Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities

We demand justice. We stand with survivors.

[Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel @TeklehaymanotG]

"Yet the state that defeated a European army with spears and antiquated rifles in defense of the independence of its decision-making now finds itself, by the testimony of its own advisers, in the position of having its decisions on war and peace dictated from a foreign capital"

[Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities @AlliedGenocideV]

AGVC is excited to begin working with @JN_Joniad, Rohingya genocide survivor and author of "Why It Is Important to Write Your Own Story" as we launch a social media strategy around survivor-led storytelling 🎉: https://t.co/ytNxszvPof
#WriteYourOwnStory #GenocidePrevention

[Omna Tigray @OmnaTigray]

Tigray is at a critical moment. Life-saving humanitarian and food assistance is being cut while nearly one million Tigrayans remain displaced.

Please sign and share our petition. Your message will be sent directly to your Representatives and Senators, urging them to act. Our goal is 1,000 messages by this weekend.

✍🏾 Sign now: https://t.co/ozLlXq6Ja7

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The International Criminal Court has made a significant breakthrough in its investigation of atrocities committed in Sudan, identifying evidence that could connect senior Rapid Support Forces commanders to war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. https://t.co/IPxdmOiipc

[Lord (David) Alton @DavidAltonHL]

Coaliton for Genocide Response @Coalition4GR explain why they back my Genocide Determination Bill - post includes an important Briefing from Yazda. See https://t.co/fwCnqrcHvk @andyburnham @YvetteCooperMP @DavidLammy @HumanRightsCtte @christinalamb

[Thinley Wangyal @thiwangs]

The attitude of 'US' and 'THEM'

[URAP - Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project @Uyghuradvocacy]

17 years ago today, the July 5 Urumchi Massacre marked a turning point in the CCP’s persecution of the Uyghur people. We honour those who were killed, disappeared,& imprisoned, and reaffirm our commitment to accountability, & justice.

Read our statement: https://t.co/FI5DQRacpP

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

I am heartbroken by the death of Tibetan activist Lobga Rangzen outside the United Nations. No one should feel that such a desperate act is the only way to make the world listen.

New York stands for the dignity and human rights of all people. We mourn this tragic loss and extend our deepest condolences to his loved ones and the Tibetan community across our City.

[CanadaTibetCommittee @CanadaTibet]

Viewer discretion is advised
We are profoundly shaken by the news that Tibet independence and rights advocate Lobga Rangzen self-immolated this evening on Facebook Live, calling for Tibet's independence and unity among Tibetans in exile at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and passed away.

Lobga Rangzen carried a Tibetan flag to the doorstep of the institution founded to defend the dignity and self-determination of all peoples.

His protest came one day after the entry into force of China's so-called Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress — a law that criminalizes Tibetan identity under the language of harmony, accelerating the forced assimilation of Tibetan language, religion, and culture

[Uygur Hareketi @U_Hareketi]

Bugün Kanada’da Yapay Zeka Çağında Baskı: başlıklı bir etkinlik düzenledi. Etkinlikte, Uygur hareketi İcra Direktörü @RushanAbbas ile konferans düzenledi
bu oturum @MIGSInstitute, İcra Direktörü @kylecmatthews tarafından yönetildi ve organize edildi

[Yohannes Abraha @johniabraha]

Looks we have a wise man in the room.

Thank you @BradSherman for this wise statement!
Indeed, the one sided and biased statement can only make the situation worse.
👇🏿
https://t.co/2218G6PqiA

[Getachew Temare @getachew_temare]

