Genocide Watch Newsletter
Staff Updates
Check out our new staff page where you can get to know our wonderful summer cohort and management team!
Genocide Watch's debut podcast, "Conversations on Genocide," is here! Throughout the series, Alexandra Sharp and Naveen Bhatia will be interviewing genocide survivors, discussing ongoing crises, and speaking with lawyers, scholars, and experts who work on genocide and mass atrocity prevention and punishment. Our first episode is an interview with Genocide Watch's founder and president, Dr. Gregory H. Stanton. You can find the episode here on Soundcloud and here on Spotify.
New Alerts
Linda Zheng wrote a country report for Bosnia-Herzegovina, noting the ethnic tensions that remain between Serbs, Bosniaks, and Croats in the post-conflict era. July 11th marked the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, a genocide that Republika Srpska and the Serbian government continues to deny. According to the report, Bosnia-Herzegovina is at Stage 6: Polarization and Stage 10: Denial.
Tom Shacklock authored a genocide alert for the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Banyamulenge, Hema, and other ethnic groups are at grave risk of genocide. Militias have targeted these groups, with little to no state security to defend against them. According to the alert, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at Stage 9: Extermination.
New Timestream
Click here to view a new Timestream on India’s Muslims in Assam, which tracks the growth of anti-Muslim sentiment in India. Narendra Modi’s ascension to power with the Bharatiya Jaranta Party (BJP) in 2014 has resulted in an increase in anti-Muslim attacks and has put India’s Assam Muslims in danger of becoming victims of a full-blown genocide.
Upcoming Events
Linda Zheng is organizing a webinar entitled “Genocide Watch: Impacts of COVID-19 on Ongoing Genocides” to discuss the effects of the global pandemic on groups at risk of genocide in countries such as China, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, and Syria. She is currently seeking proposals and speakers from members of the Alliance Against Genocide. Keep an eye out for more information on this event!
Dr. Gregory Stanton's Work
On June 25th, Dr. Stanton spoke at a press conference on the genocide of Christians in Nigeria organized by In Defense of Christians, an Alliance Against Genocide member organization. Also contributing to the panel were Archbishop Ben Kwashi, Bishop Matthew H. Kukah, Congressman Frank Wolf, and Rev. Johnnie Moore. Click here to watch.