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U.N. Secretary-General Warns of Another Possible Genocide in Western Sudan
REUTERS, Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 7, 2004
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GENEVA - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday warned
of another possible genocide in western Sudan as he marked the tenth
anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 people died.
The Hague-based International Criminal Court -- the only permanent global
court capable of trying those accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes
against humanity -- said genocide has helped make the 20th century the
bloodiest in history.
Below is a partial list of genocides -- defined as the systematic and
planned extermination of a national, racial, religious or ethnic group --
plus acts of mass political slaughter committed in the 20th century.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan addresses the U.N. Human
Rights Commission on the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide in which
800,000 died, in Geneva, April 7, 2004
Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE - 1915-1923: About 1.5 million killed
FORMER SOVIET UNION - 1918-1921, 1930-1938: About
100-200,000 Jews killed, five million Ukrainians, 14-15 million peasants,
and three million "enemies of the people"
HOLOCAUST - 1941-1945: Six million Jews killed plus five million
others including Gypsies, Poles and homosexuals
INDONESIA - 1965-1966, 1972, 1999: About 500,000 killed in
Indonesia; 200-300,000 killed in East Timor
BURUNDI - 1972: 100,000-200,000 Hutu killed in ethnic violence
CAMBODIA - 1975-1979: One- to three million killed
IRAQ - 1987-1988: About 100,000 Kurds killed
BOSNIA - 1992-1995: About 200,000 killed
RWANDA - 1994: About 800,000 killed
SUDAN - Ongoing: About two million killed since 1983
CONGO - Ongoing: About 3.5 million killed in past four years
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Coffins of people killed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide are buried at
Gisozi memorial in Kigali April 7, 2004. With Western leaders conspicuous by
their absence, Rwanda marked the 10th anniversary of its genocide on
Wednesday as bewildered and angry as ever at the world's failure to stop one
of the 20th century's great crimes
Photo by Radu Sigheti/Reuters
(Click on image to enlarge it)
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Pictures of killed people donated by survivors are installed on a
wall inside the Gisozi memorial in Kigali April 5, 2004 which depicts the
country's 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsi and politically moderate
Hutus died
Photo by Radu Sigheti/Reuters
(Click on image to enlarge it)
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NOTE: Sources: International Criminal Court, www.endgenocide.org.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The direct link to the information Reuter's listed in
the article about the Soviet Union is:
http://www.endgenocide.org/genocide/soviet.html. This is the Campaign
to End Genocide website, an initiative of the World Federalist Association.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4777900
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