The Armenian Genocide was the systematic deportation and killing of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians, carried out by the Turkish state between 1915 and 1923.

Holodomor was the death through starvation of about four million Ukrainians, in an artificial famine caused by the policies of Communist Party and Soviet government authorities headed by Josef Stalin in 1932-33.

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the systematic persecution and mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators from 1933 to 1945. Around two-thirds of Europe’ Jewish population was killed. The murders were carried out in mass shootings, through forced labour in concentration camps and gas chambers in extermination camps.

The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda was the planned campaign of mass murder of 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda perpetrated by the Hutus that occurred in April–July 1994.

The Bosnian genocide was the systematic murder of 100,000 people, 80% of whom were Bosniaks, during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995. In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed as many as 8,000 Bosniak men and boys from the town of Srebrenica. It was the largest massacre in Europe since the Holocaust.

The First Nations Cultural Genocide is the history of the violent acts and assimilatory policies committed against First Nations across Canada, such as the residential schools. Between 1880 and 1996, 150,000 First Nations students were forcibly removed from their families and incarcerated in residential schools rife with abuse.

The Tamil Genocide in Sri Lanka refers to the state-sponsored campaign of mass violence and destruction targeting the Tamil ethnic minority. The brutal Black July pogrom in 1983 resulted in thousands of deaths, widespread displacement, and lasting trauma within the Tamil community.

The Uyghur genocide involves the systematic oppression of up to two million Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since 2017, up to two million Uyghurs have been detained in “re-education camps,” facing forced assimilation, human rights abuses, forced sterilizations, suppression of Uyghur births.

The Cambodian genocide (1975-1979) was the systematic persecution and killing of 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot, who radically pushed Cambodia towards communism.

The “Darfur Genocide” refers to the current mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children in Western Sudan. The killings began in 2003 and continue to this day. Over 400,000 men, women and children have died, and more than 2.8 million have been displaced.

The Herero and Nama genocide was waged by the German Empire against the Ovaherero, the Nama, and the San in German South West Africa (now Namibia). It occurred between 1904 and 1908, and over 80% of the Nama and Herero population was killed.

Between 1933 and 1945, Romas and Sintis (now referred to as Gypsies) across German-occupied Europe were subjected to arbitrary confinement, forced labor, and mass killing, leading to 500,000 men, women, and children being murdered.

The Rohingya genocide refers to the ongoing military crackdown on Muslim Rohingyas by Myanmar’s armed forces and police, which had been occurring since 2016. Over 25,000 people have died and 700,000 have been displaced.

The East Timor Genocide refers to the killing of 20-25% of the East Timor population, perpetrated by Indonesia’s military dictatorship, during the Indonesian occupation which laste from 1975 to 1999.

The Guatemalan Genocide refers to the killing of 200,000 Guatemalans, 83% of those were Mayas, perpetrated by the US-backed Guatemalan military. The Guatemalan Genocide took place during the Guatemalan civil war, which lasted between 1960 and 1996.