Learning from Genocide Urged to Stop Ongoing Suffering in Gaza and Beyond

Learning from Genocide Urged to Stop Ongoing Suffering in Gaza and Beyond
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A recent editorial on FreeMuslim.org emphasizes that collective memory of past genocides must translate into meaningful action to prevent current and future atrocities.

The editorial, penned by Moujtaba Akhwand, director of the Freemuslim Association, warns that while genocide history—including the Armenian Genocide (1915–1918), the Cambodian Genocide under the Khmer Rouge (1975–1979), the Rwandan Genocide (1994), and the Holocaust (1941–1945)—is well-documented, similar urgency is lacking amid current crises such as Gaza, where over 63,000 Palestinians have died, more than 500,000 face catastrophic hunger, and over 300 children have died of starvation.

It also highlights ongoing atrocities against China’s Uighur population, citing mass detentions, forced sterilizations, cultural destruction, and forced labor—actions that analysts say meet UN definitions of genocide.

The editorial urges that memory alone is insufficient; communities worldwide must translate remembrance into solidarity, truth-seeking, and advocacy for policies that protect human dignity. It calls on citizens to look beyond politically shaped narratives and demand justice for all, so collective memory becomes a force for ending cycles of violence rather than allowing them to repeat.