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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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In the wake of the 1994 genocide, Alison Des Forges, then a senior adviser to Human Rights Watch, pointed to genocide inversion as a central means of justifying the genocide against the Tutsis.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“She’s still basically on a hero’s journey wanting to get justice for what happened to Remy and for the genocide that she witnessed and that she is a survivor of,” Zann says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

One consistent narrative, however, even 250 years in, is our country’s inability to reckon with the genocide of Indigenous people that kicked the whole thing off.

From Slate Jul. 3, 2026

"I have survived genocide, stigmatization and relentless persecution. And here I am, still standing," he said during the campaign.

From Barron's May 25, 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

It also commemorates the millions of people outside the Jewish faith who were murdered through Nazi persecution, and those targeted in more recent genocides.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2026

Simon said people may have misunderstood the center’s intention as it began work on developing curriculum to teach about other genocides.

From Seattle Times Feb. 24, 2024

In addition to survivor testimony from the Holocaust, it has included personal accounts of the genocides that took place in Armenia in 1915-1916, in Cambodia in the 1970s and in Rwanda in the 1990s.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2023

Monuments have long commemorated the loss of life from calamitous events: wars, genocides, terrorist attacks.

From New York Times Aug. 11, 2022

She said a local gallery in Rochester, called the Visual Studies Workshop, had been showing photography from genocides around the world, and perhaps we could do an exhibit there.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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