Regional Overview: United States and Canada
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
Over the past two weeks, demonstration activity in the United States increased slightly before spiking to its highest levels since the week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is largely attributable to a nationwide wave of demonstrations in support of continued access to legal abortion, following the leak of an initial draft majority opinion…
Read MoreRegional Overview: South America
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
Over the past two weeks in South America, violence slightly increased in the region, while demonstrations fell by almost a quarter compared to the weeks prior. In Colombia, organized political violence increased as the Gulf Clan increased their activity and declared a curfew in several departments in response to the extradition of a cartel leader.…
Read MoreRegional Overview: East Asia Pacific
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
A number of new developments took place over the past two weeks in the East Asia Pacific region. In Myanmar, fighting between the military and resistance groups continued amid the emergence of new pro-junta militias. North Korea held a large military parade and conducted its 14th missile test of 2022. Islamist and rebel violence were…
Read MoreRegional Overview: Middle East
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
In the last two weeks in the Middle East, political violence levels remained relatively low in Yemen, as the country entered the fourth and fifth weeks of the two-month UN-sponsored truce, which came into effect on 2 April. In Syria, Israel targeted Iranian-backed militias outside Damascus city. In Iraq, the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) and…
Read MoreRegional Overview: Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
During the past two weeks in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, gang warfare intensified in Haiti and Mexico, while violence against civilians increased in Honduras and Jamaica. In Haiti, dozens of civilians were killed as clashes between the 400 Mawozo gang and the Chien Méchant gang in the northern districts of Ouest department drove…
Read MoreRegional Overview: Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia
23 April-6 May 2022
12 May 2022
A number of new developments took place during the last two weeks in Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Russian forces continued their invasion of Ukraine, inciting anti-war demonstrations across the region. Meanwhile, Russian regional authorities and separatist authorities in Transnistria in Moldova accused Ukraine of firing at their territory. A statement from the Armenian…
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