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
You’ve heard the expression regarding the Holocaust: “Never again” means that genocide should never be inflicted on anyone.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 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
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
He had reported almost every war of the twentieth century, like the Spanish Civil War, and the genocide in East Timor, and bad stuff that happened in Africa.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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