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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A former Syrian prison chief was sentenced to 60 years in U.S. prison for torturing Syrian prisoners and lying to U.S. Immigration officials. Samir Alsheikh is the highest-ranking former member of Bashir al-Assad’s regime to be tried and convicted in person outside of Syria.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ratko Mladic died last week in prison, convicted of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity for murdering 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Burial - in Serbia “with highest military and state honors.” Serbia denies genocide, glorifies this war criminal; survivors are enraged.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

At least 4,000 Greenlandic women and girls had an IUD coil implanted by 1970, half the Greenlandic females of childbearing age. They were fitted with these birth-control devices without knowledge or consent. Denmark’s PM apologized – empty words, no compensation. Lawsuit has been filed by 143 women.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

News about the Iran war is all about the Hormuz Strait – but Christians, Baha’i face terrible violence. Afghanistan is mostly Muslim. Taliban is purging religious minorities: Hindus, Sikhs, and Jews have left since the 1990s, and the 10% Shi’a minority is under severe pressure. Every person counts.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

On August 26, 1920, many women in the US got the right to vote. Not Native women. And most African American women were turned away at polls for nearly 50 more years. But the 19th Amendment, certified that day, was a step towards women’s equality.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Turkey issued an international arrest warrant, an Interpol red notice, on August 21 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity for the May 2026 interception of a ship with 430 activists going to Gaza with humanitarian aid.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The federal government paid $40m for foreign countries to accept deportees from the US who can’t go back to their home countries. Third-country deportation deals have been made with over 30 countries including the Dominican Republic, South Sudan, Eswatini, Cameroon, Rwanda, and Liberia.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Temporary Protected Status, TPS: people from war-torn countries can live safely in the US while they file for permanent status. TPS has been withdrawn from 700,000 people in the US. They will be sent back to Ethiopia, Haiti, Somalia, Ukraine, and other places of fighting and probable death.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

ICE arrested 43,138 people in June 2026 and 51,000 people in July 2026. The goal for June plus July: 122,000. Total of 94,138. 70.6% of those arrested have no criminal convictions. Of those with convictions, they include even minor traffic violations.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

From a poll by The Economist, people in the US: 47% - Netanyahu guilty of war crimes in Gaza. 24% - Not guilty. 49% - The US should arrest Netanyahu if he’s here, send him to the International Criminal Court. 27% - Don’t arrest him. 68% of Dems: guilty; arrest him. 24% of Reps: guilty, arrest him.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hotel Lutetia is the main character in Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War: Before the war, German refugees met there, warning against fascism. In wartime it housed Germany’s secret police. After 1945, the living skeletons rescued from concentration camps were cared for. An amazing book.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

In 2020, the US was declared measles-free, with the deadly disease eradicated. Now, measles cases are at levels not seen in a quarter of a century. People are dying from preventable deaths. There are no lifeguards on duty.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

In the NY Times: “The world must wake up to the horror in Sudan.” Africa is ignored in the racism of human rights activism. Our hearts break for this tragedy – murder, rapes of children, starvation, genocide. What will it take to stop the atrocities?

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What an irony! The Israeli government announced recognition of the 1915-1923 genocide of a million Armenians by Turkey. Then – Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan lobbied hard against this decision – and Israel back-pedaled – nope, no genocide after all. Turkey has denied this genocide for over 100 years.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

There are genocide memorials in Cambodia, Rwanda, Germany, France, US – all over the world. But how do we ensure that younger generations remain engaged with a history they did not experience themselves? Memorial sites must become places for education and learning, teaching peace and acceptance.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

German prosecutors arrested a Rwandan man in Germany accused of murdering at least 25 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, drawing up death lists, and inciting people to commit genocide. Germany has prosecuted several Rwandans using universal jurisdiction.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Last week, 3 international organizations filed a criminal complaint against Nitro-Chem, a company in Poland and the largest producer of TNT in NATO, for crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. There are increasing efforts to hold businesses accountable for violence, a legacy of the Nuremberg trials.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

