LGBTQI+ Persecution: The Global Genocide of Gay People
Cultural or state-led killings of gay people constitute Stage 9: Extermination in Genocide Watch's Ten Stages of Genocide.
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How Russia’s Wagner Group Is Fueling Terrorism in Africa
Moscow’s scramble for valuable resources has come at the cost of regional security. By Colin P. Clarke, the director of research at the...
Somalia Genocide and Famine Warning
Al-Shabaab militants fly the ISIS flag in Somalia Credit: ModernDiplomacy Somalia Genocide and Famine Warning December 2022 Since the...
Islamic State claims to have killed 125 people in 2 months
The Islamic State announced the largest number of operations it has so far carried out in the span of two months in the countryside of...
ISIS fighters terrorize northern Mozambique
R.A., 16, bears the scars of his torture by Islamic State militants after they overran his village near Pemba, Mozambique, a few years...
More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN
More than 200,000 Yazidi survivors are still displaced from their homes in Iraq since the 2014 genocide at the hands of IS Reza /...
Sikh Temple Attacked by ISIS in Kabul
ISLAMABAD -- The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul that killed...
Afghanistan: At Least 10 Killed in Explosion at Kabul Mosque
Dozens of Afghan civilians have been killed in recent weeks in blasts, some of which have been claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group. A...
First Trial for Genocide Against Yazidis Set to Conclude
By Sandrine Amiel FILE: At the opening of the trial, defendant Taha Al-J. covers his face with a folder in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday,...
ISIS Attacks Kill Three Generations of One Afghan Family
Over two weeks, the Rajabis suffered loss after loss as suicide attacks on Shiite mosques in two parts of the country ravaged their...
Nadia Murad: ISIS slaughtered my Yazidi community
We don't want your pity -- we want justice. Opinion by Nadia Murad Updated 1452 GMT (2252 HKT) August 16, 2021 Nadia Murad is a Yazidi...
Iraq rejects Kurdish attempts to establish court for ISIS crimes
© 2021 RUDAW 27-06-2021 Khazan Jangiz Iraq Federal Supreme Court rejects Kurdish attempts to establish court for ISIS crimes © Image...
USCIRF APPLAUDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ
© 2021 The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2021 USCIRF Praises Additional...
Is Islamic State rebuilding in Syrian desert?
Hardly a day passes without the Islamic State carrying out an attack against government forces and their allied militias in the Syrian...
Ten mine-clearing workers killed in Afghanistan gun attack
Another 16 wounded when gunmen raided a compound of the HALO Trust charity in northern Baghlan province. The coffins of the victims in...
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