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https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/burma After decades of persecution, Burma’s Rohingya minority suffered attacks at the hands of the Burmese military in August 2017 that included mass killing, rape, torture, arson, arbitrary arrest and detention, and forced displacement of more than 700,000 people. These attacks, which are part of a broader campaign of genocide, are documented in our bearing […]

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/china The Chinese government is systematically persecuting Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities on the basis of their religion and ethnicity. There is a reasonable basis to believe that the government of China is committing crimes against humanity. Learn more about the conflict history and current threats to civilians.

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/south-sudan Since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011, the new nation of South Sudan has experienced civil war and mass atrocities against civilians, including widespread sexual violence, murder, and forced displacement. Multiple attempts at peace agreements have been made, and largely stalled. These delays contribute to conflict and violence across the country—violence which sparked warnings […]

https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/sudan Since the mid-20th century, more than 2.5 million Sudanese have been killed in brutal conflicts between the north and south, in Darfur, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and in other regions. Although the north-south civil war ended in 2005, ultimately leading to South Sudan’s independence in 2011, violence has continued within Sudan and civilians remain […]

Armenia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Main telephone: 202.488.0400 TTY: 202.488.0406 www.ushmm.org

Bosnia and Herzegovina – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum An estimated 100,000 people were killed during the conflict in Bosnia between 1992 and 1995, including the July 1995 genocide of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica. Learn more

Rwanda – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum In 1994, between 500,000 and one million Rwandans were massacred in a genocide when the Hutu extremist-led government launched a plan to wipe out the country’s entire Tutsi minority

What have we learned about the risk factors and warning signs of genocide? | Holocaust Encyclopedia – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum The study of the Holocaust raises questions about how the world can recognize and respond to indications that a country is at risk for genocide or mass atrocity. While each genocide is unique, […]

Definitions: Types of Mass Atrocities – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Crimes against humanity are defined as “any of the following acts when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population.”

What is Genocide? – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Origin of the Term Genocide. The word “genocide” did not exist prior to 1944. It is a very specific term coined by a Polish-Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959) who sought to describe Nazi policies of systematic murder during the Holocaust, including the destruction of European […]