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The European Union and the United States government both officially recognize Darfur as genocide.
 
The European Union and the United States government both officially recognize Darfur as genocide.
 
A UN commission called it "[[crimes against humanity]]".<ref>Government forces and militias conducted indiscriminate attacks, including killing of civilians, torture, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur. These acts were conducted on a widespread and systematic basis, and therefore may amount to crimes against humanity. [http://www.alternativeinsight.com/War_in_Darfur.html War in Darfur]</ref>
 
A UN commission called it "[[crimes against humanity]]".<ref>Government forces and militias conducted indiscriminate attacks, including killing of civilians, torture, enforced disappearances, destruction of villages, rape and other forms of sexual violence, pillaging and forced displacement, throughout Darfur. These acts were conducted on a widespread and systematic basis, and therefore may amount to crimes against humanity. [http://www.alternativeinsight.com/War_in_Darfur.html War in Darfur]</ref>
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On a related note, there has been a campaign to get the Vendee massacre to be recognized as a genocide.
    
==See also==
 
==See also==
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