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Line 32: − − 20th century examples include: − − *1916-1917: The Turkish genocide of the Armenians − *1932-1933: The Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians ([[Holodomor]]) − *1939-1945: The [[Holocaust]] − *1979-1981: The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia − *1991-1995: The former [[Yugoslavia]], involving the killing of Bosnian Muslims − *1995: Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]
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'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of government policy. The worst of these were carried out by Communist governments in the USSR and China.
'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of government policy. The worst of these were carried out by Communist governments in the USSR and China.
==20th century genocides==
20th century examples include:
*1916-1917: The Turkish genocide of the Armenians
*1932-1933: The Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians ([[Holodomor]])
*1939-1945: The [[Holocaust]]
*1979-1981: The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
*1991-1995: The former [[Yugoslavia]], involving the killing of Bosnian Muslims
*1995: Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]
==Internationa conventions==
In 1948, The United Nations Genocide Convention defined "genocide":
In 1948, The United Nations Genocide Convention defined "genocide":
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(d) Attempt to commit genocide;
(e) Complicity in genocide.
(e) Complicity in genocide.
Despite this lip service the United Nations has failed to recognize the events in the [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]] as genocide. [[Amnesty International]], and the [[African Union]] likewise only acknowledge the "tragedy" in Darfur but refuse to characterize the situation as genocide.Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) director Jean-Hervé Bradol called the term genocide "inappropriate" and its deputy emergency director Dr. Mercedes Taty said, ''"I don't think that we should be using the word 'genocide' to describe this conflict." ''
Despite this lip service the United Nations has failed to recognize the events in the [[Darfur]] region of [[Sudan]] as genocide. [[Amnesty International]], and the [[African Union]] likewise only acknowledge the "tragedy" in Darfur but refuse to characterize the situation as genocide.Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) director Jean-Hervé Bradol called the term genocide "inappropriate" and its deputy emergency director Dr. Mercedes Taty said, ''"I don't think that we should be using the word 'genocide' to describe this conflict." ''