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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

South & Southeast Asia: The Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation   By Juliana Girotto, Genocide Watch March 2026 Activists carry banners to commemorate International Women’s Day. Toto Santiko Budi/Shutterstock The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently released a call to action surrounding the medicalization of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Asia-Pacific region. FGM can be defined as “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female extern

Translation of Ten Stages of Genocide into Punjabi   Source article in English by Dr. Gregory H. Stanton translated by Jaspreet Singh   The Golden Temple, or Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar photo© Tigerbarb/Shutterstock.com ਨਸਲਕੁਸ਼ੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆਵਾਦ (Process of Genocide)  ਨਸਲਕੁਸ਼ੀ ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਦੱਸ ਪੜਾਅ   ਵਿੱਚ ਵਿਕਸਿਤ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਪੜਾਅ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਅੱਗੇ-ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹੋ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਨ ਪਰ ਲਾਜ਼ਮੀ ਨਹੀਂ। ਹਰ ਪੜਾਅ 'ਤੇ ਰੋਕਥਾਮੀ ਕਦਮ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਰੋਕਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਿਆ ਸਿੱਧੀ ਰੇਖਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਚਲਦੀ;

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The Wire Not wholly in jest, I tell my friends that in today’s India, the Mahatma would be stoned to death for his views on Muslims and...