By Faisal Ali Report finds paramilitary group responsible for vast majority of attacks as conflict devastates civilian population. The report documents systematic sexual violence against women in Sudan [File: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters] A women’s rights organisation has documented nearly 1,300 cases of endemic sexual and gender-based violence across war-torn Sudan, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) blamed for the overwhelming majority of attacks. The Strategic

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses his supporters at a ceremony marking the third anniversary of the attempted coup. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters The systemic oppression of Kurdish people in Turkiye dates back to the creation of the Turkish Republic. The Kurds have faced mass murders, deportations, wrongful arrests for expressing their identity, and political repression in the form of detaining democratically-elected members of the pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy P

Funeral for victims of a Boko Haram jihadist massacre credit: Al Jazeera Genocide in Nigeria 2025 By Greg Stanton, Founding President, Genocide Watch First published in 2024, updated to 2025   The Islamist genocide in Nigeria is now fifteen years old. Since 2012, Genocide Watch has issued Genocide Warnings for Nigeria because of Boko Haram, a terrorist group bent on genocide.  It has been the deadliest genocidal group in the world, with at least 27,000 murders.  Boko Haram h

India Must Accept Responsibility for Its 1984 Sikh Genocide Time Magazine   October 31, 2014   Members of the Sikh community hold aloft a banner calling for the 1984 storming of Sikhism's holiest shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar, by Indian troops, to be recognised as genocide as they join a demonstration in central London on June 8, 2014, to mark the 30th anniversary of the assault known as Operation Blue Star.LEON NEAL—AFP/Getty Images   By Simran Jeet Singh 1984 remain

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;

Sudan Doctors Network says ‘deliberate suicide-drone attacks’ targeted a kindergarten and several civilian facilities. Dec. 5, 2025 Members of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stand in front of the main gate of the 22nd Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Infantry Division, in Babanusa, Sudan, on December 1, 2025 [Social Media/via Reuters]. The death toll from Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on a kindergarten and other sites in the city of Kalogi in South Kordofan s

With the rise of the digital era emerges the opportunity for governments to manipulate technology and use it as a means of repression.  Iran has used various means of censorship to limit citizens’ access to independent media: it has slowed down internet access or “throttling,” caused internet blackouts, nationalized the internet, and more.  During the 2025 conflict between  Iran and Israel,  when more than  90 million Iranians were taken offline , Iran used internet blackouts

The Call 2025   By Gregory H. Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch Updated 2025   I probably have human rights in my family unconscious, if there is such a thing. I am a descendant of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a founder of the woman’s liberation movement, and of Henry Brewster Stanton, Vice President of the world anti-slavery movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s portrait hung over my great grandfather’s mantel in Johnstown, New York.   I grew up in the home of Howard Stanton

Dec. 5, 2025 Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has intensified diplomatic efforts across the Great Lakes region. Since his appointment as Mediator by the African Union (AU) in April 2025, Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé has intensified diplomatic efforts across the Great Lakes region, successfully promoting a path toward lasting peace between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. Gnassingbé’s comprehensive mediation strategy involved imm

Officers order suspension of electoral process, border closures a day before presidential vote results expected. By: Rédaction Africanews with AP Nov. 27, 2025 New Guinea-Bissau leader, General Horta Inta-A, takes the oath of office in Bissau on 27 November 2025.  -  Copyright © africanews TGB Guinea-Bissau via AP/Copyright 2025 The AP. Military officials in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday named a general as the country’s transitional president. Horta Inta-A’s inauguration came a

A Turkish-owned oil tanker that recently visited a Russian port was heavily damaged by explosions off the coast of Senegal last Thursday. While Kyiv has not claimed responsibility for the attack, the bombing follows a campaign targeting ships accused of belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet” – raising suspicions that the Ukraine war has spread all the way to West Africa. By: Sébastian SEIBT Dec. 3, 2025 The oil tanker Mersin was hit by a series of explosions off the coast of Da

The youth-led “Gen-Z 212” movement demands reforms in education and healthcare, as well as stronger anti-corruption measures.   By: FEDERICA SAINI FASANOTTI Dec. 3, 2025 Protesters gather in Rabat, Morocco, on Oct. 18. © Getty Images In a nutshell The Gen-Z 212 movement represents the grievances of Morocco’s youth  They demand the prioritization of social services over tourism projects  Mobilizers are trying to communicate directly with the king. Since late September, Morocco

