'It's Not A War Crime If It Was Fun.' : Russian General
Radio Free Europe February 20th, 2026 Major General Roman Demurchiev has served as commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, fighting in Ukraine. On October 18, 2022, roughly eight months after Russia launched its all-out war on Ukraine, a high-ranking Russian officer texted several messages to his wife and several acquaintances back home in Russia. The officer, then-Colonel Roman Demurchiev, commander of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, bragged about how his so
Genocide Watch
Feb 23
Pakistan’s Punjab police kill 900 people in eight months
By Abid Hussain Human rights report alleges record extrajudicial killings by Punjab’s police unit set up to combat organised crime. Pakistan's foremost rights group HRCP has alleged that Punjab's specialised police unit has killed more than 900 people in what it termed 'extrajudicial encounters' [Mohsin Raza/Reuters] Islamabad, Pakistan – When armed officers from Pakistan’s Crime Control Department raided Zubaida Bibi’s home in Bahawalpur city in southern Punjab province las
Al Jazeera
Feb 19
Mass Deportations Are Crimes Against Humanity
President Donald Trump…credit: Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Mass deportations violate U.S. and international law. They’re also crimes against humanity. By Dr. Gregory H Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch President Trump’s order to arrest and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of refugees, violates US obligations under the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees. The US Senate ratified that treaty unanimously in 1968. 147
Genocide Watch
Feb 1
Fifteen Below Zero
A protester facing down Customs and Border Protection officers during a demonstration over the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents, Minneapolis, January 24, 2026 Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu/Getty Images Fifteen Below Zero The New York Review of Books January 30, 2026 Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein Up against the delirious scale of Operation Metro Surge, ordinary people juggle daily life with looking out for each other however they can. Driving to St. Paul from the airport you
Genocide Watch
Jan 30
US’s & UK’s 1953 Iranian Coup: A Cautionary Tale
By Michał Jagielski Pahlavi’s name is on the lips of many protesters, who chant that they want the “shah” back. | John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images On December 28, 2025, Iranians began widespread protests against the Islamic theocratic regime’s mismanagement of the country’s economy. Food prices had surged by 72% compared to the previous year. Inflation hovered around 40% . The Iranian rial continued to lose value monthly. The government responded with a brutal crackdown
Genocide Watch
Jan 28
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 2 Million
The New York Times January 27, 2025 By Helene Cooper The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting. The funeral of a Ukrainian soldier in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, last year. The latest accounting of casualties came after talks among Russian, Ukrainian and American officials ended on Saturday on a rare positive note. Credit: Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times The number of Russian and Ukrainian troops killed, wound
Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000
by Kay Armin Serjoie, Roxana Saberi, and Fatemeh Jamalpour Candles are placed next to printed portraits of some of the civilians killed in protests in Iran on Jan. 24, in Inner Alster, Hamburg.Gregor Fischer—AP As many as 30,000 people could have been killed in the streets of Iran on Jan. 8 and 9 alone, two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health told TIME—indicating a dramatic surge in the death toll. So many people were slaughtered by Iranian security services
TIME (Time Magazine)
Jan 26
Iran Under Brutal Dictatorship: Nation Silenced by Force
By Raziya Masumi Since December 2025, Iran has witnessed a new wave of protests that initially emerged from the country’s working class. What began as labor-centered demonstrations soon evolved into a nationwide social movement. Workers, facing chronic economic hardship, unpaid wages, inflation, and deteriorating living conditions, raised their voices to demand fundamental rights. However, these demands rapidly transcended economic grievances and turned into broader calls for
Raziya Masumi
Jan 20
Trump Tests Boundaries of his Power in Minnesota
By Tom Bateman January 18, 2026 BBC accompanies ICE observer on the lookout for agents in Minneapolis With 1,500 troops reportedly on standby to deploy to Minnesota, tensions are rising in the state as protests continue against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. US officials say they are targeting the "worst of the worst" but critics warn migrants with no criminal record and US citizens are being detained, too. "It could be anybody," says Sunshine, as she drives around her
BBC News
Jan 19
Statement on the Brutal ICE Murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Released on January 15, 2025 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is deeply alarmed and saddened by the state-sanctioned murder of Renee Nicole Good, 37, on 7 January 2026 by an Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ms. Good was a U.S. citizen. She leaves behind her wife and three children. We extend our deepest condolences to the Good family and condemn state violence against civilians in all its forms. Ms.
Lemkin Institute
Jan 15
Iran protests: What we know so far
Protests began over the fall in value of the currency have grown into wider demonstrations and calls for the fall of Iran’s clerical establishment By Kate Lamb Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, 9 January 2026. Photograph: AP Escalating protests have swept through Iran in recent weeks, sparked by an economic crisis that has evolved into a widespread anti-government movement, and one of the most destabilising episodes of unrest the Iranian reg
The Guardian
Jan 14
Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran
As many as 3,000 feared dead as witnesses describe government forces firing on unarmed protesters. By Erika Solomon , Farnaz Fassihi , Sanam Mahoozi and Sanjana Varghese An image taken from social media and verified by The New York Times shows people looking for relatives as bodies piled up outside Tehran’s forensics laboratory on Sunday.Credit ...via Reuters As the Iranian authorities impose a near-total communication blackout on a country convulsed by mass protests, videos
New York Times 1
Jan 13
