Is Morality Dead on Arrival?
Is morality dead on arrival? Independent Catholic News April 9, 2026 By Rebecca Tinsley Until recently, nations gave lip service to international laws that classified certain actions during conflict - attacking hospitals and essential civilian infrastructure like power generation and desalination plants - as illegal. Such attacks might only be lawful if the military advantage gained outweighed the loss of civilian life. The problem arose - vexing politicians, military leaders
Genocide Watch
Apr 10
ICE Arrests Without Criminal Convictions Increased Eightfold
Immigration arrests of people without criminal convictions have increased eightfold under Trump, report says. The rise is related to the steep increase in the number of immigration-related street arrests, according to an analysis using ICE data by UC Berkeley. April 8, 2026 By Daniella Silva An ICE agent's badge in St. Paul, Minn., in December. Bill Angelucci / NBC News Arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions by ICE have surged 770%, while street arrests saw a more
NBC News
Apr 8
Genocide Watch: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Genocide Watch: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan by Franzie Schatzl and Grace Harris April 2, 2026 Credit: Wikipedia. Source: CIA Gilgit-Baltistan is in the northernmost corner of Pakistani Kashmir . Gilgit-Baltistan is a Shi’ite region in predominantly Sunni Pakistan. The citizens of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) have no representation in the Pakistani Parliament. Pakistani Kashmir suffers from extreme poverty and underdevelopment, although it is abundant in natural resources. Gilgi
Genocide Watch
Apr 2
Under Trump, 46 deportees have died in ICE custody.
Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’ The New York Times March 29, 2026 As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny. The death of Emmanuel Damas, 56, has galvanized opposition to collaboration between ICE and local and state authorities in Boston.Credit ...Sophie Park for The New York Times By Jazmine Ulloa Allison McCann and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Jazmine Ulloa and All
Genocide Warning: Lebanon
Smoke billows after Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, March 6, 2026. credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Genocide Warning: Lebanon March 2026 By Genocide Watch Hezbollah is a genocidal terrorist organization. Like its Iranian sponsors, Hezbollah openly declares its intention to destroy the nation of Israel, a policy of genocide. Since October 7, 2023, Hezbollah has launched over 10,000 attacks against Israel, including nightly missile
Genocide Watch
Mar 25
Israel extending ‘Gaza playbook’ to Lebanon
Medical Aid for Palestinians accuses Israel of ‘deliberately terrorising civilian populations’ across Lebanon. First responders evacuate a body from the site of an Israeli attack in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on March 6, 2026 [AFP] Israel is exporting its “Gaza playbook” to Lebanon, a nonprofit group has warned, as the Israeli military continues to attack the country after ordering the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians. Medical Aid fo
Al Jazeera
Mar 8
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
Anna Smolchenko | AFP
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
