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[[Image:1200px-Nyamata Memorial Site 13.jpg|thumb|272px|The skulls of victims of the [[Rwandan Genocide]] on display at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre.]]
[[Image:Nyamata Memorial Site 13.jpg|thumb|272px|The skulls of victims of the [[Rwandan Genocide]] on display at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre.]]
'''Genocide''' refers to a deliberate attempt to exterminate a certain group of people, usually through systematic violence and abuse that can amount to mass [[murder]] and [[state terrorism]]: many countries have been practicing genocide for thousands of years and it has only recently been seen as a major issue to be resolved, due in part to the infamous Holocaust of [[World War II]] - which opened many people's eyes to the extent genocide can go if left unopposed.
{{Important}}'''Genocide''' refers to a deliberate attempt to exterminate a certain racial, religious, national or ethnic group of people, usually through systematic violence and abuse that can amount to mass [[murder]] and [[state terrorism]]: many countries have been practicing genocide for thousands of years and it has only recently been seen as a major issue to be resolved, due in part to the infamous [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] of [[World War II]] - which opened many people's eyes to the extent genocide can go if left unopposed. A specific type of genocide is that which is targeted at [[Genocide of Indigenous Peoples|indigenous peoples]] of any territory or region, which is often perpetrated by imperialist or colonial powers.


Genocide is the most common (and most violent) form of [[ethnic cleansing]]. However, both genocide and ethnic cleansing are often kept separate in legal contexts; while ethnic cleansing and genocide may share the same goal and the acts used to perpetrate both crimes may often resemble each other, ethnic cleansing is intended to displace a persecuted population from a given territory, while genocide is intended to destroy a population.
Genocide is the most common (and most violent) form of [[ethnic cleansing]]. However, both genocide and ethnic cleansing are often kept separate in legal contexts; while ethnic cleansing and genocide may share the same goal and the acts used to perpetrate both crimes may often resemble each other, ethnic cleansing is intended to displace a population from a given territory, while genocide is intended to destroy a population.


Under international law genocide is a [[crime against humanity]], sadly it still remains rife in certain areas of the world and is hard to control due to it often being born of deep and prevalent hatred or fear of certain minorities.
Under international law genocide is a [[crime against humanity]], sadly it still remains rife in certain areas of the world and is hard to control due to it often being born of deep and prevalent hatred or fear of certain minorities.
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*[[Armenian Genocide]]
*[[Armenian Genocide]]
*[[Greek Genocide]]
*[[Greek Genocide]]
*The ''[[Sayfo]]''
*The ''[[Sayfo]]'' (Assyrian Genocide)
*[[Darfur Genocide]]
*[[Darfur Genocide]]
*[[Bosnian Genocide]] ([[Srebrenica Massacre]])
*[[Bosnian Genocide]] ([[Srebrenica Massacre]])
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*[[East Timor Genocide]]
*[[East Timor Genocide]]
*[[Isaaq Genocide]]
*[[Isaaq Genocide]]
*[[Yazidi Genocide]]
*[[Indian Muslim Genocide]]
*[[Kashmiri Genocide]]
*[[Yazidi Genocide]] ([[Sinjar Massacre]])
*[[Rohingya Genocide]]
*[[Rohingya Genocide]]
*[[The Holodomor]]
*[[The Holodomor]]
*[[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]]
*[[Operation Searchlight]] / [[1971 Bangladesh Genocide]]
*The [[Porajmos]] (Romani genocide)
*The [[Porajmos]] (Romani genocide)
*The [[1804 Haiti massacre]]
*The [[1804 Haiti massacre]]
*The [[Wounded Knee Massacre]]
*[[Amerindian Genocide]] / [[American Indian Wars]]
**[[The Trail of Tears]]
**[[Wounded Knee Massacre]]
**[[Sand Creek Massacre]]
**[[Indian Removal Act]]
**[[California Genocide]]  
*The ''[[Gukurahundi]]''
*The ''[[Gukurahundi]]''
*[[Al-Anfal campaign]]
*[[Anfal Genocide]]
*[[Decossackization]]
*[[Decossackization]]
*The [[Sürgünlik]]
*The [[Pacification of Libya]]
*The [[Pacification of Libya]]
*The [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66]]
*The [[Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66]]
*[[Black War]]
*[[Indigenous Australian Genocide]] / [[Australian Frontier Wars]] ([[Black War]])
*The ''[[Sook Ching]]''
*The ''[[Sook Ching]]''
*The [[Rape of Nanking]]
*The [[Rape of Nanking]]
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*[[Uyghur Genocide]]
*[[Uyghur Genocide]]
*The [[Sabra and Shatila Massacre]]
*The [[Sabra and Shatila Massacre]]
*[[Sinjar Massacre]]
*''[[Aardakh]]''
*''[[Aardakh]]''
*[[California Genocide]]
*[[Simele Massacre]]
*[[Simele Massacre]]
*The [[Sétif and Guelma Massacre]]
*The [[Sétif and Guelma Massacre]]
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*[[Serbian Genocide]]
*[[Serbian Genocide]]
*[[Operation Storm]]
*[[Operation Storm]]
*''[[Generalplan Ost]]''
*[[Moriori Genocide]]
*[[Lisbon Massacre]]
*[[Rhineland Massacres]]
*[[Asiatic Vespers]]
*[[Putumayo Genocide]]
*[[Paraguayan War]]
*[[St. Brice's Day Massacre]]
[[Category:Genocidal]]
[[Category:Genocidal]]
[[Category:Sadists]]
[[Category:Sadists]]
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[[Category:War Criminal]]
[[Category:War Criminal]]
[[Category:Terrorists]]
[[Category:Terrorists]]
[[Category:Mass murder]]
[[Category:Mass Murderers]]
[[Category:Conflict]]
[[Category:Conflict]]
[[Category:Oppressors]]
[[Category:Oppressors]]

Latest revision as of 04:08, 9 July 2023

The skulls of victims of the Rwandan Genocide on display at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial Centre.

Genocide refers to a deliberate attempt to exterminate a certain racial, religious, national or ethnic group of people, usually through systematic violence and abuse that can amount to mass murder and state terrorism: many countries have been practicing genocide for thousands of years and it has only recently been seen as a major issue to be resolved, due in part to the infamous Holocaust of World War II - which opened many people's eyes to the extent genocide can go if left unopposed. A specific type of genocide is that which is targeted at indigenous peoples of any territory or region, which is often perpetrated by imperialist or colonial powers.

Genocide is the most common (and most violent) form of ethnic cleansing. However, both genocide and ethnic cleansing are often kept separate in legal contexts; while ethnic cleansing and genocide may share the same goal and the acts used to perpetrate both crimes may often resemble each other, ethnic cleansing is intended to displace a population from a given territory, while genocide is intended to destroy a population.

Under international law genocide is a crime against humanity, sadly it still remains rife in certain areas of the world and is hard to control due to it often being born of deep and prevalent hatred or fear of certain minorities.

Notable examples edit