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North Korea Country Overview World Atlas Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Government dissidents Defectors Religious practitioners North Korean Government Korean People’s Army Police Emergency Stage 7: Preparation, Stage 8: Persecution, Stage 9: Extermination & Stage 10: Denial Details For over seven decades, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been governed by three generations of the Kim dynasty. Under current Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un , North Korea continues to be an isolated totalitarian regime. The police and army brutally suppress any perceived threat to the communist regime. Political dissidents, religious practitioners, and defectors are regarded as enemies of the state. Read Report Page last updated: 03/14/2024 Resources Hidden state: Inside North Korea | Fault Lines - Al Jazeera Life Under Kim Jong Un - The Washington Post Report: Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity in North Korean Detention Centers - War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) & The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK)

d4c60d9d-e677-4aee-8fc7-f25fc2889b33 Azerbaijan CIA World Factbook Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Armenians Azerbaijani Government & Armed Forces Turkic Ultranationalists Warning Stage 8: Persecution, Stage 9: Extermination, Stage 10: Denial Details In September 2020, Azerbaijan had invaded the sovereign territory of Artsakh. After a long and costly war, Azerbaijan has occupied half of Artsakh's territory and displaced thousands of ethnic Armenians. Azerbaijan has begun to attack destroy Armenian culture in heritage Artsakh and often uses hate speech to demonize and degrade ethnic Armenians. Read Report Resources Eyewitness Accounts: Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte Discusses the Baku Pogroms Azerbaijan's 'Ethnic Hatred' Theme Park Draws Ire, Imperils Reconciliation - RadioFreeEurope Why Scholars, Cultural Institutions Are Calling to Protect Armenian Heritage - Smithsonian Magazine Page last updated: 6/23/2021

Honduras Country Overview Britannica Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Garifuna Environmental Activists LGBTQ+ community Honduran Government Honduran Military National Investigative Police Mining Corporations Warning Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 8: Persecution, Stage 9: Extermination Details In 2020, kidnappers dressed in police uniforms abducted five Garifuna men, who remain missing. Since 2009, hundreds of environmental activists have been murdered for their opposition to mines and other conservation efforts. Likewise, since the 2009 coup d'etat, members of the LGTBQ+ community, especially transgender people, have faced heightened persecution and even execution. Read Report Page last updated: 7/19/2021 Resources #JusticiaParaVicky: Honoring trans activist Vicky Hernández Minority Group Fears ‘Genocide’ in Trump-Backed Honduras Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining

feedc44d-48f7-4a12-b370-631af26125f2 Libya Nations Online Project Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Libyan civilians Refugees Religious minorities Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) Militias allied with the Government of National Accord (GNA) Warning Stage 1: Classification, Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanisation, Stage 5: Organization, and Stage 8: Persecution Details Instability has plagued Libya since the Arab Spring, allied invasion, and subsequent ousting of Muammar Qaddafi in 2011. Control of the country remains divided between the UN-recognized Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli and the rival eastern-based Government of National Stability (GNS); despite periodic ceasefires since 2020, the conflict is far from resolved. Both sides have committed war crimes, and the country has seen an increase in hate speech in print, radio, and social media. At least 5,800 refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants are held in official detention centers, with thousands more held by armed groups and traffickers in unofficial facilities, where they face extortion, torture, rape, beatings, forced labor, lack of sanitation and food, and human trafficking. Read Report Resources How Libya is Torn Apart by Militias, Extremists and Foreign Powers | Libya War UNPACKED Migrants in Libya victims of “violent business model” of systemic violations and abuses – UN report Libya: New Evidence Shows Refugees and Migrants Trapped in Horrific Cycle of Abuses Page last updated: 08/21/2026

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Uzbekistan Country Overview Getty Images Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Tajiks Karakalpaks ethnic group Luli/Roma Non-Sunni Muslims and Christians LGBTQ+ community Uzbek government Watch Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 5: Organization Details Since the death of President Islam Karimov in 2016 there has been much hope for reform of human rights in the country. Current President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has taken some steps towards improving human rights, but the system remains authoritarian. Issues surrounding freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and freedom of religion persist. Restrictions are placed on religious practice and discrimination exists against non-Muslim minorities, some of whom are subject to fines or jail time for their activities. The state is particularly repressive of Shia Muslims and other Muslims that do not conform to the state-mandated version Islam. Discrimination and violence against LGBTQI+ people and women also exists. Read Report Page last updated: 8/30/2021 Resources Uzbekistan: Decade of Impunity for Massacre Uzbekistan 2020: Amnesty International Report Human Rights Watch: What Progress in Uzbekistan?