Country Report: Germany August 2026
By: Alexander Smith Supporters of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) wave flags as they take part in an AfD campaign rally in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Image: Reuters/Christian Mang. Germany’s history of genocide began during its colonial rule of German South West Africa (GSWA), which Germany acquired at the Berlin Conference. Settlers forcibly took indigenous lands, massacred those that resisted German rule, established labor camps, and rape
Genocide Watch
Aug 6
Securitization and Radicalization in France
Part Two: How Securitization Drives Radicalization By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch The mother of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent who died in 2023 after being shot by a policeman, on top of a van during a demonstration in Nanterre (France). Photo by Bertrand Guay (AFP) Introduction France has a well-resourced approach to combat radicalism through educating students to value France's republican values, French secularism, and laïcité (in layman’s terms, freed
Exclusion and Radicalization in France
Part One: Context on France’s Muslim Community By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch French Muslim woman debates Rally National Leader Marine Le Pen on the issue of the hijab. Image - Associated Press Introduction The Muslim community in France consists mainly of immigrants from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and other parts of northwestern Africa) and their descendants. Over the past few decades, the community's significant growth has coincided with an uptick in incid
Extermination in India: The Ninth Stage of Genocide
In part nine of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series, we explain how the ninth stage/process of genocide, Extermination, is occurring in India. A policeman looks on as a row of shops burns in Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Credit: AFP India has a history of genocides, including between 200,000 and two million killings during Partition in 1947. At this stage, the killing legally defined as genocide occurs. Perpetrators do not view their victims as fully human.
Genocide Watch
May 13
Israel's Death Penalty Violates ICCPR & Israel's Basic Law
Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners campaigned on a promise to execute Palestinian militants.Credit...Erik Marmor/Getty Images Genocide Emergency Alert: Israel’s Death Penalty Law Violates International Law and Israel’s Basic Law Israel has executed only two convicted criminals since 1948. The first was Meir Tobianski, executed in 1948 for treason, who was posthumously exonerated. The second was Adolf Eichmann, executed in
Genocide Watch
May 9
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
Israel's Death Penalty Violates Israel's Basic Law
Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners had campaigned on a promise to execute Palestinian militants.Credit ...Erik Marmor/Getty Images Genocide Emergency Alert: Israel’s Death Penalty Law Violates International Law and Israel’s Basic Law Israel has executed only two convicted criminals since 1948. The first was Meir Tobianski, executed in 1948 for treason, who was posthumously exonerated. The second was Adolf Eichmann, execute
Genocide Watch
Apr 15
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
Persecution in India: The Eighth Stage of Genocide
In part eight of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the eighth process/stage of genocide, Persecution, is occurring in India. Pawan Pandit, a cow vigilante, stops a truck at a road block near Chandigarh, India [File: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters] Persecution is the stage when the state or state-endorsed perpetrators commit destructive acts against a targeted victim group. The group’s human rights are violated through extrajudicial killings, the expropria
Genocide Watch
Mar 30
Preparation in India: the Seventh Stage of Genocide
In part seven of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the seventh process/stage of genocide, Preparation, is occurring in India. RSS exercising with their trademark sticks. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/Reuters Preparation is the stage when group leaders plan massacres and genocide. The Nazi Holocaust followed meticulous planning. Ambiguous language is usually used to mask the genocidal nature of these plans. Genocidal plans are often referred to by euphemi
Genocide Watch
Feb 22
Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court
Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws. Friday 13 February 2026, The Independent, Holly Bancroft Palestine Action ’s ban under terrorism legislation has been ruled unlawful by the High Court in a humiliating blow for the government. Huda Ammori, co-founder of the group, hailed the outcome as a “monumental victory” in her case against the Home Office. Since the proscriptio
The Independent
Feb 12
Polarization in India: the Sixth Stage of Genocide
Crowd in India during electoral campaign. source: Getty Images VI. Polarization In part six of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series, we explain how the sixth stage of genocide, Polarization , is occurring in India. To effectively organize genocidal violence, the state and hate groups amplify the differences between the target group and the majority group. This results in the “otherization” and social isolation of the targeted group. This process takes place mainly
Genocide Watch
Oct 1, 2025
