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genocide

[jen-uh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɛn əˌsaɪd /


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"It's not a PR stunt it's raising awareness and mobilising together that as civil society we have power to do something when governments are ignoring genocide," she said.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

This enables visitors to ask questions that prompt real-time responses from pre-recorded video interviews with Holocaust survivors and other witnesses to genocide.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Suu Kyi travelled to The Hague to rebut charges of genocide against them at the UN's top court in 2019 -- tanking her reputation on the international circuit.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

There’s no attempt to describe the victims of genocide as responsible for their own fate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

He had reported almost every war of the twentieth century, like the Spanish Civil War, and the genocide in East Timor, and bad stuff that happened in Africa.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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