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#collective punishment

Penalties or sanctions imposed on a group for the actions of individuals, prohibited under international humanitarian law. Includes blockades, destruction of infrastructure, and mass detention affecting entire communities.

3 incidents

27 Nov 2025

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Nationality-Wide Immigration Freeze and Status Reviews After the D.C. National Guard Shooting (November 2025)

One man's attack was used to justify freezing immigration benefits for an entire nationality and re-examining the green cards of every lawful permanent resident from 19 countries. The suspect's own asylum had been approved under the current administration.

Deportation & Immigration
3 sources
Ongoing
Updated 04 Oct 2026

04 Mar 2025

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Houthi FTO Redesignation Chills Humanitarian Operations for 19.5 Million Yemenis

The reimposition of FTO status on the Houthis threatens to deepen what was already the world's worst humanitarian crisis by chilling aid delivery, disrupting commercial imports, and creating legal risks for humanitarian workers operating in areas where more than half of Yemen's population lives.

Foreign Policy & War
6 sources
Ongoing
Updated 04 Oct 2026

20 Jan 2025

Grade 3 of 5: Serious Rights Violation

Intensified Cuba Sanctions Regime: Blackouts, Hospital Shutdowns, and Collective Punishment

The systematically intensified US sanctions regime against Cuba has caused 20-hour blackouts, hospital closures, medication shortages for 5 million chronically ill people, and collapse of essential services. UN experts warned the measures may amount to collective punishment of civilians under international human rights law.

Foreign Policy & War
12 sources
Ongoing
Updated 04 Oct 2026