Sentence examples for instances of genocide from inspiring English sources

The killings are considered one of the first instances of genocide in the 20th century.

"There have been many further instances of genocide and mass killings since we vowed 'never again' in response to the Nazi crimes," he has pointed out.

I looked for a forceful exhibit that would, as Mr. Annan puts it: "connect the Holocaust with other instances of genocide, and with ethnic conflicts or tensions in our own time and place.

If our goal in teaching students about the Holocaust is to make them think harder about civic responsibility, human rights and the dangers of racism, then presumably we need to connect the Holocaust with other instances of genocide, and with ethnic conflicts or tensions in our own time and place.

The Holocaust remains unique in its combination of sophisticated technical and organizational means with the most ruthlessly vicious of ends, but instances of genocide and large-scale brutality have continued to multiply — from Cambodia to the Congo, from Bosnia to Rwanda, from Sri Lanka to Sudan.

He compares the treatment of North American Indians to historical instances of genocide by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, Turks against Armenians, and Europeans against the Gypsies, as well as Nazis against the Poles and Jews.

Nor do we teach the history of slavery or slavery as an instance of genocide.

"Each instance of genocide has its own characteristics, and each time we learn how the law can be flexible and adapt," he said.

Attempts to recast the 20th century's seminal instance of genocide only serve those who seek to subvert the truth of what happened to the Armenians.

One passage reads: "Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or prohibit the instruction of the Holocaust, any other instance of genocide, or the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on ethnicity, race or class".

As the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, Karadžić was held responsible for the "ethnic cleansing" of Serb-held areas of Bosnia, during which tens of thousands of Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats were killed or driven from their homes in what has been called the most atrocious instance of genocide committed in Europe since the close of World War II.