Genocide Emergency: Nigeria
Genocide Watch is issuing an updated Genocide Emergency for Nigeria. Since 2009, Boko Haram and its ideological splinter group the...
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Uzbekistan disappoints with secretively adopted religion law
Restrictive rules banning the independent practice of religion are still in force. Men praying in Kokand in 2019 (David Trilling)...
UZBEKISTAN: Shia mosque reopenings blocked, Religion Law passed with no published text
Officials have so far blocked Shia Muslims' attempts to reopen mosques in Bukhara with property excuses, and in Samarkand attempts have...
West and Russia clash over Russian mercenaries in CAR
By Edith M. Lederer UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, Britain and France accused Russian mercenaries on Wednesday of operating...
Refuting Denial of China's Religious Persecution In Tibet
June 3, 2021 | Council on Foreign Relations | Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Tenzin Dorjee is a Senior Researcher and...
Intersociety's Update on Eastern Nigeria Murders
Barr Ejiofor’s PA Shot Dead, Elder Brother, Driver, Two Others Abducted And Taken Away With His Camry Car …after soldiers, police, and...
Afghan War Casualty Report: May 2021
Published May 6, 2021 | Updated June 3, 2021 | By Fatima Faizi, Fahim Abed and Najim Rahim At least 405 pro-government forces and 260...
Thailand: Prevent Pushbacks, Protect Refugees Fleeing Myanmar
Thai government instructed authorities to block refugees from Myanmar. (Bangkok, May 12, 2021)–The Government of Thailand should protect...
USCIRF Condemns Iran’s Crackdown on Baha’i Community
For Immediate Release Washington, D.C. – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today condemned the...
Five IAGS Presidents Rebuke Schabas For Genocide Denial Advocacy
STATEMENT REGARDING PROFESSOR WILLIAM SCHABAS’ ROLE IN THE DEFENSE OF MYANMAR AGAINST THE CHARGE OF GENOCIDE We, the undersigned, who are...
Myanmar's Lawyer, Schabas, Details Crimes Against Rohingya
Lawyer compares Myanmar treatment of Rohingya to Nazi Germany Interview with Myanmar's Lawyer Details International Crimes Against...
Nigerian Islamic Jihadists Massacred 1,470 Christians In First Four Months Of 2021
People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zaabarmar, Nigeria, on November 29, 2020. Image: Jossy Ola...
Far Leftists Deny China's Uyghur Oppression
Enter the Grayzone: fringe leftists deny the scale of China's Uyghur oppression Coda 30 July 2020 On July 25, Max Blumenthal, the founder...
Mixed signals on rights: Pakistan
Reema Omer | DAWN IT has been more than 10 years since Pakistan ratified the ICCPR and the Convention against Torture, and even longer...
Israeli nationalists shout "Death to Arabs"
After a night of violence in Jerusalem, Israeli police made over 50 arrests and Palestinian medics said 100 were injured during Ramadan...
Pakistan PM calls for West to criminalise blasphemy against Islam
PM Imran Khan calls on Western governments to treat insult against Islam’s prophet as it does the Holocaust. Khan's statement came amid...