genocide

[Jonathan Lighter]

Meaning "the unwarranted governmental killing of numbers of people" :

2011
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/libya-envoy-accuses-gaddafi-of-genocide/articleshow/7543550.cms
:
UNITED NATIONS: Libya's deputy ambassador to the United Nations called
Monday for Moamer Kadhafi to stand down, accusing him of "genocide" and
saying he should stand trial for war crimes...."Certainly the best scenario
is to have him before the court, to prosecute him and to know from him
everything about the crimes he committed before, whether it is the genocide
of the prison of Abu Salim or the genocide he is committing now or the
disappearance of certain important personalities... and all the other crimes
he has committed during the 42 years in power."

JL


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