Somalia alert status : Genocide Emergency Genocide stage: 9- extermination Affected group: Opposing clans Current situation: Al Shabaab is using suicide bombers and arms to kill clans that are against them Download Developments Water as a Weapon in Gaza Genocide Watch Ten Stages of Genocide World Map 2026 Closure in families as Residential Girls are reburied Raid on cattle camp kills at least 49 in South Sudan USCIRF on Religious Freedom Violations In India US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism Tribe alleges US agents 'trespassed' on indigenous land Pansak cites billion-dollar toll from Thai-Cambodia conflict Nigeria search for kidnapped mosque worshippers Why Nigeria Needs More Than a Bigger Army

Warning signs of genocide denial by Dr. Gregory Stanton Resources on genocide Journals and reports Genocide Studies and Prevention, An International Journal, International Association of Genocide Scholars, Volumes 1 - 17 (2006 - 2023) Fortify Rights, They Gave Them Long Swords: Preparations for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 19 July 2018 (162pp) Common Good Foundation, Statelessness in Assam: Precursor to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity? 15 July 2018 (13pp) International State Crime Initiative, Genocide Achieved, Genocide Continues: Myanmar's Annihilation of the Rohingya, 18 April 2018 (102pp) Patrick S. O’Donnell (2020) Genocide: A Select Bibliography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2Yd6TJv98 The Jihad in the Sahel - Map for Genocide Watch By Bela Müller 1:02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRDNYI6dz4 Fulani Militants Boko Haram Killings 2009 - 2020 Genocide Watch 0:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MX_tvIfKA Signs of impending genocide in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founder of Genocide Watch for the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZzna96Yyo Webinar: How to Identify Genocide: The Ukraine Case presented by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention 1:35:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6k9XKbQec The Call | Greg Stanton | TEDxFoggyBottom TEDx Talks 20:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoOJZ2nU1Q President of Genocide Watch Dr. Gregory Stanton talks about corruption and genocide in Ethiopia EthioTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoOJZ2nU1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEpaW_zocQ Traditional Ways of Settling Disputes in Rwanda: Gacaca Courts & Abunnzi Mediators by Denis Bikesha ICERMediation 35:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bybvbxQZHM Gacaca - Rwanda’s story of Restorative Justice Carl Wilkens 8:44 YouTube Videos on Genocide Watch's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@genocidewatchofficial7260

tunisia alert status : Genocide alert Genocide stage: 5- organization Affected group: liberals Current situation: the islamists are clashing with the liberals within the country Download

Sri Lanka alert status : Genocide warning Genocide stage: 7- preparation Afflicted group: tamils Current situation: the sinhalese are harassing the tamils Download Developments Water as a Weapon in Gaza Genocide Watch Ten Stages of Genocide World Map 2026 Closure in families as Residential Girls are reburied Raid on cattle camp kills at least 49 in South Sudan USCIRF on Religious Freedom Violations In India US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism Tribe alleges US agents 'trespassed' on indigenous land Pansak cites billion-dollar toll from Thai-Cambodia conflict Nigeria search for kidnapped mosque worshippers Why Nigeria Needs More Than a Bigger Army

Life Conditions Destruction *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites We're Entering a Terrifying New Era of Genocide. Child in Gaza. Source: The International Rescue Committee I’m a Scholar of Genocide. We’re Entering a Terrifying New Era. The New York Times July 21, 2026 By Omer Bartov Dr. Bartov is a professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. How do genocides end? In most cases, there are two options. Either the perpetrators accomplish their goal, or a military force stops them, and accountability ensues. In 1904 the Imperial German Army began a campaign that nearly w Deadly Ethnic Violence Spreads in India’s Manipur State Deadly Ethnic Violence Spreads in India’s Manipur State New York Times May 26, 2026 By Hari Kumar Three years after riots tore apart Manipur, the state remains in disarray. Barbed wire and armed checkpoints made it difficult for Times reporters to cross, even before the recent clashes. Security personnel at a buffer-zone checkpoint between Imphal and Churachandpur in Manipur, India, in March. .Credit:..All Photographs by Atul Loke A fresh outbreak of ethnic conflict is rocki Urgent Threat of Genocidal Massacres in El Obeid, Sudan Genocide Emergency July 2026 By Grace Harris The Sudanese city of El-Obeid, where a drone strike killed 10 people including seven children on Monday, a medical source told AFP. (Credit: Reuters/File) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for Sudan. The besieged city of El Obeid, Sudan is at immediate risk of genocidal massacres as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) surround the city now held by the Sudan Armed Forces. El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, lies

