Jewish World Watch applauds the U.S. State Department’s crucial declaration that the Chinese government is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against the Uyghur people and other minority groups in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China. “Today is a momentous day for the Uyghur people,” said Jewish World Watch Executive Director Serena Oberstein. “We will…
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) has reissued an open letter to governments, along with 29 genocide and atrocity prevention organizations from seven countries, and 21 senior experts, reiterating our grave concern that crimes against humanity and genocide are taking place against Uyghurs in East Turkistan. “Uyghurs have now suffered unspeakable brutality for four years,”…
Dear Friend, Following an extensive and thorough search process, the Board of Directors of Jewish World Watch extends an enthusiastic welcome to our new Executive Director, Serena Oberstein! Serena has a rich and varied background leading social justice agencies, managing nonprofit operations, serving as Los Angeles City Ethics Commission President and as Special Assistant to the Mayor…
A countrywide shutdown in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to COVID-19 has led to increased fears of starvation. Amani Tom, our longtime partner in the Congo, said that he is “worried that hunger will kill more people than COVID-19.” That is why, despite the closure of schools, the Jewish World Watch-funded Congo…
“Enough is enough,” is the cry reverberating throughout the United States in response to the murder of George Floyd. “Enough is enough” echoes the founding principle of Jewish World Watch – “Never again,” to targeted killings of people for their race or ethnicity. We have all learned through pervasive videos over the past three decades,…
As the world learns of China’s surveillance, imprisonment, torture and forced “reeducation” of millions of Uyghurs, an ethnic group based mostly in Xinjiang Province in northwest China, Jewish World Watch has joined with the California Uyghur diaspora community to give voice to their disappeared relatives. Jewish World Watch supporters and numerous Uyghurs together have met…
Thanks largely to the supporters of Jewish World Watch, Cibalonza Mushagasha Chanceline has survived the unthinkable to exemplify an extraordinary story of resilience. As a young girl in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she was raped and then abandoned by her family when they learned she was carrying her attacker’s baby. “I hated myself…
Some 3,000 Rohingya people are scheduled to be moved from the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to an uninhabitable tiny island in the Bay of Bengal called Bhasan Car, as early as Monday, November 4. The Bangladeshi government plans eventually to relocate as many as 100,000 Rohingya to Bhasan Char in phases. Despite promises…
Dear President Trump, We at Jewish World Watch, a human rights organization devoted to fighting genocide and mass atrocities, are writing to express our extreme concern in regard to your announcement on Sunday that you will be withdrawing United States troops from the Syrian border with Turkey. We strongly fear that a withdrawal will open…
At just 8 years old, Sidney Ross-Stern was inspired to take action by Jewish World Watch’s Walk to End Genocide. She created her own jewelry business, Jewels4Justice, making beaded necklaces and bracelets and donating 100% of her profits to JWW. She has also accompanied JWW staff to congressional meetings, enthusiastically advocating on behalf of survivors of genocide and…