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Genocide is a MUD, a text-based online game, focused exclusively on player-killing. [1] [2] Founded in 1992, [3] [4] it was influential as the first such "pure PK" MUD, [3] and has met with positive critical response. [2] [5] [6] Genocide's ideas influenced a number of MUDs that emulated its pure player-versus-player orientation. [1]
The Genocide Convention establishes five prohibited acts that, when committed with the requisite intent, amount to genocide. Genocide is not just defined as wide scale massacre-style killings that are visible and well-documented. International law recognizes a broad range of forms of violence in which the crime of genocide can be enacted. [3]
Gourevitch retells survivors' stories, and reflects on the meaning of the genocide. The title comes from an April 15, 1994, letter written to Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana , president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 's operations in western Rwanda , by seven Adventist pastors who had taken refuge with other Tutsis in an Adventist hospital ...
Mass killing is a concept which has been proposed by genocide scholars who wish to define incidents of non-combat killing which are perpetrated by a government or a state.A mass killing is commonly defined as the killing of group members without the intention to eliminate the whole group, [1] or otherwise the killing of large numbers of people without a clear group membership.
Transgender genocide or trans genocide is a term used by some scholars and activists to describe an elevated level of systematic discrimination and violence against transgender people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
It may be compared to genocide or ethnic cleansing, both of which involve the killing of people based on their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group rather than their adherence to a particular ideology. [citation needed] Politicide is used to describe the killing of groups that are not covered by the Genocide Convention. [11]
Part of a series on Genocide Issues List of genocides Genocides in history Before WWI WWI–WWII 1946–1999 21st century Effects on youth Denial Massacre Rape Incitement In relation to Colonialism / War Perpetrators, victims, and bystanders Prevention Psychology Recognition politics Risk factors Stages Types Anti-Indigenous Cultural Paper Utilitarian Studies Outline Bibliography Related ...
The church in Gikondo. The Rwandan genocide began on April 6, 1994, after the plane carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, the president of Burundi on board was shot down while approaching the runway of Kigali International Airport, which is considered to have been the direct signal to start the actions planned beforehand.