genocide

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Several attendees accused the pair of being "genocide supporters", shouting "boo" and "get out of here" as a mosque leader gave a speech calling for the government to better engage with Muslim Australians.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

You’ve heard the expression regarding the Holocaust: “Never again” means that genocide should never be inflicted on anyone.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Rwanda denies supporting M23 and says its troops are in eastern Congo for “defensive measures” against a rebel group formed by Hutu extremists who orchestrated the 1994 genocide in Rwanda before fleeing to Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Australia's federal police have ruled out an arrest of the president, with senior officials telling lawmakers in parliament that Herzog had "full immunity" covering civil and criminal matters, including genocide.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

The United Nations now defines genocide as an act, or acts, “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz