Sudan is in chaos. Every day brings reports of mounting atrocities as autocracy and democracy go head to head, with civilians paying the price. “We had a week indescribable. I hope this is the last time that we experience this,” Jewish World Watch’s field representative in Khartoum reports. “Sudan is very fragile.” Last time we…
Congress is not giving up on the Rohingya! After much anticipation, the House companion bill to the newest incarnation of the Burma Act was introduced on Tuesday, June 14. The Burma United through Rigorous Military Accountability Act (H.R. 3190) — sponsored by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) — authorizes significant humanitarian…
Hopes for a smooth transition to civilian rule in Sudan were dashed at dawn on June 3, when Sudan’s armed forces opened fire on pro-democracy protesters, bystanders, and medical workers, killing more than 100 people. In response, Sudanese opposition groups halted all negotiations with the Transitional Military Council (TMC), which has been in power since…
Jewish World Watch (JWW) commends the House of Representatives for passing the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (H.R. 2116) on May 20. This marks an important victory for the field of mass atrocity and genocide prevention, sending a strong bipartisan message that investing in the underlying structural causes of violence and conflict is in the…
[UPDATE: May 16, 2019] The transitional military council currently running Sudan has announced a suspension of talks with the opposition coalition representing the demands of the protesters. The 72-hr suspension of talks comes just a day after the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on the future of Sudan’s transition. Citing the growing atmosphere of…
Jewish World Watch intern Yasmin Liberman contributed to this report. In March 2017, China’s government launched a mass crackdown against the Uyghurs, a Muslim ethnic minority group who live primarily in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region, as well as other Turkic Muslim minorities in the region. The crackdown, allegedly a counter-extremism measure, includes implementation of a…
In just one week, from April 28 to May 6, 152,000 people were forced to flee their homes in Syria according to a report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), doubling the number of displaced persons in the northwest since February. A renewed Russian-backed Syrian government offensive has brought…
Today, we at Jewish World Watch are celebrating a momentous and long-awaited human rights victory: Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been released from prison in Myanmar (also known as Burma) after being imprisoned for more than 500 days! Despite recently losing their final appeal before the Supreme Court, in a surprising…
It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the recent devastating attacks in Sri Lanka, which took some 310 lives, including many Christians celebrating Easter Sunday. The bombs ripped through three churches, three luxury hotels, and two other locations, leaving shock, death, and despair in their wake. Police have arrested 24 people in connection with…
Something incredible just happened. After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President — indicted war criminal and genocidal mastermind Omar al-Bashir — has been ousted and arrested by the military. Is this good news or bad news? And, what does this mean for the future of Sudan? The Darfur genocide that occurred 15 years ago…