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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 [[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 | + | *[[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> | 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 [[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> | ||
Revision as of 20:20, August 21, 2007
Democide is a term created by political scientist R. J. Rummel[1] in order to create a broader concept than the legal definition of genocide. Genocide, for example, does not take into account government murder for political or ideological reasons. It is defined as large-scale murder by a government, similar to a genocide or ethnic cleansing. The twentieth century has seen massive democides motived by various ideologies, some atheistic, some religious, some Communist, some Fascist, including the Holocaust.
Examples
- 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.
- Operation Keelhaul. Estimated two million Soviet POW's repatriated to the Soviet Union exterminated beginning 1945.[2]
- 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. [3]
- 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 1/3 of the Cambodian population.
- 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.
References
- ↑ http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~t656_web/peace/Articles_Spring_2004/Plourde_Shawn_Democide.htm
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hrdossier.pdf
Sources
- Death by Government,By R.J. Rummel, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1994.
- Islamic "Democide" in Iran, Amil Imani, New Media Journal, May 24, 2007.
- [1],c-span.org/resources