https://t.co/WZ389bqUJs

A brilliant and much-needed report by Claire Wilmot and Gisa Tunbridge on how gold is becoming a curse for Tigray, as it has been in many other conflict-stricken areas of Africa. The report is not merely about mining. It is about the anatomy of post-war predation.
It shows how a devastated society, still carrying the wounds of mass death, displacement, hunger, trauma, and institutional collapse, is being forced into another brutal economy: one where survival is criminalized, land is fenced, rivers are poisoned, former fighters are discarded, local communities are intimidated, and military power becomes a gatekeeper of wealth.
The most revealing part of the report is the cruelty of the transition itself. The same young people who were mobilized to fight and die for Tigray are now being pushed away from the land they mine to survive. Some are treated not as citizens with rights, but as obstacles to profit. The report even describes Tigrayan military officers turning violence against their own former soldiers amid mining conflicts, including the reported killing of a former fighter who challenged displacement from a mining site. That is not simply corruption. It is the moral decay of a militarized order.
This is how resource extraction becomes violent: first through promises of recovery, then through elite capture, then through foreign investors, smuggling corridors, environmental poisoning, intimidation, and finally the normalization of killing those who ask basic questions about ownership, livelihood, and justice.
Yet amid this bleak picture, the report also captures an encouraging truth: many former Tigrayan soldiers do not want another war. Their morale is not with a second catastrophe. They have seen enough death. They know the cost of militarized politics. Their refusal to be dragged again into elite-driven destruction is not fatigue alone; it is a form of civic wisdom.
Tigray does not need an economy built on poisoned water, displaced miners, silenced communities, and commanders competing over extraction. It needs accountable governance, civilian oversight, environmental protection, transparent resource management, and a politics that treats human life as more valuable than armed profit.
This report is urgent because it reveals that the danger facing Tigray is not only renewed war from outside. It is also the internal system that can make violence profitable, dissent punishable, and survival itself a battlefield. A deeply reported, analytically sharp, and morally necessary piece.

[Tibet Action Institute @tibetaction]

HAPPENING NOW! Watch the Canadian Parliament's Subcommittee on International Human Rights hearing on colonial boarding schools and China's new ethnic erasure law in Ottawa with @lhadon, @jltib88, Chemi Lhamo + speakers from @SaveTibetOrg + @TibetWatch
https://t.co/wfZJB6NUDM

[Mehmet Tohti @MehmetTohti]

When we apply the law, we should do so without exceptions — regardless of the size or power of the violators.

As right-minded Canadians, it is our civic responsibility to demand that our government stop and return shipments arriving at our shores that were made using Uyghur forced labour — labour designed, orchestrated, and enforced by the Chinese state.

When forced labour is state-imposed, due diligence mechanisms will not work. China has already passed legislation blocking and penalizing foreign companies and entities from investigating or tracing forced labour in their supply chains.
Rebuttable presumption is one option to tackle that.
@MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP @melaniejoly @GAC_Corporate
@M_Johnston1 @cburton001
@Uyghuradvocacy

[URAP - Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project @Uyghuradvocacy]

Read the full op-ed here:

https://t.co/WycR1LVFJj

[Mehmet Tohti @MehmetTohti]

Breaking News:

Finally, Canada is moving forward with legislation to address imports produced through the use of Uyghur forced labour.

For this bill to be effective, it must include a rebuttable presumption and a reverse onus provision. These are essential tools for combating state-imposed, state-orchestrated, and state-enforced forced labour systems such as those imposed on Uyghurs.

Without these measures, enforcement will remain weak, and imports linked to forced labour will continue to enter the Canadian market.

On March 31, @Uyghuradvocacy sent a letter to the Prime Minister, signed by @M_Johnston1, @cburton001, @MehmetTohti, and Sarah Teich, highlighting the importance of this legislation. The letter emphasized the need for stronger action to prevent additional U.S. tariffs and a Section 301 investigation related to Canada’s failure to effectively enforce its forced labour import ban.

This legislation will be essential to strengthen and empower @CBSANOR’s ability to detect, intercept, detain, and seize shipments produced through forced labour.

We offer our full support for this important initiative and look forward to working with the government to ensure its successful implementation.
@MarkJCarney @AnitaAnandMP @melaniejoly @AliEhsassi

[Nilofar Moradi @NilofarMoradi2]

No To Taliban

#EndGenderApartheid

Toronto Canada

[Mr. Karimi @MrPKarimi]

The continuously increasing restrictions on women in Afg is unacceptable. Taliban morality police have reportedly detained 48+ women across Herat Afg accusing them of failing to comply with the group’s dress code requirements.
@RosieDuffield1 @UK4Afghanistan @FCDO_FoRB_Envoy

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, employment, and access to services.

[CanadaTibetCommittee @CanadaTibet]

Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration (@officeoftibet) Dr. Namgyal Choedup held a series of meetings in Ottawa with Canadian parliamentarians and political leaders to discuss the worsening situation in Tibet and broader concerns about China’s policies toward non-Han peoples.
https://t.co/na8kyFSAhg