Joint NGO Statement Ahead of the European Council of 28-29 June 2016 NGOs Strongly Condemn New EU policies to Contain Migration Human Rights Watch  27 June 2016  Image: greens.scot At the upcoming European Council, European Union (EU) leaders will discuss the EuropeanCommission’s Communication on a new Partnership Framework with third countries. The Communication proposes an approach which aims to leverage existing EU and Member States' external

    Prevent and Punish ISIS’s Genocide and Syria’s Crimes Against Humanity and Rescue and Protect the Victims         Professor Gregory Stanton (Genocide Watch) Professor Elihu Richter (Jerusalem Center for Genocide Prevention) Professor Irwin Cotler (Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights) Lisa Miari (Springs of Hope Foundation) Professor Muhammed Dajani (Wasatia)       March 21, 2016       A Call From Genocide Watch (Washington

Sweden Toughens Rules for Refugees Seeking Asylum Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times  21 June 2016  Image: The Majid family, refugees from Syria, at their home in Backhammar, Sweden, in April. Sweden has introduced tough new restrictions on asylum seekers. Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Sweden, once one of the most welcoming countries for refugees, on Tuesday introduced tough new restrictions on asylum seekers, including rules that would

Jordan Closes Border to Syrian Refugees After Suicide Car Bomb Kills 6 Rana F. Sweis, The New York Times  21 June 2016 Image: Jordanian soldiers and relatives of Jordanian soldier Belal Al-Zuhbi carry his coffin near the city of Jerash, north of Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, June 21, 2016. A suicide attacker driving a truck packed with explosives barreled through Syria’s border with Jordan, setting off a blast that killed six members of the Jordanian

John Kerry Is Said to Side With Diplomats’ Critical Memo on Syria Nour Youssef, The New York Times June 18, 2016 Image: Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Copenhagen on Thursday. For a cabinet member whose department had just erupted into open disagreement with the White House, Secretary of StateJohn Kerry’s reaction to a critical memo on Syria policy signed by 51 diplomats was remarkably mellow. “It’s an important statement,” he

Doctors Without Borders Says It Won’t Take E.U. Money for Refugees Nick Cumming-Bruce, The New York Times  17 June 2016  Image: A migrant family sat on train tracks outside their tent in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece, in March. Tens of thousands of migrants are stranded in such camps in Greece. Eirini Vourloumis for The New York Times GENEVA — Doctors Without Borders, one of Europe’s biggest charities, said Friday that it was turning

51 U.S. Diplomats Urge Strikes Against Assad in Syria Mark Landler, The New York Times    16 June 2016   Image: Smoke and flames rose after what fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces said were American-led airstrikes on the mills of Manbij where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo, Syria, on Thursday.CreditRodi Said/Reuters  WASHINGTON — More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical

Patriarchs Call for Liberation of Iraqi Lands for Displaced Christians after ISIS Attacks Chiqui Guyjoco, The Christian Times  20 June 2016  Image: Displaced Iraq Christians who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, pray at a school acting as a refugee camp in Erbil September 6, 2014. Marking the second year since terrorists displaced tens of thousands of Christians, Syriac Patriarchs called for the liberation of the Iraqi Christian lands.

Iraqi Christian Who Fled ISIS: Faith Is All We Have Left Florence Taylor, Christian Today  20 June 2016  Image: A ISIS fighter waves his flag and weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. A Christian student forced to flee Islamic State in Iraq said yesterday that "faith is all we have left that ISIS couldn't take from us". Speaking at a charity rally organised by Aid to the Church in Need, Sarmad Ozan, 20, told the story of how

By Dr. Gregory Stanton, the Founding President of Genocide Watch Send ISIS to the ICC Image: Islamic State fighters march in the Syrian city of Raqqa in an image posted on a militant website on Jan. 14, 2014.Uncredited/Militant Website, via Associated Press