Genocide
‘Genocide- the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.’
There has been much genocide since the holocaust occurred. These included the partition of India in 1947, the Republic of China and Tibet, the Expulsion of Germans after World War II, Australia 1900-1969, Zanzibar, Guatemala, Pakistan (Bangladesh War of 1971), Burundi 1972 and 1993, Rwanda 1994, North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Cambodia, East Timor under Indonesian occupation, Dirty War in Argentina, Sabra-Shatila, Lebanon, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US invasion of Vietnam, Ethiopia, Itaqi Kurds, India, Tibet, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia.
With the Partition of India, millions of Muslims, Sikhs, and Hindus were murdered just because they were on the wrong side of a new border. A death total is estimated between 500, 000 to 1 million people.
The Republic of China and Tibet also experienced genocide. Ma Bufang launched expeditions into Golog, in Tibet. His army was responsible for the death of many Tibetans, and he also destroyed religious temples.
The Expulsion of Germans came as a result of the Second World War. This was the largest transfer of an ethnic population in history. There was a possible death toll of 2 million people, including deaths from famine, disease and violence.
In Zanzibar, 1964, John Okello claimed to have captured or murdered thousands of his enemies, although the actual death total varied from hundreds to 20, 000.
Guatemala, 1968-1996. 83% of 200,000 people that were killed during the Guatemalan Civil War were Maya Indians.
During the Bangladesh War of 1971, in Pakistan, genocide of 300, 000 to 3, 000, 000 occurred.
In the country of Burundi, there have been two genocide events. In 1972, a mass killing of Hutu by the Tutsi army, and the killing of Tutsi by the Hutu people in 1993.
There was a massive genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Approximately 800, 000 people were killed over the span of one hundred days. Most of these victims were peaceful Hutus, and Tutsis. The killings were done by two Hutu armies that were associated with the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi political parties.
In North Korea, millions of people have died as a result of starvation.
In Equatorial Guinea, 1/3 of the population was exiled/killed from 1968 to 1979. The countries original population was 300, 000, but he killed 80, 000 of them. Most of the victims were Bubi, relating to their wealth and intellect. He killed people who wore glasses, and all of the smart people! All schools were shut down in 1975.
In Cambodia, the Communist Party of Kampuchea organized the killing of the Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and Thais, former civil servants, former government soldiers, worldly intellectuals and professionals, former city inhabitants and Buddhist monks. The death total was around 1.7 Cambodians in the span of four years. Some deaths were a result of slave labor.
Indonesia occupied East Timor from 1975 to 1999. Approximately 60, 000 to 200, 000 people were killed as a result of hunger and illness. Most of the victims were East Timorese.
Between 1976 and 1983, The Dirty War in Argentina occurred. One man was charged with six counts of murder and unlawful imprisonment, and seven counts of torture. He had intended to destroy parts of society.
In 1982, The Sabra-Shatila massacre was carried out against Palestinians. The death toll reached between 700-3500 people. This massacre was carried out by the Phalangists.
During the Soviet War between 1979 and 1989, large numbers of Afghans were killed to suppress resistance to the Soviet Union army.
The United States invaded Vietnam for a very long time. Death tolls reached about half a million people, as the US used chemical defoliants on the Vietnamese crops. These defoliants caused cancer, disabilities, death, and birth defects.
In Ethiopia, a dictator was responsible for the death of 150, 000 students, intellectuals and politicians while he ruled.
Frans van Anraat supplied chemicals around the time of the Halabja poison gas attack, which meant he was guilty of war crime.
During the 1970s, thousands of Sikhs were killed in the Golden Temple in India.
In Tibet in 1959, it was decided that a conflict (Tibetan uprising) claimed 92, 000 people.
A small genocide occurred in 1988, in Brazil. Four people died, nineteen were injured and ten others disappeared.
During the Congo Civil War, Pygmies were eaten by both side of the war after being hunted down. It was an attempt to rid the forest of Pygmies.
Finally, from 1991 to present day, there have been reported genocidal killings committed against Somalia’s Bantu population and dwellers in the Jubba Valley. These killings are carried out by the militia.
