genocide
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"Nurul Amin Shah Alam fled genocide and came to this country in search of safety and opportunity," she said in a statement.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Rwanda denies supporting M23 and says its troops are in eastern Congo for “defensive measures” against a rebel group formed by Hutu extremists who orchestrated the 1994 genocide in Rwanda before fleeing to Congo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
On Tuesday, JD Vance’s official X account posted a message acknowledging the Armenian genocide during his visit to Armenia.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2026
Ukrainians have termed their own word for the barrage -- "Kholodomor", a reference to the Holodomor, the 1930s famine orchestrated by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin that Kyiv considers a genocide.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
You will read more about the US history of settler colonialism, white supremacy, slavery, genocide, and land theft in later chapters.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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