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iran alert status : Genocide WARNING Genocide stage: 3: Discrimination, 4: Dehumanization, 5: Organization, 8: Persecution, 9: Extermination, and 10: Denial. AffECTED GROUPS: BAHA'IS SUNNIS LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Defenders Current situation: Iranian civilians live under a strict and repressive regime, with minorities being targeted and severe human rights abuses being committed daily. Developments Download US hits civilian infrastructure In Iran How Iranians Protest: 2025-2026 Anti-Government Protests How Iranians Protest: The Women, Life, Freedom Movement How Iranians Protest: The 2019 Gasoline Protests Last-minute ban of Iranian opposition rally in Paris Iran: Musicians sentenced to 74 lashes for not wearing hijab Special Report: Civilian Harm in the U.S.–Israel–Iran War Afghan Deportations by Pakistan and Iran Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places The Iranian Economic and Political Protests of 2017-2018

Republic of Congo alert status : Genocide alert Genocide stage: 6- polarization Affected groups: bakongo ethic opposition Current situation: the mbochi and government forces are harassing the minorities listed above Download Developments Water as a Weapon in Gaza Genocide Watch Ten Stages of Genocide World Map 2026 Closure in families as Residential Girls are reburied Raid on cattle camp kills at least 49 in South Sudan USCIRF on Religious Freedom Violations In India US removes Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorism Tribe alleges US agents 'trespassed' on indigenous land Pansak cites billion-dollar toll from Thai-Cambodia conflict Nigeria search for kidnapped mosque worshippers Why Nigeria Needs More Than a Bigger Army

Racism & Hate Crimes *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites Country report: Russia August 2026 By Alexander Smith A firefighter works at a site in a residential area damaged during a Russian missile strike amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Kyiv, Ukraine. September 21, 2023. Image: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko. Russia has a long history of documented persecution of ethnic minorities and societal dissidents. Imperial Russia organized anti-Jewish pogroms. According to the Holodomor Research and Education Consortium, the Soviet Union committed a genocide against Ukrainians dur Country Report: Germany August 2026 By: Alexander Smith Supporters of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) wave flags as they take part in an AfD campaign rally in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Image: Reuters/Christian Mang. Germany’s history of genocide began during its colonial rule of German South West Africa (GSWA), which Germany acquired at the Berlin Conference. Settlers forcibly took indigenous lands, massacred those that resisted German rule, established labor camps, and rape Rise in Neo-Nazism in Contemporary Russia By Vladimir Kovtun, Alexander Smith, Kristie Moore, and Flora Tu Ultra-nationalists carry flags and banners as they take part in the so-called 'Russian March' in Moscow / Source: Al Jazeera Neo-Nazism has been present in Russian society for decades, emerging in the wake of significant political upheaval and societal change. It has intensified with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While the Russian government has, at times, prosecuted extremist organizations, it has also toler Serbian Minister Backs ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Kosovo EU says Serbian minister's statement justifying ethnic cleansing in Kosovo in 1998-9 is 'inflammatory' – and that such rhetoric 'has no place in Europe'. Serbian forces take up positions opposite the village of Racak in Kosovo, the site of a massacre, January 1999. Photo: EPA/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI. The European Union on Tuesday condemned the “inflammatory” statement of a Serbian government minister supporting the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians during the 1998-99 war. Snezan 60,000 far-right extremists in Germany, government says By: George Wright June 30, 2026 Right-wing extremists remain the greatest threat to German democracy and their number increased significantly to 58,700 last year, the country's domestic intelligence service says. That number is an increase of more than 8,000 on the previous year, the agency says in its annual report, adding that extreme left-wing violence is also on the rise and is an alarm-call for Germany's rule of law. German democracy was under "practically permanent atta Country Report: Latvia June 2026 A Soviet military monument is dismantled in Riga in August 2022. (Ints Kalinis, Reuters) Latvia Country Report June 2026 By Vladimir Kovtun Latvia has a long history of foreign rule, most notably under the Russian Empire (1721-1918) and the Soviet Union (1940-1991). This longstanding sociopolitical connection with Russia has created serious animosity between Russians and Latvians, primarily because of Russia’s Russification policy and Soviet era repression of dissidents. Lat Mass Deportations Are Crimes Against Humanity President Donald Trump…credit: Fulton County Sheriff’s Department Mass deportations violate U.S. and international law. They’re also crimes against humanity. By Dr. Gregory H Stanton Founding President Genocide Watch President Trump’s order to arrest and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of refugees, violates US obligations under the 1967 Protocol on the Status of Refugees. The US Senate ratified that treaty unanimously in 1968. 