Genocide is the planned, systematic, and deliberate destruction of a particular cultural, ethnic, political, religious, or racial group. Examples include the Holocaust, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur. The term was coined in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, who fled Poland before the Nazis took over. Genocide can be gradual and difficult to identify, and can include murder, […]
The mass murder and deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during World War I is known as the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish government refuses to classify it as genocide, causing controversy. The events were masterminded by the Young Turks and resulted in the death of an estimated 500,000 Armenians. The international community condemned the […]
