Ethnic cleansing: Difference between revisions

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*Since 2016, Myanmar's military-dominated government has forced over 620,000 ethnic Rohingya who live in the Rakhine state of northwest Myanmar to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Myanmar's government has cracked down on the Rohingya people and forced them to migrate to Bangladesh through violent actions, with rape, [[arson]], and murder being reported.

*[[Saddam Hussein]]'s government carried out ethnic cleansing against Iraqi Kurds from 1986 to 1989. Known as the '''Anfal campaign''', it was headed by [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]], a cousin to President Hussein, and involved the use of ground offensives, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, firing squads, and chemical warfare (which was especially frequent and earned al-Majid the nickname "Chemical Ali".) According to estimates by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, at least a million of the country's estimated 3.5 million Iraqi Kurds were displaced and as many as 180,000 were killed.

*The [[Khmer Rouge]] carried out ethnic cleansing against nearly every minority ethnic group in Cambodia during their rule of the country from 1975 to ~~1978~~. This included ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais. In the late 1960s, an estimated 425,000 ethnic Chinese lived in Cambodia; by 1984, as a result of Khmer Rouge genocide and emigration, only about 61,400 Chinese remained in the country. The small Thai minority along the border was almost completely exterminated, with only a few thousand managing to reach safety in Thailand. The Cham Muslims also suffered serious purges with as much as 80% of their population exterminated.

*The [[Khmer Rouge]] carried out ethnic cleansing against nearly every minority ethnic group in Cambodia during their rule of the country from 1975 to 1979. This included ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais. In the late 1960s, an estimated 425,000 ethnic Chinese lived in Cambodia; by 1984, as a result of Khmer Rouge genocide and emigration, only about 61,400 Chinese remained in the country. The small Thai minority along the border was almost completely exterminated, with only a few thousand managing to reach safety in Thailand. The Cham Muslims also suffered serious purges with as much as 80% of their population exterminated.

*Following the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]], The United States government forced the Japanese residing in the United States, including American citizens, to be brought to internment camps. Approximately 110,000 to 120,000 Japanese were relocated and incarcerated during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the deportation and incarceration with Executive Order 9066, issued on February 19, 1942, which allowed local military commanders to designate "military areas" from which "any or all persons may be excluded."

*The [[Armenian Genocide]] perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire during [[World War I]] resulted in nearly 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians being displaced, sent to concentration camps, or killed outright.

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*Many members of the [[Alt-Right]] support ethnic cleansing of non-whites, along with the creation of an all-white ethnostate.

*Some have accused the [[Communist Party of China]] of committing ethnic cleansing in regards to their policies against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang autonomous region. As of 2018, it is believed that close to one million Uyghurs are interred at secret re-education camps scattered throughout the region.

*[[The Trail of Tears]] is considered an act of ethnic cleansing in regards to Native Americans in the United States. President [[Andrew Jackson]] signed the Indian Removal Act into law on May 28, 1830. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. The act has been referred to as a unitary act of systematic genocide, because it discriminated against an ethnic group in so far as to make certain the death of vast numbers of its population.

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 *Since 2016, Myanmar's military-dominated government has forced over 620,000 ethnic Rohingya who live in the Rakhine state of northwest Myanmar to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. Myanmar's government has cracked down on the Rohingya people and forced them to migrate to Bangladesh through violent actions, with rape, [[arson]], and murder being reported.
 *[[Saddam Hussein]]'s government carried out ethnic cleansing against Iraqi Kurds from 1986 to 1989. Known as the '''Anfal campaign''', it was headed by [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]], a cousin to President Hussein, and involved the use of ground offensives, aerial bombing, systematic destruction of settlements, mass deportation, firing squads, and chemical warfare (which was especially frequent and earned al-Majid the nickname "Chemical Ali".) According to estimates by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, at least a million of the country's estimated 3.5 million Iraqi Kurds were displaced and as many as 180,000 were killed.
-*The [[Khmer Rouge]] carried out ethnic cleansing against nearly every minority ethnic group in Cambodia during their rule of the country from 1975 to 1978. This included ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais. In the late 1960s, an estimated 425,000 ethnic Chinese lived in Cambodia; by 1984, as a result of Khmer Rouge genocide and emigration, only about 61,400 Chinese remained in the country. The small Thai minority along the border was almost completely exterminated, with only a few thousand managing to reach safety in Thailand. The Cham Muslims also suffered serious purges with as much as 80% of their population exterminated.
+*The [[Khmer Rouge]] carried out ethnic cleansing against nearly every minority ethnic group in Cambodia during their rule of the country from 1975 to 1979. This included ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais. In the late 1960s, an estimated 425,000 ethnic Chinese lived in Cambodia; by 1984, as a result of Khmer Rouge genocide and emigration, only about 61,400 Chinese remained in the country. The small Thai minority along the border was almost completely exterminated, with only a few thousand managing to reach safety in Thailand. The Cham Muslims also suffered serious purges with as much as 80% of their population exterminated.
 *Following the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]], The United States government forced the Japanese residing in the United States, including American citizens, to be brought to internment camps. Approximately 110,000 to 120,000 Japanese were relocated and incarcerated during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the deportation and incarceration with Executive Order 9066, issued on February 19, 1942, which allowed local military commanders to designate "military areas" from which "any or all persons may be excluded."
 *The [[Armenian Genocide]] perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire during [[World War I]] resulted in nearly 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians being displaced, sent to concentration camps, or killed outright.
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 *Many members of the [[Alt-Right]] support ethnic cleansing of non-whites, along with the creation of an all-white ethnostate.
 *Some have accused the [[Communist Party of China]] of committing ethnic cleansing in regards to their policies against Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang autonomous region. As of 2018, it is believed that close to one million Uyghurs are interred at secret re-education camps scattered throughout the region.
+*[[The Trail of Tears]] is considered an act of ethnic cleansing in regards to Native Americans in the United States. President [[Andrew Jackson]] signed the Indian Removal Act into law on May 28, 1830. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. The act has been referred to as a unitary act of systematic genocide, because it discriminated against an ethnic group in so far as to make certain the death of vast numbers of its population.
 [[Category:Villainous Event]]
 [[Category:Conflict]]