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Genocide News Now
by Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
Join the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention for biweekly news updates as well as occasional long-form conversations about genocide patterns and prevention with scholars, activists, and survivors from around the world. Find more of our work on our website or check us out on Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook, <a target="_blank" rel="n
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GNN August-September
Welcome, listeners. Thanks for tuning in to Genocide News Now, brought to you by the Lemkin Institute, an all volunteer-run genocide prevention and human security advocacy organization. Today, we bring to you recent news related to developments in genocide, genocide prevention, and human rights.…
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GNN July 2026
Episode Transcript Welcome, listeners. Thanks for tuning in to Genocide News Now, brought to you by the Lemkin Institute, an all volunteer-run genocide prevention and human security advocacy organization. Today, we bring to you recent news related to developments in genocide, genocide prevention,...
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GNN - Episode #3 - September 1, 2025
This episode follows developments in Afghanistan, France, Artsakh, and the Sahel. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com for more information on our work, how to get involved, and...
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GNN - Episode #2 - August 1, 2025
This episode features stories about developments in Balochistan, Haiti, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UK, and Syria. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com for more...
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GNN - Episode #1 - July 1, 2025
This episode features stories about developments in Myanmar, Bosnia, and Jammu and Kashmir. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com for more information on our work, how to get...
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GNN - Episode #8 - November 5, 2024
This episode features stories about possible intervention by Dutch courts on behalf of the International Criminal Court, and developments in Myanmar, Mozambique, and Sudan. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our...
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GNN - Episode #7 - October 16, 2024
In this episode, host Molly Reagan and producer Noelle Jones cover stories from Lebanon, Venezuela, Bangladesh, and Armenia. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com for more...
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GNN - Episode #6 - May 27, 2024
In this episode, hosts Teresa Merk and Molly Reagan cover stories from Ecuador, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, and Guatemala. Forced conscription, immigration trends, blood minerals, and accountability for the genocide of indigenous peoples in Guatemala are discussed. Don't forget to...
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GNN - Episode #5 - May 13, 2024
In this episode, hosts Teresa Merck and Molly Reagan cover stories from Haiti, Ethiopia, and Sudan, and shine a light on student protestors. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com...
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GNN - Episode #4 - April 24, 2024
In this episode, hosts Teresa Merck and Molly Reagan cover stories from India, Rwanda, Sudan, Haiti, and Nigeria. Don't forget to follow the Lemkin Institute (@LemkinInstitute) on Instagram, X, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram. Visit our website www.lemkininstitute.com for more information on our...
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GNN - Episode #3 - March 3, 2024
Join your hosts, Molly and Teresa, as they discuss the implications of a ground invasion into Rafah by Israel, the latest out of Ethiopia and the ongoing conflict in the Amhara region, the violence in Eastern Congo and what lies at the core of it, and the ongoing human rights crisis in Sudan.
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GNN - Episode #2 - February 10, 2024
Join your hosts, Molly and Teresa as they discuss the International Court of Justice decision on provisional orders in Gaza, the increasing tension in the region more generally, protests against femicide in Kenya, and the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
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GNN - Episode #1 - January 19, 2024
Join your hosts, Sarah and Teresa, for the first episode of Genocide News Now of 2024. In this episode, we provide an overview for what to expect from our coverage in the new year, as well as country summaries on Sudan, Ethiopia, Gaza, and others.
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GNN - Episode #14 - December 28, 2023
Join your hosts, Sarah and Teresa, for the final episode of 2023, with news on the Russia-Ukraine war, the latest from Gaza, and an update on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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GNN - Episode #13 - December 12, 2023
Join your hosts, Teresa and Sarah, as they discuss the latest in Israel and Gaza, as well as how Yemen’s Iran-backed group, the Houthis, are reacting to the ongoing conflict. The latest from Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo is also discussed, with special attention given to the…
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GNN - Episode #12 - November 30, 2023
This episode of Genocide News Now features news on the latest from Sudan as well as the conflict between Israel and Gaza. This episode also touches on the German President's recent visit to Tanzania, and the latest on the Rohingya and the case currently before the International Court of Justice.
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GNN - Episode #11 - November 18, 2023
This episode of Genocide News Now features news on the latest from Israel and Gaza, as well as how things stand between Azerbaijan and Armenia following Azerbaijan's offensive into the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh in September, and the outcome of a recent referendum in Australia.
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GNN - Episode #10 - November 9, 2023
This episode of Genocide News Now features current news on events related to Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the region of Nagorno-Karbakh, as well as news on the conflict between Israel and Gaza following the October 7 attack by Hamas and Israel's nonstop bombardment of the area since.
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Genocide News Now - Episode #9 (14 July 2023)
Join your host Molly Reagan as she updates you on the most recent news related to genocide and its prevention, including the developments in Artsakh, the sinking of a migrant boat off the coast of Pylos, Greece, and new atrocities in West Darfur.
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Genocide News Now - Episode #8 (1 July 2023)
Join your host Courtney Holimon as she updates you on the most recent news related to genocide and its prevention, including state and settler violence against Palestinians in Israel, genocidal violence against Amhara in Ethiopia, Azerbaijan's international crimes against Armenians, and the...
