Iraq Country Overview CDC Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Yazidis Sunni Muslims Shi'a Muslims Assyrian Christians Iraqi Turkmen Iraqi Kurds LGBTQIA+ people Iraqi activist Women Iraqi Aremenians Iraqi Shabak Iraqi Kakai Iraqi Mandeans Ba'athists ISIS/Da'esh Hashd al-Shaabi (Shi'ite militia group) The Kurdistan Regional Government Iranian backed militias Iraq security forces Emergency Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, Stage 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 8: Persecution Details Disunity coupled with communalist violence have laid fertile grounds for a nation in which most of the main ethnic and religious groups face genocidal processes. Currently, Shi'ites, Yazidis and Christians are reeling from genocide faced under ISIS while Sunni Muslims suffer forced disappearences at the hands of Shi'ite militias. ISIS also enforced the death penalty for homosexuality until its official defeat in 2019. The persecution of LGBTQIA+ people and women in Iraq continues. Activist and journalist are at risk for violence from state security forces. Read Report Page last updated: 10/27/2022 Resources John Kerry: ISIS committing genocide Displaced Yazidi people fleeing violence from Isis forces in Sinjar town. ‘As if she had never existed’: The graveyards for murdered women

9384e119-99ea-4037-bc60-169349432dbf Japan Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Asia-Pacific Nationals Kurdish Minority Foreigners Japanese Government Japanese Officials Japanese Lobby Groups Watch Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 10: Denial Details Japan has long practiced historical revisionism regarding their Empire-era atrocities. From the late 1800s to 1945, the Japanese Empire committed numerous war crimes against multiple peoples across the Asia-Pacific region. Some still deny the atrocities committed by the Japanese Empire. Nationalistic views have grown more prominent despite low favorability and a strong tradition of pacifism . Additionally, Japan appears to be dismantling its postwar pacifist framework. In April 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi lifted Japan’s longstanding ban on lethal arms exports. Takaichi has also pushed for a revision of Article 9 of the Constitution, in which the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation. Read Report Resources Nationalism on the rise: Anti-foreign rhetoric gains ground in Japan Article 9 in focus as Takaichi pushes for revision of Constitution Japan ‘cannot avoid’ nuclear weapons debate, defense chief Koizumi says Page last updated: 2026.08.10

09f04d6c-6152-4e94-8af7-cdd090dce3ae Suriname Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Watch Details Read Report Resources Page last updated: 07/22/2026

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796417fd-8885-44af-9377-ec2052c18f3b Vietnam Britannica Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Pro-democracy activists and protesters Women and LGBTQ+ community members Dega and Montgnard Teams Chams Vietnamese government and authorities Watch Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Organization, Stage 7: Polarization, and Stage 8: Persecution Details The Dega are a group of peoples that live in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The Dega were known as Montagnards by French colonial authorities, a term meaning “mountain dwellers.” The Dega are divided into sub-groups, including the Jarai, Rhade, Bahnar, and Koho. They are culturally and linguistically distinct from the majority Kinh (Vietnamese) population. The Dega have a long history of conflict with and discrimination at the hands of the Vietnamese majority. Read Report Resources Vietnam: Activists and Bloggers Under Attack Persecuting “Evil Way” Religion: Abuses against Montagnards in Vietnam Vietnam arrests blogger for ‘opposing the state’ just hours after human rights meeting with US Page last updated: 06/13/2025

2df33107-3fb6-4ebd-8773-d1fdb12c0568 Laos © CIA The World Factbook Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Ethnic Minorities (Hmong, Khmu, indigenous hill tribes) Religious Minorities (especially Christian Hmong Political dissidents and human rights activists opposing the government The Lao People’s Democratic Republic government The Lao military and security forces Emergency Stage 4: Dehumanization, Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 8: Persecution Details Since 1975, Laos has been ruled by a one-party communist government that suppresses dissent and restricts freedoms. Ethnic minorities like the Hmong and religious minorities, especially Christians, face systematic discrimination, forced displacement, and state violence. The government seizes ancestral lands, conducts military offensives, and restricts humanitarian access, raising serious concerns about ongoing persecution and risks of genocide. Read Report Resources Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Universal Periodic Review 48th Session: Lao People’s Democratic Republic The HmongPeoples in Laos by the UNPO and CWHP Laos: Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 49th Session of the UPR Working Group Page last updated: 06/23/2025

c06b5eaa-c260-4f47-b6b1-cfd0c2fd5bdf Algeria Nations Online Project Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Kabyles (Amazigh ethnic minority) Algerian government Genocide Watch Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 8: Persecution Details Algerian authorities have severely repressed the Amazigh community. Over 300 people have been arbitrarily arrested on political charges and have reported excessive use of force, brutal interrogation tactics, and extended solitary confinement. The Amazigh, a third of the population, face discrimination and harassment for their former association with the French during its occupation of Algeria. Read Report Resources Explained: Algeria’s Hirak Movement Repression in Algeria: Could it End the Hirak Movement? Amazigh vs. Violations in Algeria Page last updated: 09/23/2024

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8fee66e2-bd5c-4ec0-8203-860d7e499cd9 Bosnia-Herzegovina CIA World Factbook Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Bosniaks Republika Srpska Bosnian Serb and Serb leaders Warning Stage 1: Classification, Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, Stage 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, Stage 7: Preparation, and Stage 10: Denial Details Genocide deniers from Republika Srpska and Serbia practice historical revisionism by minimizing the number of victims, accusing the ICTY and U.N. of bias against Serbs, and glorifying war criminals. Denial of the genocide by Bosnian Serb and Serbian politicians has stoked the flames of nationalist rhetoric and obstructed reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serb leader Dodik must be removed by the authority overseeing enforcement of the Dayton Accord. Read Report Resources The Butcher of Bosnia United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Bosnia and Herzegovina Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide Page last updated: 05/25/2025

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