DR Congo filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for breaching international treaties. Congo wants accountability for alleged violations of conventions covering genocide prevention, racial discrimination, women's rights, and torture. Rwanda backs rebels in Congo.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Palestine says Israel is committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in targeting children in Gaza, West Bank. COI urges an end to attacks and child-responsive justice. 20,100 Palestinian children killed, 44,000 wounded since Hamas 2023 attack.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Turkey lashed out against Israel for labeling the atrocities against Armenians in WWI as ‘genocide.’ Turkey’s denial has gone on for a century despite acknowledgment from scholars, nations, historical documents. But acknowledging means reparations and culpability. Turkey – time to admit the past.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What if wind power looked like art? Australia’s first Wind Trees have been installed in Western Australia. Their leaf-shaped micro-turbines generate electricity even in light breezes, helping power community lighting while blending into the landscape.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Wednesday, June 24 - Raphael Lemkin’s birthday. He coined the word ‘genocide,’ authored the Genocide Convention, and lobbied for ratification at the UN. He changed our concept of commitment, responsibility to our human family. Race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin cannot be reasons to kill.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In Idaho, legislators tried to make it a FELONY for a trans person to use the bathroom corresponding to their sexual identity. A FELONY. This is like Nazi Germany banning Jews from walking on the sidewalk.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This past weekend was the anniversary of murder of Minnesota Dem. Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. We honor them.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Bipartisan lawmakers in the US House introduced legislation requiring the State Department to determine whether China has committed genocide or crimes against humanity against Tibetans, adding pressure on Beijing over its human rights record.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A lawsuit in Australia alleges that UK King Charles, also Australia’s king, is perpetrating genocide of Aboriginal people through systemic discrimination, with worse health, higher imprisonment, higher unemployment, lower education. The British colonized Australia in 1788, seized Indigenous land.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Univ. of Notre Dame ignored accusations since the 1990s of sexual assault by priest Father Thomas King. His scheme? He ‘weighed’ male students, forcing them to strip while he fondled and often assaulted them. Two other priests were reported in other cases and these charges also were long ignored.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

15 countries have now adopted national ecocide legislation (or comparable criminal laws for severe, widespread, or long-term environmental damage) and it is under review in at least 10 other jurisdictions. June 5: World Environment Day.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

10,000 lawyers have left jobs with the federal government since Trump took office, protesting illegal authoritarianism. They are now at attorneys general offices in blue states and nonprofits, bringing highly skilled attorneys who are now suing the feds for unjust policies.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

By September, a third of people in the US will live in the 13 states with Medical Aid in Dying, or MAID. This practice allows the diagnosed terminally ill to self-ingest a lethal dose of medicine to end their suffering. New York, Illinois will soon legalize this right to final bodily autonomy.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The UN courts that prosecuted the Yugoslav and Rwandan 1990s genocides held final session on May 20, ending decades working for international justice. The financier of Rwanda’s genocide died on May 16, 6 years after arrest in Paris. He evaded capture for 20 years. Justice delayed is still justice.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A gallows erected last week outside Marquette, MI is not just a symbol. Gallows evoke lynching, political violence, and the public spectacle of death. In a time of rising extremism and threats against democratic institutions, we should be deeply concerned by imagery normalizing public violence.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

On 5-11 the European Union imposed travel sanctions, asset freezes on 16 Russians for abducting tens of thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia. Sanctions were also put on seven centers. Over 130 people, entities are now sanctioned. Forced child removal is a crime under the Genocide Convention.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Weakening of the Voting Rights Act puts us on a perilous path to excluding all voices. We are moving towards a fascist state: misogyny, right-wing Christianity, and xenophobia trump human rights. Sound the alarms loudly. Support leaders who represent us all.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

