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.

3922053d-1d6b-4102-b345-e087b9056335 Guatemala CIA World Factbook Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Mayan indigeneous groups Human rights and indigenous rights defenders, political opponents Guatemalan government Perpetrators (militaries, political leaders, civilians) of the 1982-1983 genocide Emergency Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 8: Persecution, Stage: 10: Denial Details The Guatemalan civil war lasted from 1960 to 1996 and resulted in over 200 000 people killed, 80 percent of whom were Mayan. In a report published in 1999, the Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification has found that, between 1981 and 1983, the state committed acts of genocide against the Mayan people. More than 20 years later, impunity remains rampant in the country. The government of Guatemala fails to bring the perpetrators of the genocide to justice and to protect indigenous and human rights defenders (Genocide Watch, 2020). Read Report Resources Genocide, Impunity and Guatemalan Lives - Genocide and Human Rights Webinar Series Guatemala: Memory of Silence. Report of the Commission for Historical Clarification. Conclusions and Recommendations. Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos Page last updated: 7/27/2021

Israel/Palestine Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Palestinians in the OPT Palestinian citizens of Israel Israeli war crime victims LGBTQIA+ people Residents of Lebanon Israeli government Israeli Defence Force Hamas Emergency Stage 8: Persecution, Stage 9: Extermination, Stage 10: Denial Details Since the partition of Palestine in 1947 and the creation of Israel in 1948, Israelis and Palestinians have been in an ongoing state of conflict. Both populations have historical claims to the disputed territory, have experienced intergenerational trauma, and face some form of existential threat. On the one hand, Palestinians have faced discrimination, dispossession, persecution, and the erasure of their cultural heritage, and 5.7 million refugees cannot access their homelands after the exodus of Palestinians in 1948. In the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Israel has subjected Palestinians to military occupation in the West Bank and a blockade in Gaza. On the other hand, many Jewish people sought protection in Israel's creation following centuries of persecution and genocide in Europe. Hamas, a terrorist group whose charter expresses the aim to destroy Israel, now controls Gaza. Both Hamas and Israel have committed war crimes in recent conflicts, with Palestinians suffering overwhelmingly. However, Israelis and Palestinians have campaigned together for peaceful co-existence. LGBTQI+ people have also won hard-fought rights in Israel. However, they face ongoing persecution in the OPT and even the threat of death in Gaza. Read Report Page last updated: 07/11/2026 Resources Ceasefire violations in Gaza Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds

Benin Country Overview Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) LGBTQ+ communities Women experiencing gender-based violence Political opponents The government of Benin Al-Quaeda linked armed groups Watch Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization Details Read Report Page last updated: 07/23/2026 Resources

LAST UPDATE: 19 JUN 2020 Russia OVeRVIEW alert status : Genocide warning Genocide stage: 7- preparation Affected groups: Chechens Ingush and others in Northern Caucuses Indigenous Groups Roma Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians LGBTQ+ Community Political Dissidents Key Points: Ethnic minorities Chechens and the Global War on Terror Indigenous Groups Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians Roma LGBTQ+ Community Political Dissidents Developments Reshaping Europe Through Parliament West Africa Monthly Report: July 2026 Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide TTPS on alert after 11 bomb threats in 40 minutes Ecuador intelligence chief & 5 Americans killed in crash Death and torture of a man spark protests in Syria Israel strikes Idlib airbase; US, Türkiye condemn escalation Explosion in Kabul school injures at least 42 children Brazil Demarcates Land for Isolated Amazon Indigenous Group How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir

