Community Briefs
​​​Hazara communities in Afghanistan face systematic persecution—including targeted attacks by ISIS-K and widespread atrocities, discrimination, and displacement under Taliban rule, which deliberately denies them protection or justice.​
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More about the Hazara Genocide​​​
What is the Tamil Genocide? ​​​​​​​​​
Sri Lankan Tamils endured mass civilian harm in 2009 through shelling of safe zones and attacks on hospitals, with ongoing repression and impunity today. An international evidence preservation mandate supports future prosecutions.
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More about the Tamil Genocide
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Civilians in northern Ethiopia have faced mass killings, starvation by siege, and widespread sexual and reproductive violence since 2020, and independent legal analyses have found a reasonable basis to believe genocide occurred, prompting ongoing efforts for justice through universal jurisdiction amid widespread continued impunity.
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Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims are subjected to mass arbitrary detention, birth prevention, family separation, and forced labor in Xinjiang. Global policy responses now target supply chains linked to abuse.
More about the Uyghur Genocide.
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What is the Rohingya Genocide?
After mass killings, rape, and village burnings in 2017 that drove over seven hundred thousand Rohingya into Bangladesh, Myanmar’s Rohingya population now faces renewed violence and persecution while international courts pursue long-delayed accountability.
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​Tibetans have faced killings, mass detention, destruction of religious life, and forced cultural assimilation. Historic losses were immense and current policies target identity formation among children.
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In 1994 almost one million Tutsi were murdered in one hundred days. International courts established legal accountability and historic record while survivors rebuild.
More about the Tutsi Genocide
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ISIS sought to eradicate the Yazidi people in 2014 through mass executions, enslavement, and forced conversion; thousands of women and children remain missing, and survivors continue to fight for justice while rebuilding their lives​
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Community Organizations
Each member of the Alliance of Genocide Victim Communities is from a community that has experienced genocide. Currently, our membership includes representatives from Hazara, Rohingya, Rwandan, Tamil, Tigrayan, Tibetan, Uyghur and Yazidi communities.
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To learn more about our communities, check out this list of organizations that work tirelessly to raise awareness about the most critical issues our communities face, provide support to victims and survivors, advocate for justice and accountability, and promote peace and reconciliation.
Canada Tibet Committee
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The Canada Tibet Committee defends and promotes the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Tibetan people. The CTC monitors developments inside Tibet and builds public awareness in Canada through its outreach activities. The CTC encourages support for Tibet from the federal government, the Parliament of Canada, and related stakeholders.
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Humura Association​​​
Humura Association is Canadian non-for-profit organization created in 2001 by survivors of the Tutsi genocide of 1994 in Rwanda who reside in the Ottawa-Gatineau Region. Humura's mission is to contribute to building a world free of genocide and other crimes against humanity through memory keeping, education, awareness raising, and advocacy.​​​​​
Canadian Hazara Advocacy Group
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Security and Justice for Tigrayans Canada (SJTC)​​
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Security and Justice for Tigrayans Canada is a non-political, non-religious global movement initiated by concerned Tigrayans-Ethiopians (henceforth Tigrayans) in the diaspora. The purpose of this initiative is to safeguard the security and justice of Tigray, and the rights and interests of its peoples. This initiative uses peaceful means of struggle to achieve the aforementioned purpose.
Irob Anina Civil Society
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Canada-based globally operating non-profit to support to advocate for the Irob minority and the people of Tigray at large.
​​The Rohingya Centre of Canada functions as a culturally attuned, community-led hub in Kitchener–Waterloo, supporting Rohingya newcomers and long-term residents through integration assistance, cultural affirmation, youth development, and collaborative partnerships. Its work is rooted in compassion, community resilience, and proactive empowerment.
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Rwandan Community Abroad (RCA)​The promotion of the Rwandan culture to Canadian, unity and reconciliation in the Rwandan Community Abroad. objectives are to bring together the Rwandans and friends of Rwanda in order to make Rwanda known, in particular through the organization of cultural activities
Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project
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Primary objectives of URAP through documentation and Advocacy Campaign in Canada is to increase the political and public awareness on the unfolding Uyghur genocide committed by China and push for political actions by the government of Canada to address the issue domestically and globally.
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