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| | + | *The [[Great Purge]] of the [[Soviet Union]] was the largest purge in a series of purges lasting eighty years (1917-1987), which left over 60 million people dead. |
| | *The [[Holocaust]] by [[Nazi Germany]] was a democide. | | *The [[Holocaust]] by [[Nazi Germany]] was a democide. |
| | + | *[[Operation Keelhaul]]. Estimated two million Soviet POW's repatriated to the [[Soviet Union]] exterminated beginning 1945.<ref>[http://www.fff.org/freedom/0495a.asp Repatriation — The Dark Side of World War II], Part 3 |
| | + | by Jacob G. Hornberger, April 1995. Retrieved from the Future of Freedom Foundation, August 21, 2007.</ref> |
| | + | *In [[Iraq]], [[Saddam Hussein]] the former Iraqi dictator, was hanged in 2007 for his crimes against humanity, his killing of hundreds of thousands of his fellow countrymen. <ref>http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hrdossier.pdf</ref> |
| | + | *In [[Iran]], the Islamic regime of [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni]] (1970-1989) is believed to have killed some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. |
| | *The [[Khmer Rouge]]-instigated murder in Democratic Kampuchea (now [[Cambodia]]) caused the death of <sup>1</sup>/<sub>3</sub> of the Cambodian population. | | *The [[Khmer Rouge]]-instigated murder in Democratic Kampuchea (now [[Cambodia]]) caused the death of <sup>1</sup>/<sub>3</sub> of the Cambodian population. |
| − | *The [[Great Purge]] of the [[Soviet Union]] was the largest purge in a series of purges lasting eighty years (1917-1987), which left over 60 million people dead.
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| | *In [[Chile]], [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s regime (1973-1990) murdered several thousand Chileans | | *In [[Chile]], [[Augusto Pinochet]]'s regime (1973-1990) murdered several thousand Chileans |
| | *In [[Guatemala]], [[Efrian Rios Montt]]'s regime (1982-1983)is estimated to have murdered over 10,000 Guatelmalans. | | *In [[Guatemala]], [[Efrian Rios Montt]]'s regime (1982-1983)is estimated to have murdered over 10,000 Guatelmalans. |
| − | *In [[Iran]], the Islamic regime of [[Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeni]] (1970-1989) is believed to have killed some 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.
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| − | *In [[Iraq]], [[Saddam Hussein]] the former Iraqi dictator, was hanged in 2007 for his crimes against humanity, his killing of hundreds of thousands of his fellow countrymen. <ref>http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hrdossier.pdf</ref>
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |