Humanitarian Impact of Afghanistan–Pakistan War
Geneva/Kabul, 4 March 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply concerned about the escalating cross-border hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan and their growing humanitarian impact on civilians and people on the move. Recent hostilities along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border have forced families to flee their homes. Photo: IOM/Mohammad Osman Azizi The ongoing military confrontation along the Durand Line has reportedly resulted in civilian ca
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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Feb 16
Armenian refugees since Azerbaijan's invasion of Artsakh
A Genocide Watch Special Report By Kristie Moore February 11, 2026 A truck with refugees from Artsakh on September 28, 2023. Following the takeover of the region, thousands of refugees were forced out of their homeland overnight. Photograph: Alain Jocard/ AFP via Getty Images Following an Azerbaijani military offensive in September 2023, an estimated 115,000 ethnic Armenians fled Artsakh (often referred to as Nagorno-Karabakh). They included roughly 30,000 children,18,000 peo
Genocide Watch
Feb 11
Humanitarian Crisis Deepens as South Sudan Violence Surges
Humanitarian operations have been impeded by attacks, looting and restrictions on movement. Hunger deepens in South Sudan as fighting cuts off aid to displaced families By Mariamne Everett , Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies Ajok Ding Duot crouches on the dusty floor of a displacement camp in South Sudan’s Lakes State, cracking nuts open one by one. She and her family of 10 arrived here about two weeks ago, fleeing intensifying fighting between government and opposition for
Al Jazeera
Feb 11
UK and France Asylum Deal - Human Rights violations?
Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to end 6 Feb 2026, The Guardian, Diane Taylor The UN has called on the UK and France to halt the controversial “one in, one out” asylum system, warning there could be “serious violations of international human rights law”. Nine experts, including seven special rapporteurs, wrote a 20-page letter to Downing Street and Paris on 8 December 2025 outlining detailed concern
The Guardian
Feb 5
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
Myanmar Genocide Emergency 2026
Rohingya refugees gather in Kutupalong camp to mark the 2nd anniversary of the start of the Myanmar military’s 2017 genocide, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 25, 2019. © 2019 Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters Genocide Emergency: Myanmar January 2026 By Jeanne Macé On September 30, 2025, a “ High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar ” was held on the sidelines of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Genocide Watch urged UN members
Genocide Watch
Jan 27
Syrian army expels Kurds from Aleppo, fights Kurdish forces
People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authorities The Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria . The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid by early af
The Guardian
Jan 13
Genocide in Nigeria 2025: U.S. options to prevent it
Funeral for victims of a Boko Haram jihadist massacre credit: Al Jazeera Genocide in Nigeria 2025 By Greg Stanton, Founding President, Genocide Watch First published in 2024, updated to 2025 The Islamist genocide in Nigeria is now fifteen years old. Since 2012, Genocide Watch has issued Genocide Warnings for Nigeria because of Boko Haram, a terrorist group bent on genocide. It has been the deadliest genocidal group in the world, with at least 27,000 murders. Boko Haram h
Genocide Watch
Dec 10, 2025
UN urges humanitarian corridor to help el-Fasher Civilians
IOM chief calls for ceasefire to allow aid groups to reach Sudanese civilians trapped in war-torn Darfur region. By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours An injured Sudanese woman who fled violence in el-Fasher receives treatment at a makeshift clinic in Tawila, North Darfur, November 3, 2025 [Mohamed Jamal/Reuters] The head of the United Nations’ migration agency has called for a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to help tens of thousands of civilians trapped in el-Fasher , the city
Al Jazeera
Nov 13, 2025
Eritrea Country Report: November 2025
By Grace Harris Members of Eritrea’s armed forces march past a reviewing stand where President Isaias Afwerki and numerous dignitaries and government officials were seated during the official 32nd Anniversary of Independence celebration at the Asmara Stadium on May 24, 2023, in Asmara, Eritrea. © 2024 Photo by J. Countess/Getty Images Eritrea Country Report 2025 By Grace Harris Eritrea was a colony of Italy from 1889 to 1942, annexed by Ethiopia in 1962. It formally gained in
Genocide Watch
Nov 10, 2025
Sudan's RSF Paramilitaries Agree on Humanitarian Ceasefire
By Barbara Plett Usher The paramilitary group, led by Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, has taken the city of el-Fasher after an 18-month siege. Credit- BBC Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has agreed to a proposal from the US for a humanitarian ceasefire, the group said on Thursday. Sudan's military-led government has not yet responded. The RSF issued the statement after seizing the city of el-Fasher in the western Darfur region. Their 18-month siege blocked humanita
BBC News
Nov 7, 2025