147 Romania: Fashionable antisemitism Antisemitism in Romania today is visible in far-right demonstrations, extremist political movements, and hostile rhetoric in parts of the media. May 21, 2026 Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, European Parliament member and far-right Romanian politician, holds religious icons as she speaks to the media, before a vote to choose the next European Commission president, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 2024. (photo credit: JOHANNA GERON/REUTERS) Bucharest – On April Ceasefire violations in Gaza Special Report: Ceasefire Violations in Gaza April 2026 By Aiden Carlton, Leonardo Monopoli and Karolina Bonde Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images In October 2025, Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, in a renewed attempt to end nearly two years of the war in Gaza. The "Comprehensive End of Gaza War" built on a collapsed January 2025 ceasefire and set out binding obligations for both sides. The conditions included an end to ho Discrimination against Central Asian migrants in Russia By Kristie Moore Central Asian migrants working in Russia's construction sector. Image: Lantyukhov Sergey/globallookpress.com/picture alliance. Photo Russia is home to a significant population of migrants from Central Asia: according to a 2024 Human Rights Watch report, approximately 1,792,000 Uzbek, 1,231,000 Tajik, and 262,000 Kyrgyz migrants reside there. These migrants come primarily in search of work, usually in unskilled labor fields, such as construction, transportatio Human Rights Campaign targets Congress on LGBTQ+ rights An LGBTQ+ rights supporter holds a flag in the hallway outside an Iowa House Judiciary subcommittee hearing, Jan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) By MATT BROWN Updated 1:55 AM HST, April 21, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts after a series of Hindutva & Zionism: Ideologies of Exclusion Hindutva & Zionism: Exclusionary Religion, Racism, and Nationalism A Formula for Forced Displacement and Genocide By Areeka Khan, Genocide Watch March 2026 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: SAM FINE/PHOTOS VIA GETTY IMAGES This report examines the historical origins and social impact of Hindutva in India and Zionism in Israel and Palestine. It explores how these ideologies shape national identity, citizenship, and belonging, and how they produce, sustain, and justify exclusion, forced disp Belgian minister slams 'anti-Semitic' synagogue explosion Belgian authorities opened a probe after an explosion took place in front of a synagogue in the city of Liège early on Monday morning. The mayor described the blast, which caused damage to the synagogue and surrounding buildings, as "targeted" and "anti-Semitic". March 9th 2026 Police stand near barricades as they secure an area after a blast took place near a synagogue in Liege, Belgium on March 9, 2026. © Valentin Bianchi, AP Belgium's prime minister vowed to combat antise Hague Prosecution of Kosovo Ex-Guerrilla Leaders In closing statements at the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three others, prosecutors demanded 45 years in prison for each of them, based on the 'gravity' of the war-crimes charges against them. Hashim Thaci (R) and Rexhep Selimi (L) at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague, February 9, 2026. Photo: Kosovo Specialist Chambers Livestream/Screenshot. On the first day of closing statements in the war-crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci a Estonian 'fascist' calls for Russian invasion Prosecutor's Office crest. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR A Kohtla-Järve politician who is a self-described fascist and who has called for a Russian invasion of Estonia may face a fine or even detention for hate speech over social media, Delfi reported . Aleksandr Sahno, 32, who ran in last autumn's local elections in the Ida-Viru County town of Kohtla-Järve, where picked up eight votes, came to the attention of the authorities after he shared materials on social media supporting Russi Fifteen Below Zero A protester facing down Customs and Border Protection officers during a demonstration over the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents, Minneapolis, January 24, 2026 Arthur Maiorella/Anadolu/Getty Images Fifteen Below Zero The New York Review of Books January 30, 2026 Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein Up against the delirious scale of Operation Metro Surge, ordinary people juggle daily life with looking out for each other however they can. Driving to St. Paul from the airport you 1 2 3 4 5

