers following an internal probe into “ethno-nationalist misconduct” within the Armed Forces. The two were part of a broader group of 37 military personnel Helez reported to the Prosecutor’s Office o
Balkan Insight
Sep 24
Country report: Russia August 2026
By Alexander Smith A firefighter works at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine. September 21, 2023. Image: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko. Russia has a long history of documented persecution of ethnic minorities and societal dissidents. Imperial Russia organized anti-Jewish pogroms. According to the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, the Soviet Union committed a genocide against Ukrainians dur
Genocide Watch
Aug 11
DRC Takes Rwanda to International Court of Justice
By Emery Makumeno June 26, 2026 The M23 rebels have captured huge tracts of DR Congo's east The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. In a statement, DR Congo said Rwanda had dispatched forces and backed armed groups to carry out unlawful military operations on its territory following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On Friday, Congolese Justice M
BBC News
Jul 29
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
Sexual Violence and Bodily Autonomy in Palestine
By Grace Harris and Franzie Schatzl Israeli soldiers standing guard in an alleyway in Hebron, West Bank. Photograph: Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images Sexual and gender-based violence is pervasive in conflict today. Conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) includes crimes such as rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, sterilization, forced marriage, and other acts of a similar nature perpetrated against people in a conflict-related setting.
Genocide Watch
Jul 2
Country Report: Latvia June 2026
A Soviet military monument is dismantled in Riga in August 2022. (Ints Kalinis, Reuters) Latvia Country Report June 2026 By Vladimir Kovtun Latvia has a long history of foreign rule, most notably under the Russian Empire (1721-1918) and the Soviet Union (1940-1991). This longstanding sociopolitical connection with Russia has created serious animosity between Russians and Latvians, primarily because of Russia’s Russification policy and Soviet era repression of dissidents. Lat
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
