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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Sanctions should also be considered against Azerbaijani officials responsible for the ethnic cleansing and against entities exploiting Artsakh's natural resources.
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The country’s ruling junta tortured and reportedly burned people alive, and both the military and rival Arakan Army rebel group are alleged to have engaged in ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, with ethnic tensions rippling across the border into India.
—Collin J. Meisel, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
The narrator receives an assignment to serve as interpreter for the former president of a West African country, now on trial at the Court for accusations of ethnic cleansing.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
However, some critics, including a former Israeli defense minister, have accused the government of engaging in ethnic cleansing near the Israeli border in Gaza's northernmost areas.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
The country’s ruling junta tortured and reportedly burned people alive, and both the military and rival Arakan Army rebel group are alleged to have engaged in ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, with ethnic tensions rippling across the border into India.
—Collin J. Meisel, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
The narrator receives an assignment to serve as interpreter for the former president of a West African country, now on trial at the Court for accusations of ethnic cleansing.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
However, some critics, including a former Israeli defense minister, have accused the government of engaging in ethnic cleansing near the Israeli border in Gaza's northernmost areas.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
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That was especially true of West Altadena, an area that got an evacuation order many hours after the Eaton fire exploded last month.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2025
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At the height of the fires, 180,000 people were under evacuation orders, according to Los Angeles County officials.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Originally Published: January 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM EST Most Popular Most Popular Trump ties CT transportation funding to immigration compliance, birth rates.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
1 Feb. 2025
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Former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg has removed his pronouns from his biography on X, formerly Twitter, according to a prominent account on the social media platform.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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These omissions are not only morally wrong, but also are not conducive to the Trump administration’s own goals of reducing migration.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to California that boosted the nation’s economy, reshaped the landscape and altered its culture.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Great Famine that ensued, lasting from 1845 to 1852, marked a major crisis in Irish history that depleted the population due to death and emigration; around one million people died during this period, and closer to two million left the country.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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Now, owing to the combination of widespread emigration, a plummeting birth rate, and civilian and military casualties during three years of war, Ukraine’s population has declined to 35 million, the United Nations reported late last year.—
Howard LaFranchi,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Jan. 2025
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