Islamophobia *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites Country Report: Germany August 2026 By: Alexander Smith Supporters of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) wave flags as they take part in an AfD campaign rally in Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2025. Image: Reuters/Christian Mang. Germany’s history of genocide began during its colonial rule of German South West Africa (GSWA), which Germany acquired at the Berlin Conference. Settlers forcibly took indigenous lands, massacred those that resisted German rule, established labor camps, and rape Securitization and Radicalization in France Part Two: How Securitization Drives Radicalization By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch The mother of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent who died in 2023 after being shot by a policeman, on top of a van during a demonstration in Nanterre (France). Photo by Bertrand Guay (AFP) Introduction France has a well-resourced approach to combat radicalism through educating students to value France's republican values, French secularism, and laïcité (in layman’s terms, freed Exclusion and Radicalization in France Part One: Context on France’s Muslim Community By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch French Muslim woman debates Rally National Leader Marine Le Pen on the issue of the hijab. Image - Associated Press Introduction The Muslim community in France consists mainly of immigrants from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and other parts of northwestern Africa) and their descendants. Over the past few decades, the community's significant growth has coincided with an uptick in incid Extermination in India: The Ninth Stage of Genocide In part nine of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series, we explain how the ninth stage/process of genocide, Extermination, is occurring in India. A policeman looks on as a row of shops burns in Ahmedabad during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Credit: AFP India has a history of genocides, including between 200,000 and two million killings during Partition in 1947. At this stage, the killing legally defined as genocide occurs. Perpetrators do not view their victims as fully human. Israel's Death Penalty Violates ICCPR & Israel's Basic Law Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, the national security minister, and other Israeli hard-liners 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, executed in Israeli settlers block Palestinian kids’ path to school 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 Israel's Death Penalty Violates Israel's Basic Law 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 Hungary's Orbán is defeated after 16 years in power 12 April 2026 Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center, addresses after a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger in a bombshell election result with global repercussion Persecution in India: The Eighth Stage of Genocide In part eight of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the eighth process/stage of genocide, Persecution, is occurring in India. Pawan Pandit, a cow vigilante, stops a truck at a road block near Chandigarh, India [File: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters] Persecution is the stage when the state or state-endorsed perpetrators commit destructive acts against a targeted victim group. The group’s human rights are violated through extrajudicial killings, the expropria Preparation in India: the Seventh Stage of Genocide In part seven of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the seventh process/stage of genocide, Preparation, is occurring in India. RSS exercising with their trademark sticks. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/Reuters Preparation is the stage when group leaders plan massacres and genocide. The Nazi Holocaust followed meticulous planning. Ambiguous language is usually used to mask the genocidal nature of these plans. Genocidal plans are often referred to by euphemi Palestine Action terror ban ruled unlawful by High Court Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, took the Home Office to court over their decision to proscribe the protest group under terror laws. Friday 13 February 2026, The Independent, Holly Bancroft Palestine Action ’s ban under terrorism legislation has been ruled unlawful by the High Court in a humiliating blow for the government. Huda Ammori, co-founder of the group, hailed the outcome as a “monumental victory” in her case against the Home Office. Since the proscriptio Polarization in India: the Sixth Stage of Genocide Crowd in India during electoral campaign. source: Getty Images VI. Polarization In part six of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series, we explain how the sixth stage of genocide, Polarization , is occurring in India. To effectively organize genocidal violence, the state and hate groups amplify the differences between the target group and the majority group. This results in the “otherization” and social isolation of the targeted group. This process takes place mainly Indian Market tense amid politician’s diktat to fire Muslim workers 'Vidhayak putra' Aklavya Singh Gaur also wants all Muslim traders to vacate rented shops in 2 months. His aide says this is a bid... Kazakhstan Bans Face Coverings in Public Places Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva; writing by Lucy Papachristou; editing by Mark Heinrich Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev... Tajikistan: Ismaili Prisoner Dies After Denied Medical Care By Felix Corley Muzaffar Davlatmirov, Dushanbe, 2020 Credit: Private Seriously ill prisoner of conscience Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a leading... 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Latest news about warning signs in the U.S. and Canada U.S. and Canada News Latest news from the U.S. and Canada Closure in families as Residential Girls are reburied Peace and closure among families as girls who died at residential school are reburied Natalie Pressman July 23, 2026 Alice and Rosanna Drygeese will be buried in Yellowknife, N.W.T., next to their father Mary Jane Drygeese and her great-granddaughter. Drygeese's two sisters are coming home to Yellowknife decades after they died at residential school in Fort Resolution. (Submitted by Berna Ross) In some of his final words, Berna Ross’s grandfather spoke of how nice it would be Tribe alleges US agents 'trespassed' on indigenous land By Umar Farooq August 26, 2026 The Tohono O’odham people have sued the US government to stop construction of a border wall through their reservation. The Tohono O'odham Nation, an Indigenous tribe along the US-Mexico border, has warned that construction along the border could harm sacred sites and natural resources [File: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters] An Indigenous tribe located between the United States and Mexico has accused US federal agents and construction workers of illeg First Nations call to outlaw residential school denial Assembly of First Nations calls for criminalization of residential school denialism Jackie McKay July 15, 2026 'It is a shame to live in a country that will not protect our people from hate crimes,' says MKO grand chief Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Garrison Settee speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Wednesday. (Pierre-Paul Couture/Radio-Canada) The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed an emergency resolution that calls on Canada to criminalize reside Exploiting the Beautiful Game: Sportswashing at the World Cup By: Alexander Smith President Donald Trump holds the FIFA World Cup Winners Trophy as FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) Summary: Three North American countries hosted the 2026 World Cup: The United States (U.S.), Canada, and Mexico. Fans traveled globally to support their teams, filling stadiums seating 40,000 to 80,000 people. This quadrennial US designates Ecuador’s Chone Killers gang as terrorists By AFP and Reuters July 2, 2026 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the gang ⁠had also been classified as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’. Alleged members of the Chone Killers gang are presented to the media during a police operation in Duran, Ecuador [File: Marcos Pin/AFP] The US⁠ State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign “terrorist organisation”, imposing sanctions on a crime ⁠group that Washington has accused of carrying ou