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Transnational Repression: Targeting Genocide Victim Communities in Canada
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Transnational Repression in Genocide Affected and Atrocity Affected Communities in Canada
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Genocide Prevention 25: Findings, Recommendations, and Record of Expert Presentations
A comprehensive survivor-led report documenting the findings, expert presentations, artistic contributions, and policy recommendations emerging from Genocide Prevention 25. Drawing on the experiences of genocide-affected communities, the report examines early warning signs, accountability, transnational repression, collective memory, and practical approaches to preventing future atrocities.
An educational resource developed for law enforcement and public institutions explaining transnational repression, its impact on genocide victim communities in Canada, relevant Criminal Code provisions, and practical recommendations for identifying and responding to transnational repression.
An examination of patterns of transnational repression experienced by genocide-affected communities in Canada. Drawing on cross-community evidence and testimony, this report analyzes surveillance, intimidation, coercion, disinformation, underreporting, and barriers to democratic participation, while offering recommendations for a coordinated national response.
Resource Library
Title | Description | Image | Author | Year | Community | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Our Generation Is Gone: The Islamic State's Targeting of Iraqi Minorities in Ninewa | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | 2015 | Human Rights Report | |||
Iraq: Escape from Hell | Documents the experiences of Yazidi women and girls who escaped ISIS captivity. Records sexual slavery, forced marriage, torture, and abuse, providing evidence of crimes committed against the Yazidi community. | Ammesty International | 2017 | Yazidi | Human Rights Report | |
They Came to Destroy: ISIS Crimes Against the Yazidis | UN investigation concluding that ISIS committed genocide against the Yazidi people. Documents mass killings, sexual slavery, forced conversion, abduction of children, and other crimes committed in Sinjar beginning in 2014. | UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria | 2016 | UN Report | ||
Human Rights in China | Amnesty International | Tibetan,Uyghur | Human Rights Brief | |||
China's Transnational Repression of Tibetans | Documents surveillance, intimidation, coercion, and harassment targeting Tibetans living outside China. Examines the global reach of transnational repression and its impact on diaspora communities. | The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy | 2024 | Tibetan | Research Report | |
Only Justice Can Heal the Wounds | Human Rights Watch | 2015 | Tamil | Human Rights Report | ||
Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished | Investigates attacks on civilians trapped in designated "No Fire Zones" during the final months of the war. Documents shelling of hospitals, civilian casualties, and alleged violations of international humanitarian law. | Channel 4 | 2012 | Tamil | Investigate Report,Documentary | |
Report of the OHCHR Investigation on Sri Lanka (OISL) | UN investigation documenting unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence, shelling of civilian areas, and other alleged violations committed during the final stages of Sri Lanka's civil war. Recommends accountability and further investigation. | United Nations Human Rights Council | 2015 | Tamil | Human Rights Report | |
Afghanistan's Hazara Community Needs Protection | Examines ongoing attacks against Hazara schools, mosques, and public gatherings. Highlights persistent security risks, discrimination, and failures to protect one of Afghanistan's most vulnerable minorities. | Human Rights Watch | 2024 | Hazara | Human Rights Brief | |
Afghanistan: Taliban Responsible for Brutal Massacre of Hazara Men | Documents execution-style killings of Hazara civilians following the Taliban takeover. Based on witness testimony and field investigation. Evidence of continuing targeted violence against Hazaras. | Amnesty International | 2021 | Hazara | Human Rights Report | |
Massacres of Hazaras in Afghanistan | Investigates Taliban massacres of Hazara civilians in Mazar-i-Sharif, Bamiyan, and Yakaolang. Documents targeted ethnic and religious killings and provides foundational evidence of anti-Hazara persecution. | Human Rights Watch | 2001 | Hazara | Human Rights Report | |
Detailed Findings of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar | UN investigation concluding there is evidence of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against Rohingya. Recommends investigation and prosecution of senior Myanmar military officials. | United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar | 2018 | Rohingya | UN Report | |
Caged Without a Roof | Demonstrates how restrictions on movement, education, healthcare, and livelihoods imposed on Rohingya constituted a system of apartheid. Shows how long-term structural persecution preceded the 2017 atrocities. | Human Rights Watch | 2017 | Rohingya | Human Rights Report | |
All of My Body Was Pain: Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Women and Girls in Burma | Documents rape, gang rape, killings, and forced displacement of Rohingya women and girls during Myanmar's 2017 military campaign. Based on 52 survivor interviews. Key evidence of gender-based crimes against humanity. | Human Rights Watch | 2017 | Rohingya | Human Rights Report | |
Uyghurs for sale | Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) | Uyghur | Research Report | |||
Starving Tigray: How Armed Conflict and Mass Atrocities Have Fuelled Famine in Ethiopia | Genocide Watch / Physicians for Human Rights contributors | 2023 | Tigrayan | Research Report | ||
Rwanda: Justice After Genocide — 20 Years On | Reviews domestic and international accountability efforts twenty years after the genocide, including gacaca courts, ICTR prosecutions, and challenges of transitional justice. | Human Rights Watch | 2014 | Human Rights Report | ||
The Rwandan Genocide: How It Was Prepared | A Human Rights Watch briefing paper examining how the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi was prepared, including the role of state machinery, propaganda, civilian self-defence structures, and organized planning. | Human Rights Watch | 2006 | Tutsi | Briefing Paper | |
Leave None to Tell the Story | Definitive investigation of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Examines how state institutions, propaganda, militias, and local authorities organized and implemented genocide. | Human Rights Watch / Alison Des Forges | 1999 | Tutsi | Human Rights Report | |
OHCHR Assessment of Human Rights Concerns in Xinjiang | UN assessment examining arbitrary detention, surveillance, religious restrictions, and allegations of international crimes against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities.
| UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights | 2022 | Uyghur | UN Report | |
Like We Were Enemies in a War | Based on testimony from former detainees, documents torture, indoctrination, arbitrary detention, and persecution of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. | Amnesty International | Uyghur | Human Rights Report | ||
Break Their Lineage, Break Their Roots
| Documents mass detention, family separation, religious repression, forced assimilation, and cultural destruction targeting Uyghurs. Concludes that Chinese authorities are committing crimes against. | Human Rights Watch & Stanford Law School | 2021 | Uyghur | Human Rights Report | |
Ethiopia: Persecution of Tigrayans Unrelenting | A Human Rights Watch report documenting ongoing abuses against Tigrayans in Western Tigray, including arbitrary detention, movement restrictions, denial of services, and unsafe conditions for return. | Human Rights Watch | 2026 | Tigrayan | Human Rights Report | |
We Will Erase You From This Land | Documents ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity against Tigrayans in Western Tigray, including mass expulsions, killings, arbitrary detention, sexual violence, and denial of humanitarian aid. | Human Rights Watch & Amnesty International | 2022 | Tigrayan | Human Rights Report | |
Uncovering Foreign Interference in Tigrayan Lives | A research report documenting the impact of foreign interference, intimidation, disinformation, and transnational repression on Tigrayan Canadians during and after the war in Tigray. Drawing on interviews, testimony, and case studies from Canada and abroad, the report examines how efforts to silence Tigrayan voices affected advocacy, community wellbeing, democratic participation, and public discourse.
| Securtiy and Justice for Tigrayans Canada & Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2024 | Tigrayan | Research Report | |
Transnational Repression in Genocide Affected and Atrocity Affected Communities in Canada | An examination of patterns of transnational repression experienced by genocide-affected communities in Canada. Drawing on cross-community evidence and testimony, this report analyzes surveillance, intimidation, coercion, disinformation, underreporting, and barriers to democratic participation, while offering recommendations for a coordinated national response. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2026 | multi-community | Parliamentary Briefing | |
Transnational Repression: Targeting Genocide Victim Communities in Canada | An educational resource developed for law enforcement and public institutions explaining transnational repression, its impact on genocide victim communities in Canada, relevant Criminal Code provisions, and practical recommendations for identifying and responding to transnational repression.
| Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) & Human Rights Action Group | 2026 | multi-community | Educational Resource | |
The Role of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Hazara Genocide | An educational resource examining how propaganda, hate speech, historical revisionism, and misinformation have been used to dehumanize Hazara communities, justify persecution, and obscure ongoing human rights abuses. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Hazara | Toolkit | |
The Role of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Uyghur Genocide | A concise guide explaining how state-controlled narratives, censorship, fabricated testimony, and influence operations have been used to conceal abuses against Uyghurs and undermine accountability. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Uyghur | Toolkit | |
The Role of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Tutsi Genocide | An educational resource examining how hate media, propaganda, dehumanizing language, and false narratives helped facilitate the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Tutsi | Toolkit | |
The Role of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Tigray Genocide | A resource exploring the role of propaganda, information blackouts, social media manipulation, and denial in enabling atrocities against Tigrayans and obstructing international response. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Tigrayan | Toolkit | |
The Role of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Tibetan Genocide and Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis | An educational overview of how propaganda, censorship, historical revisionism, and information control have been used to suppress Tibetan identity and obscure human rights abuses. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Tibetan | Toolkit | |
The Role of Disinformation and Misinformation in the Tamil Genocide
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| A concise educational resource examining how propaganda, media manipulation, censorship, and historical revisionism contributed to the persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka and hindered accountability efforts | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities (AGVC) | 2025 | Tamil | Toolkit | |
Truth Tracker Toolkit for Countering Misinformation | A practical media literacy toolkit designed to help individuals identify misinformation, verify sources, recognize emotional manipulation, and detect deepfakes. Created as part of AGVC's Genocide Prevention 25 initiative to strengthen resilience against hate, propaganda, and disinformation. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | Toolkit | ||
Genocide Prevention 25: Findings, Recommended Actions, and Record of Expert Presentations | Survivor-led report documenting the findings, expert presentations, and policy recommendations emerging from Genocide Prevention 25. The report highlights early warning signs, accountability, transnational repression, memory preservation, and practical actions for genocide prevention. | Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities | 2025 | multi-community | AGVC Report |
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