GET INVOLVED Check back here frequently for calls to action made by Genocide Watch and Alliance Against Genocide members. There is a great deal everyone can do to prevent genocide and hold perpetrators accountable. calls to action Stop the Bloodshed The International Committee on Nigeria is petitioning the Nigerian government to stop the killing and bloodshed that has caused thousands of deaths and displacements. Take Action! Pledge Against Genocide The Pledge Against Genocide was written by Genocide Watch for the Alliance Against Genocide. By signing the Pledge Against Genocide, you will join thousands of other persons around the world who have promised to take concrete steps to end genocide and to protect genocide’s victims. Download the Pledge here and mail it or e-mail it to: pledge@genocidewatch.org #CallitGenocide The International Campaign for the Rohingya is calling on the U.S. State Department to declare that genocide and crimes against humanity were committed against the Rohingya Take Action! End Internet Ban The Free Rohingya Coalition is calling on the government of Bangladesh to lift the internet ban in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. Take Action! Return to Homeland In Defense of Christians is campaigning Congress to support H. Res. 259, which will facilitate the return of Iraqi Christian ISIS survivors to their ancestral homelands. Take Action! Recognize Genocide The Armenian National Committee of America is calling for President Trump and Vice President Pence to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Take Action! Save the Nuba Genocide Watch supports Dr. Tom Catena's life-saving work in the Nuba mountains of Sudan. Donations towards Dr. Tom’s Mother of Mercy Hospital helps Nuba people at risk of bombings, trauma and infectious diseases. Take Action! #BuyerBeware The Antiquities Coalition launched a campaign to bring awareness to the problem of cultural racketeering - the looting and trafficking of ancient artifacts to fund crime, conflict, and terrorism. Take Action!

Ukraine alert status : Genocide warning Genocide stage: 7- preparation Affected group: ukrainian loyalists Current situation: Donbass seperatists are harassing the ukrainian loyalists Download Developments UN Envoy Warns of Renewed Violence in Syria Togo tight-lipped as Burkina jihadists infiltrate north "Alligator Alcatraz" violates US and international law UN-Backed Experts Declare Famine in and Around Gaza City Israel is in Talks to Send Gazans to South Sudan, Officials Say Belgrade-Backed Kosovo Serb Party Barred from Local Polls Rwanda-backed M23 militia massacres 300 in DR Congo Argentina: Women Face Increased Violence Peru: Amnesty Bill Signed into Law 'Never again': Indigenous Bolivians Sour on Socialism

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iraq alert status : Genocide Emergency Genocide stage: 9- Extermination 10- Denial Affected GROUPS: YAZIDIS CHRISTIANS KURDS SHIA Current situation: ongoing atrocities FAILURE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE IRAQ YAZIDIS GENOCIDE ALERT DECEMBER 2020 Download Developments ISIS Activity Intensifies Across Central Iraq Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep Al-Kildani's Militia Replaces Iraqi Christian Leaders Iran backed Kildani fires Christian mayors & Nineveh Council Yazidi Genocide: Ten Years On Iran Orders Iraq to Extradite Kurdish Leaders ISIS Threat on the Rise in Syria and Iraq Turkey to soon wind down operation in Iraq Iraq: Unlawful Deportations of Syrians Yazidi survivors alarmed by move to close camps

CHile alert status: Genocide Denial Genocide stage: 10-Denial Targeted Population: Leftists Current situation: The Government of Chile fails to recognize the atrocities committed by Pinochet's army and the police in 1973.

Mauritania alert status : Genocide Warning Genocide stage: 8- persecution Affected group: former slaves Haratins black people still enslaved perpetrators: SLAVE OWNERS: some Bidhans Government deniers Current situation: Although outlawed in 2007, slavery persists, with 90,000 black people enslaved Mauritarian slaves 2023 credit: Anti-Slavery International Download Genocide Watch Report here Map of Mauritania. Source: Amazon Mauritania Country Report 2023 by Brooklyn Quallen In 1960, Mauritania achieved independence from France, beginning nationhood as an authoritarian, one-party state. After several coups and two constitutions, Mauritania saw its first peaceful transfer of power after the 2019 presidential election. Political conflict and socioeconomic problems plague the country. Over half of the population lives in extreme poverty. The most serious human rights problem is the persistence of slavery. The people of Mauritania are divided into three groups: the Bidhans, of mixed Arab-Berber descent, who hold all the power in Mauritania; the Haratins, descendants of freed black slaves once owned by Bidhans, who still face slave-like conditions; and black ethnic groups – the Halpulaar, Soninké, Wolof, and Bambara – who, like the Haratins, are subject to racial discrimination. Although ethnic conflict in Mauritania is complex, broadly, the Bidhans subordinate Haratins and black ethnic groups. The Bidhans still enslave black Mauritanians. Mauritania is among the last countries that tolerates slavery. Black Mauritanians suffered genocidal massacres in the 1980s and 1990s, when tens of thousands of black Mauritanians were forcibly deported from the country. Hundreds were detained, tortured, and killed in a state-sponsored effort to eradicate black culture in the country. A border dispute between Senegal and Mauritania in the Senegal River Valley led to armed conflict. While there was no “grand plan” to eliminate all black Mauritanians, the government used the border war to commit genocidal massacres in an attempt to Arabize the country. Mauritania claimed that black Mauritanians are actually Senegalese who fraudulently obtained Mauritanian documentation. Blacks were deported by the Mauritanian government on the pretext of national security. Over 500 black Africans were executed. Their land was confiscated and given to Bidhans. Although mass deportations of black Mauritanians ended in the 1990s, they still face persecution today. Over 90,000 are still enslaved, despite the legal abolition of slavery in 1981. Slavery was not officially criminalized in Mauritania until 2007. The government denies the continued existence of slavery. Very few people have been prosecuted under Mauritania’s anti-slavery laws. Even free Haratins are subordinated by slave-owning Bidhans. In the 2023 parliamentary elections, the People’s Progressive Alliance, which represents Haratin freed slave interests, lost all its seats in the National Assembly. Lacking legal remedies for human rights violations, black Mauritanians represent a permanent underclass in Mauritanian society. They are consistently dehumanized and denied their human rights. Due to its subordination of black Mauritanians, Genocide Watch considers Mauritania as being at Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, Stage 6: Polarization, and Stage 8: Persecution . Genocide Watch recommends: • The Mauritanian government must prosecute slaveowners and enforce anti-slavery laws. • Mauritania should promote genuine emancipation of former slaves and equalize access to education and economic resources. • Mauritania should invest in state and religious initiatives to promote ethnic reconciliation.

Sudan alert status : Genocide Emergency Genocide stage: 9- Extermination Affected groups: darfurese nuba abyei Current situation: Arab militias and the Sudan Army are attacking the groups listed above Download Developments UN Envoy Warns of Renewed Violence in Syria Togo tight-lipped as Burkina jihadists infiltrate north "Alligator Alcatraz" violates US and international law UN-Backed Experts Declare Famine in and Around Gaza City Israel is in Talks to Send Gazans to South Sudan, Officials Say Belgrade-Backed Kosovo Serb Party Barred from Local Polls Rwanda-backed M23 militia massacres 300 in DR Congo Argentina: Women Face Increased Violence Peru: Amnesty Bill Signed into Law 'Never again': Indigenous Bolivians Sour on Socialism

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