The 10 Worst Genocides Of The 20th Century

10 Worst Genocides Of The 20th Century -- Geopol News

According to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPGC), genocide is defined as "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group". The subject of what is and what is not considered genocide is a contentious one. Often, accusations of genocide having been committed are disputed for reasons that are usually political. Using the term “genocide” to describe the mass murder or destruction of a group of people creates images of the worst genocide ever committed in terms of loss of life, The Holocaust. Therefore, in order to divert blame or justify actions, leaders of countries accused of genocide usually try to call a murderous event something else. For instance, the Turkish government still to this day refuses to acknowledge that the slaughter and forced expulsion of the Armenian people from the former Ottoman Empire during World War One was genocide. Instead, Turkey claims that numbers of murdered Armenians has been inflated, despite factual documentation, and attempts to downplay the massacres. Here is a list of the 10 worst genocides of the 20th century based on the numbers of people killed.

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My Comment: There are a few BIG omissions in this list. The communists in the Soviet Union did not only bring horror to the Ukraine and Cossak communities .... but they brought even more to the rest of the country. And Mao in China probably slaughtered more people than the Nazis ever did .... and all the other 20th century genocides combined.