GENOCIDE  WATCH

An Iranian flag is placed among the ruins of a police station destroyed during the U.S.-Israeli military campaign in Tehran on March 3. (Vahid Salemi/The Associated Press) Why the Israeli and US War in Iran and Lebanon is “Not Europe’s War” April 17, 2026 By Jeanne Macé and Alžběta Frommerová   Since the launch of the Israel and US war against Iran on February 28, 2026, European countries have been exposed to the consequences of a conflict they neither initiated nor sought to

A temporary clinic in Tawila for people fleeing conflict in Darfur. "There is mounting evidence that rape is being deliberately and systematically used as a weapon of war," says UN Women. © UNFPA Rape is used as a weapon in Sudan's war, doctors group says The Washington Post March 31, 2026   By Evelyne Musambi and Samy Magdy | AP The aid group Doctors Without Border says that sexual violence against women and girls is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan’s fierce conflict b

Palestinian students walk to school using an alternative route that is nearly twice as long because a fence separates their village from the nearby Israeli settlement of Carmel, near the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair, Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Associated Press April 15, 2026 By SAM METZ and JALAL BWAITEL RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hajar and Rashid Hathaleen have always walked to school from their neighborhood on the outskirts of Umm al-Khair. But

Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners had campaigned on a promise to execute Palestinian militants.Credit ...Erik Marmor/Getty Images Genocide Emergency Alert: Israel’s Death Penalty Law Violates International Law and Israel’s Basic Law   Israel has executed only two convicted criminals since 1948. The first was Meir Tobianski, executed in 1948 for treason, who was posthumously exonerated. The second was Adolf Eichmann, execute

By Talia Sasson The prickly pear cactus, a widely recognized symbol in Palestinian culture, representing steadfastness and the ability to survive prolonged hardship while remaining rooted to the land, even in harsh conditions .Credit- Valerio Muscella The Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, last week passed a law allowing the hanging of Palestinians convicted of killings during militant attacks, using language that effectively exempts Jewish perpetrators of nationalistic violen

Up to 200 civilians killed in Nigeria after air force 'misfire' on market Associated Press April 13, 2026 Civilian patients in   hospital in Yobe state, northeast Nigeria wounded in Nigerian Air Force strike ostensibly aimed at Boko Haram terrorists.  Copyright AP Photo   By  Gavin Blackburn   Such "misfires" are common in Nigeria, where the military often conducts air raids to battle armed groups who control vast forest enclaves. A Nigerian Air Force strike targeting jihadis