HATE SPEECH & Incitement *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites Pakistan's army chief turns on hardline Islamist groups By: Asif Shahzad, Ariba Shahid, Mubasher Bukhari and Rick Noack August 6 2026 Police officers in riot gear stand guard as supporters of various religious and political parties attend a protest rally against Geo News over content aired during a program marking the holy month of Muharram, in Karachi, Pakistan, July 3, 2026. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - When blasphemy allegations against a Christian family prompted a mob of hundreds to as 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 Argentina can now bar foreigners over 'hate speech' Milei signs decree allowing Argentina to bar or expel foreigners over 'hate speech'. July 30, 2026 Milei government issues emergency decree allowing authorities to deny entry to or deport foreigners accused of inciting hatred, discrimination or violence against Argentina or for insulting national symbols. President Javier Milei. | cedoc/perfil President Javier Milei's government has issued an emergency decree authorising the expulsion or denial of entry to foreigners who inci 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 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 Dr. Stanton On India, Hindutva, Kashmir, and Manipur Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founding President of Genocide Watch, was interviewed on July 17, 2026 by Mr. Saqib Tanveer, Editor in Chief for Pakistan TV Digital, about Genocide Watch's warnings concerning the increasing risks of genocide in India against Muslims, Christians, and other minority groups by followers of Prime Minister Modi's exclusionary Hindutva nationalist regime. To view interview, click here or on the image above. Israel and Hamas in Gaza: Genocide is never justifiable Genocide is Never Justifiable: Israel and Hamas in Gaza By Grace Condon and Frankie Condon Republished from post on February 4, 2024 This post was taken down by hackers. It was republished March 5, 2025. It is republished again June 2, 2026. The UN estimates there are 1.7 million displaced people in Gaza, many of whom have fled the fighting around Khan Younis. Source: Reuters The 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel enacted long-established genocidal intent by Hamas again 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 FW de Klerk Foundation: Rising South Africa xenophobia South Africans protest poor service delivery. Protests led to xenophobic violence. Source: Vatican News FW DE KLERK FOUNDATION EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RISING XENOPHOBIC MOBILISATION The FW de Klerk Foundation expresses its concern at the recent escalation of anti-immigrant mobilisation in parts of South Africa, including reports of intimidation, business closures, harassment of foreign nationals and calls for a nationwide shutdown demanding the removal of all foreign nationals 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. The Precautionary Principle by Dr. Richter & Dr. Stanton Credit: Vajiram https://d0dbb2cb-698c-4513-aa47-eba3a335e06f.filesusr.com/ugd/d0bbf9_77855b0efffb413da8257c7afac6ff15.pdf EU Court finds Hungary's anti-LGBTQ laws break EU treaty The Hungarian anti-LGBTQ laws banned Budapest's 2025 Pride march, but it went ahead regardless The European Union's top court has ruled that Hungarian anti-LGBTQ laws violate EU rules and infringe its values of equality and minority rights. The laws were brought in by Viktor Orbán's government in 2021 and banned so-called promotion of homosexuality or gender change to under-18s, arguing it violated child protection laws. The European Court of Justice ruled that the Orbán refo Special Report: Poland and Selective Humanitarianism By Michał Jagielski Genocide Watch Migrants wait at the Polish-Belarusian border on November 18, 2021 in Grodno, Belarus. Thousands of people are trapped in freezing conditions at the Poland-Belarus border. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Poland is not unique in its selective humanitarianism. As the EU’s decision to restrict asylum rights for certain groups showed, the entire continent suffers from a neo-racist attitude towards migrants. However, Poland constit 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 Iran's 47 Years of Incitements of Genocide Against Israel Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad 2018 credit: National Council of Resistance of Iran Taking Iran’s Incitement to Commit Genocide Against Israel Seriously Testimony before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development of the Parliament of Canada By Professor Gregory H. Stanton [1] 5 May 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel was the first world leader to recogn 1 2 3 4 5

