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- The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.
- Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
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genocide...........?
can u give me the link of a
genocide in darfur or nanjing
massacre. and plz give me a
sentence summary of wat it is
about like who, what, where,
when, why, and how.
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Darfur Genocide: WHO: the Arab Sudanese are inflicting genocide upon the African Sudanese [both groups are of the Islamic religion] WHAT: the govt (which is dominated by ARABS) is basically hiring the Janjaweed ("warriors on horseback") to raid villages where AFRICAN Muslims live [they destroy all food storages, burn the village, and kill people when they feel like it] WHEN - it started in 2003, it continues today WHERE - Darfur region (it's in Western Sudan) WHY - there are ethnic conflicts between the ARAB Muslims and AFRICAN Muslims (the Arabs trace their ancestry to Arabic people while Africans trace their ancestry to Africans) * also an interesting fact, China is indirectly fueling the genocide by purchasing cheap oil from the Sudanese govt which happens to be orchestrating the genocide. Rape of Nanking WHO: Japanese soldiers/military vs. subjugated peoples (that includes people in the territories that Japan took over - China and Korea mainly) WHAT: in the early stages of WWII, while Hitler was expanding in Europe, the Japense were doing the same in Asia; since they believed the surrender was the worst possible thing (even worse than death *think samurai code of honor) they treated all the subjugated people / POWs (basically anybody they conquered) VERY harshly ---> a lot of rape went on, as well as physical abuse, torture, etc. WHEN: 1937-1938ish... WHERE: China/Korea {just know that it was in ASIA} WHY: if you've studied medieval Japanese history (samurai stuff) you know that the Japanese code of honor stated that death was a better option than surrender ] SO when a country or group of people surrendered to the Japanese, the Japanese felt they were unworthy, that they should have fought to death ] and then they use various means of torture and abuse to "punish" the conquered people hope that helps (: good luck! |
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What is the difference between according to the 1948 genocide
convention, political crimes
cannot be tried under
(registered as) genocide,
therefore genocide is
technically not a political
crime.
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Yes, genocide is a more serious crime than a political crime. Thats why a political crime is not considered as a genocide crime and the punishment will be less. You don't try a political criminal as if he did a genocide. You might kill a person or more for a political gain but in genocide you are talking about killing a generation, exterminating a nation. There is racism and other things involved. It is much more than a political gain or has nothing to do with it. It could be just religous fanatic reasons, hatred and other things. |
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Why is the Armenian genocide when actually the Herero and
Namaqua genocide was the
first?
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The massacre of the Herero and Namaqua is considered to be a case of genocide by the UN. You can read large sections of their 1985 Whitaker Report which not only clarifies what constitutes genocide but, in the historical survey section, cites the Herero and Namaqua genocide, as well as the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915-1916 and the Ukrainian pogrom of Jews in 1919. The report also references historian Arnold Toynbee's observation that one of the distinguishing characteristics of the twentieth century has been the evolution of genocide and that "the perpetrators of genocide employ all the resources of present-day technology and organization to make their planned massacres systematic and complete". You can find this historical section [particularly point no. 24] of the Report here: http://www.preventgenocide.org /prevent/UNdocs/whitaker/secti on5.htm#p14 and the contents page for further browsing here: http://www.preventgenocide.org /prevent/UNdocs/whitaker/ Further, it is important to note that the German government has admitted that the massacre was genocide, although they have ruled out the possibility of compensation for relatives of the victims - see the August 14, 2004 BBC report "Germany admits Namibia genocide", found at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/afr ica/3565938.stm |
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