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In part eight of our Ten Stages of Genocide in India Series , we explain how the eighth process/stage of genocide, Persecution, is occurring in India. Pawan Pandit, a cow vigilante, stops a truck at a road block near Chandigarh, India [File: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters] Persecution is the stage when the state or state-endorsed perpetrators commit destructive acts against a targeted victim group. The group’s human rights are violated through extrajudicial killings, the expropria

March 30, 2026 In this episode of Conversations on Genocide, Beth is joined by Michał Jagielski, Senior Iran and Central Asia Team Leader at Genocide Watch, to discuss his recent published ⁠Genocide Alert: Future Consequences of the War in Iran⁠ . Michał provides updates on the contradictory messaging from US officials about the war's objectives and analyzes three possible outcomes: an IRGC military takeover, complete regime change, or regime survival. All scenarios present s

Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’ The New York Times March 29, 2026 As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny. The death of Emmanuel Damas, 56, has galvanized opposition to collaboration between ICE and local and state authorities in Boston.Credit ...Sophie Park for The New York Times   By Jazmine Ulloa Allison McCann  and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Jazmine Ulloa and All

ISIS Affiliates Threaten Religious Freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Washington, DC – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ) released the following report on the DRC:   Nonstate Violators of Religious Freedom in the DRC   – Amid ongoing political instability and chronic insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nonstate armed groups have increasingly targeted religious communities, exploited gaps in governance, and li

By Larisa Chikanya Photographer: Tchandrou Nitanga/AFP/Getty Images Following June 2025 parliamentary elections, Burundi remains under the consolidated rule of President Évariste Ndayishimiye and the National Council for the Defence of Democracy–Forces for the Defence of Democracy(CNDD–FDD) party. In those elections, the ruling party secured nearly all parliamentary seats, effectively eliminating meaningful political opposition . This political dominance has intensified the s

12 March 2026 Sondos Asem, Middle East Eye The move adds to an expanding list of governments weighing in on the high-profile Gaza case before the UN’s highest court Iceland and the Netherlands filed declarations to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday, bringing the number of countries seeking to participate in the proceedings to 18. Both states filed declarations under Article 63 of the court’s statu