Libera Mondo Newsletter https://libera-mondo.org/newsletter/ A voice for the forgotten en Issue 1 · June 13, 2026 · Sudan's war drives 19.5 million into acute hunger https://libera-mondo.org/newsletter/en/1/ https://libera-mondo.org/newsletter/en/1/ Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Nearly 20 million people in Sudan now face acute food insecurity, concentrated in Darfur and Kordofan, as civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces continues.

Issue 1 · June 13, 2026 · Sudan's war drives 19.5 million into acute hunger

A voice for the forgotten

Issue 1 · June 13, 2026

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Sudan's war drives 19.5 million into acute hunger

Nearly 20 million people in Sudan now face acute food insecurity, concentrated in Darfur and Kordofan, as civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces continues. The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reports over 40 percent of the population lacks sufficient access to food, with displacement and famine risk accelerating. Separately, Human Rights Watch has documented the deployment of Colombian mercenaries, recruited through UAE-based companies, fighting alongside the RSF — a force already implicated in war crimes against the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa peoples.

Sources: Business Insider Africa, Human Rights Watch

Brazil begins demarcating Kawahiva Indigenous territory

After a 27-year wait, the Brazilian government has started official demarcation of the Kawahiva do Rio Pardo Indigenous territory, extending formal protection to the uncontacted Kawahiva people and their land. The move follows sustained advocacy by Indigenous rights organisations and aligns with obligations under ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In a related development, Brazilian courts have strengthened resistance to large-scale mining on Indigenous lands, mounting legal pressure on foreign mining companies operating in the Amazon.

Sources: The Guardian, Amazon Watch

Iran escalates property seizures and detention of Baha'is

Iranian authorities have confirmed the confiscation of assets belonging to more than 100 individuals, including members of the Baha'i community, under charges of "supporting the enemy." Human rights groups report that dozens of Baha'is remain in arbitrary detention, many held without charge and denied access to family or legal counsel. The Baha'i faith, Iran's largest non-Muslim religious minority, has no legal recognition under the Islamic Republic. The latest seizures and detentions represent a continued tightening of state pressure on a community already subject to decades of persecution.

Sources: The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Post

Australian court hears IS slavery charges over Yazidi enslavement

Two Australian women repatriated from Syria are in custody in Melbourne on charges of enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Raqqa during 2017–2018. Court hearings have detailed bail conditions as proceedings advance. The cases are among the first in an Australian court to address crimes committed against Yazidis during the Islamic State's genocide. More than a decade after the assault on Sinjar, thousands of Yazidis remain missing, and prosecutions outside Iraq and Syria remain rare. The proceedings carry broader significance for Yazidi survivors seeking accountability through foreign legal systems.

Sources: Associated Press, BBC

China's Uyghur repression shifts but does not relent

While most mass "reeducation" camps in Xinjiang have closed, a network of detention centers and prisons remains active, sustained by expanded digital and physical surveillance. Reporting from NPR details ongoing family separations, forced labor, and systematic cultural erasure as part of state policy to suppress Uyghur identity. The shift from camps to prisons and pervasive monitoring represents a change in method, not in objective. The underlying repression continues largely unaltered.

Sources: NPR

Tibetan exile government inaugurates president for second term

Penpa Tsering was sworn in for a second consecutive term as president of the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamshala, India, following the fourth direct election since the Dalai Lama relinquished his political role in 2011. China's embassy in India issued a statement dismissing the exile administration as unrecognized and without authority on Tibetan affairs. The election underscores the exile community's commitment to democratic self-governance, even as Beijing maintains that no legitimate Tibetan political authority exists outside its own structures.

Sources: Associated Press

Pakistani airstrikes kill children in Afghan border provinces

On June 10, Pakistani airstrikes struck three Afghan provinces, killing at least 13 people, including 11 children. The attacks follow months of cross-border hostilities between Pakistan and the Taliban government in Kabul. The strikes drew international condemnation but no concrete intervention, reflecting a pattern of muted response to violence in Afghanistan since the 2021 withdrawal. The escalation deepens insecurity in regions where Hazara and other minority communities are already at risk of targeted violence — a connection noted by rights monitors as context, though the cited sources cover the airstrikes themselves rather than a Hazara-specific dimension.

Sources: The Washington Post, Reuters

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