Genocide Watch History Powerpoints What is a Genocide Watch History Powerpoint? These powerpoints have been created especially for teachers and students to use for understanding the processes that have led to historic genocides. Our Genocide Watch History Powerpoints chronologically map events of historical or emerging genocides and genocidal conflicts. Genocide Watch History Powerpoints are intended to be educational resources for anyone seeking a better understanding of past and current genocides and how they developed. How Do I Use it? Click "View Powerpoint" to access a Powerpoint then open the downloaded Powerpoint. Advance the Powerpoint by clicking on the next slide in the Powerpoint. For Teachers: Powerpoint presentations are available for download. Use Powerpoint controls to create Slideshows, narrate and record slideshows, and distribute them to students. Explore Genocide Watch History Powerpoints Dots represent Genocide Watch History Powerpoints about historic genocides and genocidal conflicts. Click on dots for summaries and authors. Herero and Namaqua Genocide Authors: Laura Drysdale and Kat Baron View Powerpoint 1937 Haitian Massacre Authors: Sarah Kane View Powerpoint Sri Lankan Civil War and Genocide Authors: Genocide Watch View Powerpoint Wounded Knee Timestream Authors: Eli Szydlo, Nathaniel Hill, & Sarah Kane View Powerpoint Tibetan Genocide Authors: Shari Gordnier & Nikhil Samuel View Powerpoint The Spanish Civil War Authors: Noelle Jones & Sarah West View Powerpoint The Holodomor Authors: Faith Marie Stahl View Powerpoint Ethiopia's Genocides Authors: Nat Hill & Deanna Wilken View Powerpoint ISIS Authors: Anna Killen, Holly Scala, Sarah Kane View Powerpoint Nanjing Genocide Authors: Jessa Mellea, Faith Marie Stahl, Gargi Upmanyu; (Art by Li Hu) View Powerpoint Rwanda Genocide Authors: Anna Killen, Holly Scala View Powerpoint East Timor Genocide Authors: Sarah Kane View Powerpoint Load More

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These are unpaid internship positions for Fall 2026 , with a commitment of 15-20 hours per week. The internship will be conducted remotely, with regular communication and virtual meetings with the team. Applicants may work from anywhere in the world but must be fluent in English. Internships are for volunteers and are unpaid. All are virtual/remote. Please note in your cover letter and resume if you are fluent in any additional languages. To apply, please fill out the intern application form with your resume, cover letter, writing sample, reference information, academic transcript (unofficial will be accepted) in ONE PDF. Begin with your name and your preferences for the internship(s) you are applying to. Research Team interns conduct independent research projects connected to Genocide Watch's work, most often in the form of special reports. This is often aligned with the work interns do within their ATFs, but allows for a deeper dive into niche subjects, personal passions, or other areas of interest. The Mapping Team is a subdivision of the Research Division and focuses on creating maps for country pages and reports as well as updating the Ten Stages of genocide map. Podcast Team members create and publish podcasts for our Conversations on Genocide podcasts on Spotify and other platforms. Podcasts often include interviews with experts on genocide, survivors, and members of ethnic and religious groups targeted in past or present genocides, alongside highlights of special reports written by Genocide Watch staff. Alliance interns work with members of the Alliance Against Genocide in an outreach-focused role, recruiting new members of the Alliance, maintaining communications with Alliance member organizations, and facilitating collaboration between organizations. Communications Team members post to X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram about recent reports by Genocide Watch and notable events. This team is focused on broadening Genocide Watch's public reach and raising awareness about overlooked global issues and the work we do. Legal Team interns must be law school graduates or law students. They work on projects to bring perpetrators to justice, file legal cases against inciters of genocide, and write legal articles and briefs on issues related to genocide and the Genocide Convention. During 2024, the Legal Team drafted Applications to Intervene in the Gambia v Myanmar case at the International Court of Justice. Prof. Stanton co-authored a Policy Manual on Preventing Ethnic Genocide for a workshop in Kigali, Rwanda sponsored the by UN Special Advisor's Office and the Aegis Trust. The Legal Team wrote a Training Manual on the Law of Genocide for a Workshop sponsored by the PanAfrican Lawyers Union led by Genocide Watch and the Aegis Trust in Arusha, Tanzania in March 2025. Finance and Fundraising Team members work on grant-writing and fundraising efforts to keep Genocide Watch's operations going. Applicants with a particular interest in business, grants, and nonprofit operations management should apply. In addition to memberships on our five main Teams, Genocide Watch is offering several special internships for Fall 2026 . Anti-hate speech Artificial Intelligence Team members work with Dr. Stanton to implement our partnership with the UN Office on Genocide Prevention to create a joint venture with AI and social media companies to develop Artificial Intelligence tools to identify and answer, rather than take down, hate speech. Interns with IT, corporate law, and business skills are especially sought for this team. 