ISLAMABAD: Genocide Watch in a recent report warned that India was showing signs of entering the “extermination” stage in the organization’s widely cited Ten Stages of Genocide framework.
The report, titled “Extermination in India: The Ninth Stage of Genocide,” argues that anti-Muslim violence and dehumanizing rhetoric are intensifying across the country.
Genocide Watch is an international organization focused on genocide prevention and mass atrocity monitoring.
According to the report, perpetrators of genocide often stop viewing victims as fully human and portray them as threats that must be removed from society.
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The organization linked its warning to rising hate speech, communal violence and attacks targeting Muslims in India.
The report referenced past episodes of mass violence, including the 2002 Gujarat riots, as examples of communal killings and impunity.
Genocide Watch said genocides are not always sudden events and can develop gradually through stages such as discrimination, dehumanization, persecution and extermination.
The Ten Stages of Genocide model was developed by Genocide Watch founder Gregory Stanton and is used internationally in genocide studies and early warning analysis.
Ethnic violence in India
The organization has previously issued alerts regarding communal tensions and ethnic violence in India, including in Manipur.
Rights activists and minority groups have repeatedly expressed concern over mob lynching, anti-Muslim vigilante violence and inflammatory political rhetoric in recent years.
The report also criticized the use of euphemisms such as “ethnic cleansing,” arguing that such language can minimize or obscure atrocities.
India’s government has previously rejected international criticism concerning minority rights and communal violence, describing some reports as biased or politically motivated.
The Genocide Watch report adds to growing international debate over religious freedom, communal polarization and the protection of minority rights in India.
