Amnesty: Argentina’s AI Surveillance is Social Control
Amnesty International decries Argentina’s expanding AI surveillance as tool of social control Tiana Nowzari | Lincoln Alexander School of Law, CA August 21, 2026 Neslihan_Turan, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Argentina of building techno-authoritarian surveillance infrastructure without adequate legal safeguards, as the government’s newly created AI security unit expands state monitoring powers over citizens’ online communications and ph
Jurist News
Aug 25
Tajikistan and the Weaponization of Trauma Narratives
By: Genocide Watch A protest in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe before the country's civil war. (Source: RFE/RL) Located in Central Asia, Tajikistan continues to navigate the aftermath of Civil War (1992-1997), which resulted in the loss and displacement of thousands of civilians. The Civil War’s widespread devastation, along with other internal issues (poverty, economic stagnation, internal division, and longstanding corruption), continues to plague the State today—particularl
Genocide Watch
Aug 24
Country Report: The Gambia August 2026
An anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) protester outside the National Assembly in Banjul.
Genocide Watch
Aug 24
Reshaping Europe Through Parliament
By: Alexander Smith Far-right Patriots for Europe group meets in Madrid, February 8-9, 2025. (X/Viktor Orban). The far right has resurged across Europe. Over the past decade, the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) after a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment; the National Front in France took more than 100 seats in the French parliament; Germany's right-wing became the second largest party in its parliament; dissatisfaction with mainstream governments surged across the c
Genocide Watch
Aug 23
West Africa Monthly Report: July 2026
West Africa in July 2026 saw worsening political repression, conflict, human-rights abuses and drug-related crises, alongside severe flooding and health challenges, while some countries made progress in healthcare and vaccination.
Genocide Watch
Aug 22
Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide
A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat.
Al Jazeera
Aug 22
