Genocides in History
Name↕ | Event↕ | Location↕ | Period↕ | Estimated killings↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gaza genocide | Gaza genocide | Gaza Strip, Palestine | 2,023 | Present |
Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians | Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and expulsion of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians | Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan | 2,022 | 2023 |
Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Armenians is characterized as genocide in multiple sources. | Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Armenians is characterized as genocide in multiple sources. | 99.99% of Armenians were expelled from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, fleeing through the military checkpoint on the Lachin corridor. | — | — |
Rohingya genocide | Rohingya genocide | Rakhine State, Myanmar | 2,016 | Present |
Persecution of Uyghurs in China | Persecution of Uyghurs in China | Xinjiang, China | 2,016 | Present |
Genocide of Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian War | Genocide of Ukrainians during the Russo-Ukrainian War | Ukraine | 2,014 | Present |
Yazidi genocide | Yazidi genocide | Islamic State-controlled territory in northern Iraq and Syria | 2,014 | 2017 |
Darfur genocide (2003–2005) | Darfur genocide (2003–2005) | Darfur, Sudan | 2,003 | 2005 |
Effacer le tableau | Effacer le tableau | North Kivu, DR Congo | 2,002 | 2003 |
Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War | Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War | Kivu, Zaire | 1,996 | 1997 |
Rwandan genocide | Rwandan genocide | Rwanda | 1,994 | 491,000 |
Bosnian genocide | Bosnian genocide | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,992 | 1995 |
Isaaq genocide | Isaaq genocide | Somaliland, Somalia | 1,987 | 1989 |
Anfal campaign | Anfal campaign | Iraqi Kurdistan, Ba'athist Iraq | 1,986 | 1989 |
Sabra and Shatila massacre | Sabra and Shatila massacre | Beirut, Lebanon | 1,982 | 460 |
Cambodian genocide | Cambodian genocide | Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) | 1,975 | 1979 |
East Timor genocide | East Timor genocide | East Timor, Indonesia | 1,974 | 1999 |
Bangladesh genocide | Bangladesh genocide | East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) | 1,971 | 300,000 |
Nigerian Civil War, particularly the blockade of Biafra | Nigerian Civil War, particularly the blockade of Biafra | Biafra | 1,967 | 1970 |
Maya genocide | Maya genocide | Guatemala | 1,962 | 1996 |
Tamil genocide | Tamil genocide | Sri Lanka | 1,956 | 2009 |
Population transfer in the Soviet Union | Population transfer in the Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 1,941 | 1949 |
Siege of Leningrad | Siege of Leningrad | Leningrad | 1,941 | 1944 |
The Holocaust | The Holocaust | Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe | 1,941 | 1945 |
Genocide of Serbs and Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia | Genocide of Serbs and Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia | Independent State of Croatia(now Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 1,941 | 1945 |
Genocide of Bosniaks and Croats by the Chetniks | Genocide of Bosniaks and Croats by the Chetniks | Yugoslavia | 1,941 | 1945 |
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation (part of the Generalplan Ost) | Nazi crimes against the Polish nation (part of the Generalplan Ost) | German-occupied Europe | 1,939 | 1945 |
Romani Holocaust | Romani Holocaust | German-occupied Europe | 1,939 | 1945 |
Mass operations of the NKVD | Mass operations of the NKVD | Soviet Union | 1,937 | 1938 |
Parsley massacre | Parsley massacre | Dominican Republic | 1,937 | 12,000 |
Holodomor | Holodomor | Ukraine and the northern Kuban, Soviet Union | 1,932 | 1933 |
Libyan genocide | Libyan genocide | Italian Libya | 1,929 | 1932 |
Armenian genocide | Armenian genocide | Ottoman Empire (now Turkey, Syria, and Iraq) | 1,915 | 1917 |
Sayfo | Sayfo | Ottoman Empire (now Turkey, Syria and Iraq) | 1,915 | 1919 |
Greek genocide and Pontic genocide | Greek genocide and Pontic genocide | Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) | 1,914 | 1922 |
Herero and Nama genocide | Herero and Nama genocide | German South West Africa (now Namibia) | 1,904 | 1908 |
Selknam genocide | Selknam genocide | Tierra del Fuego, Chile, Argentina | 1,880 | 1910 |
Circassian genocide | Circassian genocide | Circassia, Russian Empire | 1,864 | 1867 |
California genocide | California genocide | California, United States | 1,846 | 1873 |
Queensland Aboriginal genocide | Queensland Aboriginal genocide | Queensland | 1,840 | 1897 |
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