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Genocidal Processes *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 DRC Takes Rwanda to International Court of Justice By Emery Makumeno June 26, 2026 The M23 rebels have captured huge tracts of DR Congo's east The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. In a statement, DR Congo said Rwanda had dispatched forces and backed armed groups to carry out unlawful military operations on its territory following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. On Friday, Congolese Justice M 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 Dr. Stanton On India, Hindutva, Kashmir, and Manipur Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founding President of Genocide Watch, was interviewed on July 17, 2026 by Mr. Saqib Tanveer, Editor in Chief for Pakistan TV Digital, about Genocide Watch's warnings concerning the increasing risks of genocide in India against Muslims, Christians, and other minority groups by followers of Prime Minister Modi's exclusionary Hindutva nationalist regime. To view interview, click here or on the image above. 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 THE CALL, TEDX TALK BY Dr. GREGORY STANTON, 2017 Dr. Gregory H Stanton The Call By Gregory Stanton TEDx Talk April 22, 2017 George Washington University Washington, DC The first time I saw Genocide was in Cambodia in 1980. Church World Service and CARE asked me and my wife, Mary Ellen, to go to Cambodia to set up a relief program. I had not sought the job. At first I didn't want to go. We wanted to start a family and thought that service in Cambodia would postpone our dream. Little did we know. But I made a fateful p Qatar Addresses crisis in Sudan at UN Human Rights Council July 3, 2026 By Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs At UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, July 03, 2026. Credit: Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs The State of Qatar has expressed deep concern over the continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan, calling on all parties to the conflict to respect international law and engage in dialogue to reach a lasting peace. The remarks were given on Friday by HE Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Dr Hind Abdulrahman Genocide Watch Gaza Report, July 2026 Palestinian woman protests the damage caused by Israeli airstrikes on Beit Hanun, northern Gaza credit: Mahmun Hams/AFP/Getty Images in The Guardian Gaza Report July 2026 By the Gaza Task Force In September 2025, a U.N. Commission Report concluded that Israel has committed four of the five acts of genocide in the Genocide Convention. Yet Israel has continued its atrocities against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. 1.9 million people have been internally displaced as Israeli Is Guatemala's Mayan Genocide Continuing Today? Maya Ixil women lead thousands of people marching for democracy in Guatemala City. Sandra Cuffe Source: Truthout Guatemala´s Indigenous Mayan Communities: Displacement, Cultural Destruction, and the Question of Genocide By Laura Rodriguez Martin, Genocide Watch, June 2026 For over four decades, Guatemala´s Mayan Indigenous communities have been displaced from their ancestral lands, first through massacre and scorched-earth warfare, and more recently through mining concessions Country Report: Romania July 2026 The deportation of Iasi pogrom survivors by Romania's Antonescu Regime in 1941, and the disposal of those who died en route. Credit: Historisches Archiv der Stadt Koln Genocide Watch Country Report: Romania 2026 By Vladimir Kovtun In September 1940, General Ion Antonescu became Prime Minister of Romania, with the support of the fascist Iron Guard movement. Antonescu’s Government from 1940 until 1944 was allied to the Third Reich and directly participated in the Shoah. The Ant Psychological Toll as Israel Erases Lebanese Villages By Justin Salhani Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity. Civilians stand outside their homes destroyed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in February 2025 [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military. The Israeli military had recently withd Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Top Two Million Russia has borne the heavier toll, with 1.4 million troops killed or wounded since it invaded in February 2022. A funeral for a Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv last year. Ukrainian forces have suffered 525,000 to 625,000 casualties, the study said. Nicole Tung for the New York Times July 1st 2026 More than two million Russian and Ukrainian troops have been killed or wounded in the four years that Russia has been waging war against its neighbor, according to a new study, a bleak mil Rohingya starvation is Myanmar's genocidal state policy Rohingya Hunger as State Policy: Food Deprivation and the Question of Genocide UK Foreign Office claims only a court can find "genocide." Sudan Is The Genocide Which Dares Not Speak Its Name – with warnings ignored by the British Foreign Office – “The world’s greatest humanitarian catastrophe” – but where are the protests against the perpetrators. My Call for Blue Helmets; an Arms Embargo Across Sudan; The Imposition of A No Fly Zone; And For War Lords To Face Justice. Jun 26, 2026 [Genocide Watch comments are highlighted in green.