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Genocide News Now - Episode #7 (9 April 2023)
Join your host Gevorg Novshadyan as he takes you through the recent news related to genocide and its prevention, including ongoing conflicts in Israel, Myanmar, and Ethiopia as well as efforts at justice and accountability in Namibia, in Brazil, and in German trials related to ISIS genocide…
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Genocide News Now - Episode #6 (January 29, 2023)
Join your host, Lexi Poston, as she takes you through the current news on genocide, including the recent United States Supreme Court case, Haaland v. Brackeen, which could overturn the landmark 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) that made it a federal priority to keep Native American families...
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Episode 20: Identity, Advocacy, and Art in Genocide Prevention with Serj Tankian
Join host Mia Baxley and special guest Serj Tankian (artist, vocalist of System of a Down) as they discuss Serj’s pride in his Armenian identity and his lifelong dedication to global justice, human rights, and the memory of the Armenian Genocide. As a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors…
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Genocide News Now - Episode #5 (November 17, 2022)
This episode of Genocide News Now features current news on Ukraine, Afghanistan, China, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Italy, including the recent ICC communication submitted by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and the Regional Center for Human Rights that charges Russia with genocide for…
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Genocide News Now - Episode #4 (October 27. 2022)
This episode of Genocide News Now features current news on events regarding the violent conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the tense elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the genocide being perpetrated against the Uyghurs in China, and finally the recent conviction and sentencing of a…
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Genocide News Now - Episode #3 (August 13. 2022)
Join your host, Gretchen Moore, for an update on genocide in the news. Included here is news related to Ethiopia, Ukraine, NATO, Turkey, India, Myanmar, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Genocide News Now - Episode #2 (March 23, 2022)
Join your host Lexi Poston for news updates related to genocide and its prevention. Included in this episode is the use of the word "genocide" during the war in Ukraine, the genocide case against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice, the ongoing violence, civil war, and, potentially,...
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Episode 19: Talking about Darfur and Genocide Prevention with Peacemaker Niemat Ahmadi
Join Elisa and Irene for a moving and inspiring interview with Darfur Genocide survivor and activist Niemat Ahmadi, Executive Director of Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG). Please visit the DWAG website to learn more about what they do and to get involved: https://www.darfurwomenaction.org/
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Episode 18: Genocide Never Ends, Let's End Genocide
Join Elisa and Irene to discuss The Iraq Project's name change! We explain why we have chosen to rename ourselves and what went into choosing the name The Lemkin Institute. Along the way we cover: - The life of Raphael Lemkin, - The problem with confining the definition of genocide to the...
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Genocide News Now - Episode #1 (October 15, 2021)
Join your host Allison Newey for the first ever episode of Genocide News Now, a new initiative of the Anti-Genocide Coffee Break. GNN is a weekly digest of news on genocide and conflict as well as on specific action items that you can complete to be part of the solution. Allison Newey is a…
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Episode 17: The Meaning of Genocide Prevention in the End Times
Irene and Elisa discuss the existential crises associated with catastrophic climate change and their impact on genocide prevention. They also go into depth on three news items: Armenia's case against Azerbaijan in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Texas's anti-abortion law (SB-8), and the...
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Episode 16: War and Peace in Colombia with Louise Winstanley of ABColombia
Join us for a discussion of war, peacebuilding, and the problem of vested interests in Colombia and Latin America with veteran peace-maker and long-time human rights activist Louise Winstanley, the Programme and Advocacy Manager of ABColombia, a UK-based human rights organization. Louise…
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Episode 15: Genocide, Colonialism, and Settler Colonialism - IPG Discussion of Recent News, with Raffi Zarzatian
Irene and Elisa do a deep dive into recent news on genocide and settler colonialism with IPG technical producer Raffi Zarzatian. Among other things, they discuss how societies can truly transform themselves in the midst of long-term genocidal institutions, including Germany, Namibia, the United...
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Special Episode on Palestine with Fadi Quran
On the day of the arrests of internationally-known Palestinian activists Muna and Mohammad El-Kurd in East Jerusalem, we are joined by Fadi Quran, campaign director at Avaaz and global human rights advocate, for a moving, in-depth, and inspirational discussion about the challenges of living under...
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Episode 3: Interview with Dr. Gurgen Petrossian on Legal Responses to the Artsakh War
In this episode, Anti-Genocide Coffee Break podcast hosts speak with Dr. Gurgen Petrossian, LL.M. (Heidelberg), a senior researcher at Frederick Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany, and head of its International Criminal Law Research Group. He is also Chairperson of the German-Armenian...
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Episode 14: Genocide Prevention in Iraq, with Ranin Taher
Irene and Elisa discuss genocide prevention in Iraq with Iraqi human rights activist, Ranin Taher. In particular they discuss ISIS's persecution of Iraqi Christians within the wider framework of ISIS's violence against religious and national minorities in Nineveh and Sinjar, making the case that...