ICE cost Minnesota $600 million, violated international laws, 4th, 5th, 10th, 14th Amendments to the Constitution. States are passing laws to sue the federal government for its criminality. Already legislated in CT, NY, NJ, IL, other states. The nation is failing us and the states are stepping up.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Tibet Atrocities Determination Act introduced in U.S. Senate. Requires Sec of State to determine whether China is committing genocide against Tibetan people. We say yes: systematic killings, torture, forced sterilization, forced displacement and disappearances. Make China accountable.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Yesterday was World Press Freedom Day. Until recent city-wide anti-immigrant actions, people most visibly targeted for abuse have been reporters and protesters. They have been repeatedly attacked while taking pictures of ICE actions in a non-obstructive and nonviolent way. Restore a free press.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The Myanmar government has led a genocide against the minority Rohingya people. Using universal jurisdiction, justice efforts are ongoing in Argentina and East Timor. The ICC has a case against dictator Min Aung Hlaing. Another international jurisdiction case now begins in Indonesia.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The UN calls for reparations for the trafficking of enslaved Africans. The General Assembly names it “the gravest crime against humanity”. The vote was 123-3. The three NO votes? Argentina, Israel – and the US. SHAMEFUL. Abstaining? UK, EU members.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

April 24: anniversary of the genocide of the Armenian people that began on this date in 1915. Armenian leaders and intellectuals were rounded up and deported, beginning the extermination of 1.5 million men, women, and children. The Turkish government continues its century-long denial.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Wow! Our next hot spot - Antarctica! Scientists predict that as glaciers melt, huge deposits of gold, silver, copper, and iron will come to the surface. The world’s grabbing nations will start grabbing those riches away from today’s owners: Argentina, Chile, and the UK. It’ll be a terrible fight.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The climate crisis affects every part of our lives, including chocolate. High heat and drought made cocoa prices soar over recently, forcing Hershey’s and others to find cheaper, alternatives. Check the labels. If it says “milk chocolate,” it’s good. “Chocolate candy” - nope; not the real thing.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

April 14 – Holocaust Remembrance Day, remembering 6 million Jewish men, women, and children exterminated during World War II. The Nazis passed more than 400 laws that made their atrocities perfectly legal. That’s what we must learn: that the law can become an instrument of violence and murder.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Hitler had an ‘edifice complex,’ says Atlantic. Gold. Chandeliers. Triumphal arches bigger than the Arc de Triomphe. Additions in gold and marble to the Reichstag. Hitler moved Germany from democracy to dictatorship in a few months.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In the US, the #1 risk of death for pregnant women isn’t sepsis or high blood pressure. It’s murder by an intimate partner. This happens in every state and to women of every race. Reach out to support prevention, intervention, and services in your community. This can – and must – be prevented.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Peyvand Naimi, a young Baha’i imprisoned in Iran, faces grave danger after two mock hangings and prolonged torture. Iranian authorities want him to confess to crimes he didn’t commit. Mock executions are severe torture banned under international law. The UN must intervene to release him from prison.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Trans people are about 1% of the US population. With all the furor about trans women in sports, what’s the data? Trans people are 0.002% (10 out of 500,000) of US college athletes. Now they’re banned in the Olympics. Total Olympic trans athletes, ever: 0.001%. Lots of hate for very few people.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A New Mexico jury found that Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp’s parent, was liable for failing to protect young people from online dangers, including sexually explicit content, solicitation, and human trafficking. The verdict: $375 million in civil penalties. Probably the first of many suits.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Germany had backed Israel in South Africa’s genocide case about Gaza at the International Court of Justice. Germany has now withdrawn its support. Nicaragua filed a case against Germany, alleging that Germany violated international genocide law by supporting Israel in the Gaza war.

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World Without Genocide @world-wo-genocide.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sabri Essid, French member of ISIS, was convicted of genocide against Yazidis. He enslaved, raped, and killed Yazidi women. Two Yazidi used as sexual slaves testified, one raped daily for two years. “I want Yazidi voices to be heard, not only in France, but throughout the world,” she told the court.

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