Analysts say U.S. diplomacy paused escalation of fighting in eastern Congo but failed to resolve core issues. President Donald Trump at the signing ceremony of a peace deal with Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP - Getty Images Fighting raged in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump hosted Congolese and Rwandan leaders in Washington to sign ne

4 8 Christians Gunned Down in Taraba State Nigeria. Residents Charge Military Complicity TruthNigeria December 5, 2025   Community leaders in Takum Holding a meeting with religious cleric telling explain the situation of things. Photo by TruthNigeria. Village Heads Bribe Soldiers with Cash, Fuel and Food to No Avail Southern Taraba is reeling from a wave of deadly attacks that have left more than 48 Christians killed and hundreds of homes reduced to ashes. Entire communities

Several Ukrainian children abducted by Russia forcibly sent to North Korea, expert tells US Senate. The Kyiv Independent By Dmytro Basmat December 4, 2025 Regional Center for Human Rights Legal Expert Kateryna Rashevska holds up a photograph of what she said are abducted Ukrainian children taken to North Korea as she speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on "The Abduction of Ukrainian Children by the Russian Federation" on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2025

Apparent Military Drone Strike Kills Civilians The logo of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA), Bamako, Mali, February 15, 2025. © 2025 GOUSNO/AFP via Getty Images by Human Rights Watch | Ilaria Allegrozzi A quiet desert night in northern  Mali turned deadly when an apparent military drone launched its explosive munition on a tent, leaving an entire family dead. The strike was a recent example of Malian military operations killing civilians and may amount to a war crime. The Nov

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Analysts and a human rights group say Israel’s genocide in Gaza has not stopped, despite the ceasefire. By Justin Salhani Relatives of Palestinians Israel killed in airstrikes mourn at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 23 November 2025 [Mohammed Saber/EPA] On October 10, 2025, a ceasefire was supposed to have put an end to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. But two months on, Israel has violated the ceasefire more than 500 times, killing at least 356 Palestinians, and sending the

Natasha Booty and BBC World Service Newsroom Congolese envoy Sumbu Sita Mambu shook hands with M23 secretary Benjamin Mbonimpa at the signing in Doha. AFP via Getty Images Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a framework for peace in the east of the country. The ceremony was held in Qatar, which, along with the US and the African Union, has been trying to mediate an end to decades of conflict in the resource-rich region

Dr. Stanton in front of the International Criminal Court, the Hague, October 28, 2025 The Calling of International Law Dr. Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch   During my first year at Yale Law School, Church World Service called me to become Field Director of its relief program in Cambodia. My roommate from Oberlin College was then the organization’s program director in New York and he knew that I had been a Peace Corps Volunteer and had just spent a year i

Genocide Watch Annual Report 2025   Genocide Watch had the most productive year in its 26-year history in 2025. Genocide Watch is now a fully virtual organization, which allows us to have a worldwide staff at low cost. A former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch has said, "Genocide Watch gives the most bang for the buck of any human rights organization."    Personnel Genocide Watch has an all-volunteer staff of 35 persons . Genocide Watch has fifteen teams that meet wee

A bitter race to claim economic and political power has divided the country, and the human cost can no longer be ignored. Nesrine Malik, November 2025 Old guard v the emboldened new … the conflict has encroached on what was once a peaceful existence. Illustration: Pejman Faratin/Guardian Pictures Almost everywhere I go, I am asked about Sudan. The questions are partly from concern for family and my birth country and partly from a genuine desire to understand how the conflict

Source: EU Debates, News & Opinions The Ten Stages of the Russian Genocide in Ukraine By Emily Mullin And the Genocide Watch Ukraine Team   Talks about a negotiated settlement of Russia’s war against Ukraine have dominated international headlines. As many hope that President Trump can talk Mr. Putin into ending the Russian invasion, we must never forget the incalculable suffering Russia has inflicted on the Ukrainian people.   Russia has committed every war crime and crime ag

Trade Minister Stasa Kosarac sent High Representative Christian Schmidt an SS helmet along with a letter calling him the 'embodiment of evil', escalating the Serb entity’s confrontation with Bosnia's international overseer. Azem Kurtic, November 20, 2025 The SS helmet sent to the Office of the High Representative. Photo: Stasa Kosarac/Instagram The Bosnian Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Stasa Kosarac, sparked a scandal on Thursday by sending an insulting le