Gulf States: Migrant Workers’ Heat Protections Fall Short
By Human Rights Watch June 23, 2026 Exposure to Extreme Temperatures, Health Risks, Death Construction workers in Doha, Qatar, November 16, 2022. Credit: Human Rights Watch, © 2022 ddp images via AP Photo (Beirut) – Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer without adequate occupational health and safety protections as temperatures soar to dangerous levels, Human Rights Watch said today. Migrant workers, particularly o
Human Rights Watch
Jun 28
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 25
Power Cuts Lead Millions of Yemenis to Suffer Extreme Heat
By Saeed Al Batati June 8, 2026 Millions of Yemenis grapple with a heatwave as power cuts add to the suffering of people in the war-torn nation. Salah Mohammed holds his shirt open and fans himself with a piece of cardboard during prolonged power cuts in Yemen's port city of Mukalla, where he and his wife often struggle to sleep amid scorching heat and high humidity. Credit: Al Jazeera Mukalla, Yemen – Yemen is sweltering under a heatwave as temperatures soar above a blisteri
Al Jazeera
Jun 23
Qatar Punishes Criticism of its Abuse of World Cup Workers
By Abdullah Ibhais June 8, 2026 The 2022 football tournament cost me my freedom for three years. This year, I’ve lost my passport, safety and perhaps more Abdullah Ibhais: 'Four years on, I thought I would be free to speak about what happened to workers and me at the Qatar tournament. I was wrong.’; Credit: The Guardian What I saw in a town called Al-Shahaniyah on the outskirts of Doha, the capital of Qatar, seven years ago broke every rule and human right in the book. Desper
The Guardian
Jun 23
UN Calls for Peace and Reduction of Hunger in Yemen
By the United Nations June 16, 2026 Top UN officials called for bolstered efforts to stave off rising hunger and foster a path towards permanent peace in Yemen as they briefed the Security Council Tuesday morning. Displaced women and girls attend a class in Yemen. Credit: UNDP Addressing the 15-member Council about the current situation on the ground, UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said that while the 2022 truce between the Houthi rebels and the government continue
United Nations
Jun 18
Qatar: New Efforts to Deport Baha’i Leaders
By Human Rights Watch June 14, 2026 Longstanding Repression of Religious Minority The Ministry of Interior Office in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2021. Credit: Shutterstock (Beirut) – The Qatari authorities since March 2026 have ordered at least four people with roles in key institutions of the minority Baha’i religion to leave the country, Human Rights Watch said today, based on information from informed sources. The four were ordered to leave without due process and with no legal pa
Human Rights Watch
Jun 16
Afghan Deportations by Pakistan and Iran
The Human Rights Implications of Afghan Deportations by Pakistan and Iran By Juliana Girotto Afghans pictured on 1 November at the Chaman camp on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, on their enforced journey back to their homeland. Photograph: Habibullah Achakzai/AP The mass deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan in 2025 has created a significant human rights crisis, raising concerns about violations of international protection standards and the safety of people r
Genocide Watch
May 27
Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Iraq
By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch The flags of Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, and the United States. File photo: Rudaw At various stages, the Kurdish community of Iraq was one of Washington’s most important regional allies. The KDP and PUK joined American wars, opposed the Baathist regime, and stood at the front lines against ISIS. Despite their commitment and immense sacrifices, they never became equals in the eyes of American policymakers.
Genocide Watch
May 6
Genocide Warning: Trump’s Threats Against Iran
April 2026 By Grace Harris US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the White House in Washington on April 6, 2026.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters On April 7, 2026, United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump shared a threat that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in a post on Truth Social. This rhetoric goes far beyond threats of traditional warfare and denotes an explicit threat of civilizational devastation. In writing t
Genocide Watch
Apr 27
UN Experts Warn Gaza Genocide Extends into West Bank
27 April 2026 By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch © UNICEF/Alaa Badarneh Members of a family flee Jenin due to an escalation of violence. On Friday March 7, 2026, a distinguished group of United Nations experts warned that the genocide in Gaza is extending into the West Bank, as violence and Israeli military operations escalate across the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The warning came amid growing alarm over conditions in Jerusalem and the wider West Bank, where th
Genocide Watch
Apr 27
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Takes Power in Iran
By Juliana Girotto Genocide Watch IRGC military personnel at a military rally in Tehran, Iran, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via AP) Recent evidence suggests that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has consolidated power in Iran. With the IRGC now functioning as the dominant governing authority, the situation in Iran represents a shift from theocracy to militarized rule, with significant implications for civilian protection, political re
Genocide Watch
Apr 26
UK unit tracking Israel breaches of international law closed after cuts
UK Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cuts The Guardian, Patrick Wintour and Sinéad Campbell, 23 April 2026 Destroyed buildings in Gaza. Photograph: NurPhoto EXCLUSIVE: OFFICIALS WARN DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO LOSE ACCESS TO DATABASE OF 26,000 VERIFIED INCIDENTS DUE TO CUTS The Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza and more recently Lebanon has been closed because of cuts with
The Guardian
Apr 22