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Episode 13: The Meaning and Importance of Cultural Heritage, with Dr. Marina Mchitarian Lazaridou
Dr. Marina Mchitarian Lazaridou, Armenian-Greek artist and human rights advocate, joins us for a discussion of the importance of cultural heritage, the impact of its destruction, and the role played by cultural preservation in peacebuidling. Along the way we also discuss the power of memory, of...
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Episode 12: Ezidi/Yezidi Children Born of War and Genocide, with Dr. Amy Beam and Farhad Shamo Roto, President of Voice of Ezidis
When ISIS overtook the Shengal region of northern Iraq in August 2014, it massacred Ezidi men, older women, and older boys and kidnapped women, girls, and young boys. Since then, the Ezidi community has worked tirelessly to locate and rescue the captive women and children and welcome them back…
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Episode 11: Genocide, Palestine, and Lessons from Iraq
Irene and Elisa are back to discuss the Iraq Project's May 8 Statement on Israeli violence in Jerusalem, in which we protest the genocidal violence directed at Palestinians and Palestinian life. We talk about how we make the decision to use the term genocidal and genocide, and what it means to...
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Episode 10: Conversation with Maung Zarni on the Coup in Myanmar & the Emergence of a New Civil Society
The team is back for another in-depth conversation with Maung Zarni about the Myanmar military (the Tatmadaw) and how it became so powerful; the reasons popular support for the Tatmadaw evaporated after the February coup; the emergence of a revitalized and inclusive civil society in Myanmar; and...
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Episode 9: Interview with Dr. Anahit Khosroeva on US President Biden's Recognition of the Armenian Genocide
Join us in an interview with Assyrian-Armenian scholar and human rights advocate Dr. Anahit Khosroeva to discuss US President Joe Biden's April 24, 2021 recognition of the Armenian Genocide. We discuss the history of Armenian Genocide recognition in the United States, the implications of Biden's...
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Episode 8: Interview with Maung Zarni on Violence in Myanmar and Being a Scholar-Activist
Join the Anti-Genocide Coffee Break team f0r an interview with Burmese scholar-activist Maung Zarni, who discusses the relationship between scholarship, activism, and truth-telling; his childhood in Burma; his formative influences, especially his mother and father; his decision to pursue activism...
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Episode 7: Representing Genocide in Azerbaijan with Luciana Minassian
Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey and Irene Massimino welcome guest co-host Luciana Minassian, Argentine lawyer and Assistant Professor at the University of Buenos Aires Law School, to discuss the Second Artskah War and Azerbaijan's new Military Trophy Park, which includes displays of helmets of...
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Episode 5: Interview with Yeghia Tashjian, Expert in Global Politics
n this episode we discuss Turkish foreign policy, the position of Armenia in the global order, the war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the Grey Wolves terrorist organization, anti-Armenianism, and the way forward for the Middle East. The hosts dedicate this podcast to Yeghia Tashjian's father,...
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Episode 6: Interview with Dr. Amy Beam on the Regional and Global Responsibility for the Yezidi Genocide
In this episode we speak with Dr. Amy Beam, expert on the Yezidi genocide and author of the book, The Last Yezidi Genocide (available at Amazon.com). Dr. Beam has spent many years working closely with the Yezidi people since ISIS's 2014 invasion of the Shengal territory in Northern Iraq, which…
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Episode 5 - Teaser: Expert Yeghia Tashjian on the Grey Wolves Terrorists and Turkish Foreign Policy
Global affairs expert Yeghia Tashjian speaks to us about global politics, Turkish foreign policy, hard and soft power, indigenous solidarity in the Middle East, and Armenia's future in episode 5 of our podcast. The full episode will be published on Sunday, April 4 and is available for our Patreon...
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Episode 4: The Pandemic & Inequality
Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Victoria Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail engage in a wide-ranging discussion of the news of the past two weeks, including news from Brazil, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, France, Rwanda, Turkey and Iraq, and do a deeper dive into the pandemic and inequality.
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Episode 3 - Teaser: Interview with Dr. Guren Petrossian on the Artsakh War
Listen to the full episode by subscribing to our Patreon. Subscriptions start at just $2/mo. All proceeds go to supporting the genocide-prevention work of the Iraq Project for Genocide Prevention (iraqproject.org).
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Episode 2: Turkish Foreign Policy
Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail return to discuss recent news across the world related to genocide, to do a deep dive into Turkish foreign policy, and offer a quick update on Iraq. To commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Halabja genocide on March 16…
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Episode 1: Pope Francis's Visit to Iraq
Co-hosts Elisa von Joeden-Forgey, Irene Massimino, and Hoshman Ismail introduce the Anti-Genocide Coffee Break: A Multinational Podcast. They also discuss the Iraq Project for Genocide Prevention (IPG) and Pope Francis's recent visit to Iraq! Along the way, Elisa reads the Al Jazeera Op-Ed…
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Join the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention for biweekly news updates as well as occasional long-form conversations about genocide patterns and prevention with scholars, activists, and survivors from around the world.
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