} Genocide Watch Report Genocidal RSF reach 500,000 people in El Obeid, Sudan Reb Taliban Ban Hazara Mourning Rites in Herat, Afghanistan By Farhaad June 24, 2026 Mourners walk through a street decorated with religious flags and banners during Muharram observances in Herat. (Photo credit: 8am.media) Local sources in Herat say that the Taliban have not permitted the observance of Tasu’a and Ashura ceremonies in the province, including street processions, chest-beating rituals, and the carrying of religious standards, and have imposed extensive restrictions on mourners. Sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Wedn 1 2 3 4 5

Djibouti Country Overview Nationsonline Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Afar communities Political opposition members and supporters Journalists and human rights defenders Civil society activists Government Ruling political elite State security forces (military, police, intelligence services) Watch Stage 5 Organization, Stage 6 Polarization, Stage 10 Denial Details Djibouti is a strategically important state marked by long-standing political authoritarianism, ethnic divisions between the Issa majority and Afar minority, and a legacy of civil war and human rights abuses. Power remains concentrated within a narrow ruling elite, while political opposition and civic space face significant restrictions. Although large-scale violence is not currently occurring, unresolved grievances, limited accountability, and entrenched polarization place Djibouti at an elevated risk of future mass atrocities, highlighting the need for political reform, greater human rights protections, and accountability for past abuses. Read Report Page last updated: 06/26/2026 Resources

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Homophobia *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites Reshaping Europe Through Parliament By: Alexander Smith Far-right Patriots for Europe group meets in Madrid, February 8-9, 2025. (X/Viktor Orban). The far right has resurged across Europe. Over the past decade, the United Kingdom left the European Union (EU) after a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment; the National Front in France took more than 100 seats in the French parliament; Germany's right-wing became the second largest party in its parliament; dissatisfaction with mainstream governments surged across the c West Africa Monthly Report: July 2026 West Africa in July 2026 saw worsening political repression, conflict, human-rights abuses and drug-related crises, alongside severe flooding and health challenges, while some countries made progress in healthcare and vaccination. Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat. TTPS on alert after 11 bomb threats in 40 minutes By Anna-Lisa Paul, Senior Reporter, anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt August 20, 2026 Valpark Plaza, Valpark (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Chaguanas Magistrates' Court (Source: Trinidad & Tobago Guardian) Security agencies across Trinidad and Tobago, including the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS), were placed on high alert yesterday, after a series of 11 bomb threats targeted several courts, a shopping plaza and a go Ecuador intelligence chief & 5 Americans killed in crash By Basillioh Rukanga, Thomas Mukhwana, Reporting fromin Nairobi, Henry Moore and Vanessa Buschschluter Published August 19, 2026 Rescue officials at the crash site in a remote area of Samburu County by Mount Ololokwe (Source: Kenya Red Cross/Handout via Reuters) Ecuador's intelligence chief and his wife have been killed in a helicopter that crashed at Mount Ololokwe in central Kenya. Michele Sensi-Contugi, 44, and his wife, fashion designer Stephany Hollihan, 42, were among t Death and torture of a man spark protests in Syria Picture showing White Helmets volunteer unconscious and with bruises on his body went viral By William Christou Mourners carry the coffin of Mohammad Ghamira for burial in the village of al-Haffah, in Latakia province, Syria on Monday. Photograph: AP Syrians have protested over the death of a man who was arrested and allegedly beaten by security forces, sparking widespread anger at a practice thought to have ended with the fall of Bashar al-Assad. A crowd gathered in the city Israel strikes Idlib airbase; US, Türkiye