Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act passes House – now onto the Senate
This week, we mark another major advocacy win as the House of Representatives approved the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act…
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Myanmar soldiers confess to genocide: Now the U.S. must act
In a major development for the Rohingya justice movement, two soldiers of the Myanmar army have provided damning video testimony…
Historic peace deal signed between Sudan’s new government and rebel groups
[September 11, 2020]: In a major development in Sudan’s transition to democracy, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok agreed to a deal…
Evidence shows that Boko Haram used children as suicide bombers
Shocking evidence has emerged that Boko Haram, an Islamist armed extremist group operating in the Lake Chad Basin, uses children…
Turkey waging war against Kurds and Yazidi genocide survivors
In 2014, the Yazidis in Iraq suffered genocide at the hands of the Islamic State. Last year, the Kurds of…
Racism, Violence and the Roots of Mass Atrocities
Mass atrocity crimes — genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity — occur when civilians are targeted in an illegal,…
Sudan’s al-Bashir and the Hope of Justice: A Backgrounder
On February 11, the transitional government announced that several suspects indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes perpetrated…
Expanded travel ban foments hate, harms civilians fleeing atrocities
On January 31, the Trump Administration added six countries to its three-year-old travel ban. Once colloquially known as the “Muslim…
The Syrian war: A never-ending nightmare for civilians
The horrors of the Syrian war are unending. If anything, they are mercilessly ramping up, as civilians continue to be…
Genocide Convention 70 years later: Vision lives on despite setbacks
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Genocide Convention. Catalyzed by the “never again” sentiment pervading the aftermath of World…