Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, recently traveled to two nearby African nations and faced no consequences, despite the fact that he is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for counts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. On May 8, 2016 Bashir traveled to Djibouti for the inauguration of President Ismail Omar Guelleh. One…
The 2016 Walk to End Genocide was a great success in all its locations this year, and in Los Angeles it garnered coverage from several media outlets. Click below to view the news reports… KTLA: KNBC: KCAL: CBS LA (links to video on their site):
*A post from our consultant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * This year, all eyes are on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The second term of President Joseph Kabila will end in 2016. Elections are scheduled for later this year, and according to the Constitution President Kabila cannot stand for a third…
Today, 120 members of Congress called on President Obama to make Sudan a foreign policy priority, hold Sudanese leaders accountable, and protect civilians from ongoing violence. Among other recommendations, the bipartisan letter included a request to enhance the current sanctions regime to target high-level officials in Sudan, and to counter gold as a major source…
Last month, during Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month, and the 101st commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Wall Street Journal ran a full-page ad for a group that denies the Armenian genocide. The events that unfolded in the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1916 are widely recognized as genocide by scholars, activists, and museums alike. The United States…
The Yazidis are a Kurdish-speaking ethnic and religious minority living primarily in northern Iraq. Sunni Jihadists and the Islamic State in particular, regard the Yazidis as ‘devil worshippers’ who have two options: atone and convert, or face death. On August 3rd, 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) viciously attacked and took…
Presidential election years are a great opportunity for advocates to shape candidates’ positions on various issues. Social media platforms have proven to be effective in grasping the attention of candidates and getting a response. Help us grab the attention of the current presidential candidates. Join us in asking the next President of the United States…
Today, Jewish World Watch joined 11 organizations, including InterAction an alliance of over 180 nongovernmental organizations operating around the world, to issue a statement on the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. The statement calls on the conflicting parties, and the impending transitional government, to immediately address the food security crisis the conflict has caused. If…
In 1913, the ultra-nationalist Young-Turks took political control of the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. The group sought to develop a unified empire with one language and one religion that would be able to expand its power to the East. When WWI broke out, the regime, which sided with Germany and Austria-Hungary, took action to disarm…
In March 1992, the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared independence from The Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia. The event followed a series of incidents that would ultimately culminate in the breakup of Yugoslavia. Bosnian Serbs however, were unhappy with the newfound independence. They wanted to be part of a dominant Serbian state—and not a state with…