condemn escalation By Al Jazeera Staff, AP and Reuters August 18, 2026 Eight air strikes hit an airbase in northwestern Syria's Idlib governorate, state TV reports [Al Jazeera] Turkiye rejects Israeli allegations that it posed a threat by preparing to send troops to airbase in Syria’s Idlib. Israel has bombed an airbase in Syria’s Idlib, according to Syrian media, with Turkiye denouncing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “expansionist” policies and the United States criticising what i Explosion in Kabul school injures at least 42 children By Mohammad Yunus Yawar August 18, 2026 Members of the Hazara community pray outside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan in October 2021 (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP - Getty Images) KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at an education centre in Kabul injured at least 42 children on Monday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, calling for an "investigation to establish the circumstances of this incident." The blast occurred on Monday ev Brazil Demarcates Land for Isolated Amazon Indigenous Group Brazil marks borders for isolated Indigenous group in the Amazon after decades. Shanna Hanbury August 19, 2026 The first sign demarcating the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. Image courtesy of FUNAI. Agents of Brazil’s Indigenous agency, FUNAI, spent 60 days in June and July 2026 physically marking the borders of the Rio Pardo Kawahiva Indigenous Territory. The 411,000-hectare (1 million-acre) area in the Amazon biome of Mato Grosso state is home to the Kawahiva, an i How Pakistan Crushed Protests in Kashmir By Aqil Shah August 17, 2026 Protestors burn tyres along a road after clashes with police in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on July 31, 2026. (Sajjad Qayyum-AFP via Getty Images) Irish poets and American presidents have long spoken of Kashmir: its beauty and its dangers. The question of Kashmir has shaped the trajectories of India and Pakistan since the end of British rule and their birth as nation-states in August 1947. Both countries claim Kashmir in its enti Country Report: Belarus August 2026 By Sophia Khan Belarus opposition supporters lay flowers near the Pushkinskaya metro station where Alexander Taraikovsky, a 34-year-old protester, died on Aug. 10, 2020, during a protest in Minsk. (Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images) Although Belarus was a founding republic of the Soviet Union, the 1988 discovery of mass grave sites from Stalin-era targeting prompted calls for independence. Belarus declared independence on August 25, 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet U The Illegal Abduction of Ukrainian Children Special Report, August 2026 By Sophia Khan, Beth Paul, Alexander Smith, and Emily Mullin Ukrainian children fleeing Russian aggression (Mirek Pruchnicki from Przemyśl, Sanok, Polska, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons) The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Parliamentary Assembly has publicly presented its 2026 report by the Special Envoy on Russian Abductions and Deportations of Ukrainian Children. The report stresses that the situation on the return o Trump Extends His Military Reach into Latin America August 13, 2026 By Luis Doncel and Carlos S. Maldonado (EL PAÍS) Hegseth announces that he has not ruled out a military option in Havana and proposes operations on Colombian soil. Trump’s strategy to control the region is met with resistance from Mexico and submission from Central America. Pete Hegseth attends the exercises that are part of PANAMAX 2026 in Panama City on August 13. Photo: Aris Martínez / Reuters The Trump administration can be accused of many things, but not 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 Protests Clash over Private Property Bill in Buenos Aires Protesters clash with police in Buenos Aires over Private Property Bil August 07, 2026 Thousands rally against Milei-backed legislation as unrest leaves at least three injured and 10 arrested. A demonstrator holds a national flag amid tear gas during protest outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires on August 6, 2026, as senators debate a bill on the inviolability of private property. | Luis ROBAYO / AFP Thousands of people marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday to protest a Trinidad & Tobago signs US deals paving way for data centers By Anselm Gibbs Updated 10:10 PM BST, July 11, 2026 Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stands at the State Department in Washington, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago has signed agreements paving the way for U.S. companies to begin groundwork for installing large data centers in the Caribbean nation, sparking concerns about potential energy consumption and environmental impacts. The mem 1 2 3 4 5