The Persecution desk

To witness is to refuse silence.

Persecution takes many forms. It can be visible in violence, or hidden in laws, borders, prisons and the slow removal of a community’s right to belong.

Persecution Defined

Unfair or cruel treatment over a long period of time because of race , religion or political beliefs .

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(118) More Than 1,000 Srebrenica Genocide Victims Still Missing 31 Years Later
(118) More Than 1,000 Srebrenica Genocide Victims Still Missing 31 Years Later
Thirty-one years after Bosnian Serb forces overran the UN-declared “safe area” of Srebrenica...
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(117) How Death And Despair Haunt Pakistan’s Christian Minority
(117) How Death And Despair Haunt Pakistan’s Christian Minority
Pakistan’s Christians have long been marginalised and pushed into sewer cleaning work.In the absence...
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(116) Mass Scam Centre Escapes Reveal A Humanitarian Crisis In Cambodia
(116) Mass Scam Centre Escapes Reveal A Humanitarian Crisis In Cambodia
In recent years, Cambodia – along with Myanmar and Laos – has gained a reputation as a burgeoning cyberscam...
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(115) Uganda Votes In Fear Amid Internet Blackout And Police Crackdown
(115) Uganda Votes In Fear Amid Internet Blackout And Police Crackdown
Uganda was on edge as polls opened, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule...
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(114) Syria Says Nearly 140,000 People Still Missing
(114) Syria Says Nearly 140,000 People Still Missing
The Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic (IIMP) is the first entity...
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(113) Reckoning with Denmark’s Cruel Birth Control Campaign
(113) Reckoning with Denmark’s Cruel Birth Control Campaign
On September 24, Denmark will formally organize an official apology to Greenland after an investigation...
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(112) Mass Circumcision Ceremony That Killed 93 Kids Is Set To Happen Again
(112) Mass Circumcision Ceremony That Killed 93 Kids Is Set To Happen Again
Traditional rituals that mark the path to manhood are part of many African cultures. In South Africa...
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(111) Forced Sterilization And Impunity In Peru
(111) Forced Sterilization And Impunity In Peru
More than 300,000 women were sterilised under the guise of a family planning scheme, enacted by the government...
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(110) Holocaust Memorial Day – 80th Anniversary Of The Liberation Of Auschwitz
(110) Holocaust Memorial Day - 80th Anniversary Of The Liberation Of Auschwitz
People across the world are marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ most notorious...
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