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The persecution of the Serer people of Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania is multifaceted, and it includes both religious and ethnic elements. Religious and ethnic persecution of the Serer people dates back to the 11th century when King War Jabi usurped the throne of Tekrur (part of present-day Senegal) in 1030, and by 1035, introduced Sharia law ...
Determining ethnic identities in advance and implementing a power sharing system on the basis of these fixed identities is inherently discriminatory against minority groups that might be not be recognized. [7] Moreover, it discriminates against those who do not choose to define their identity on an ethnic or communal basis.
It also includes ethnic cleansing of non-Croats in the breakaway state the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. [191] The ICTY convicted several officials for persecution, forced transfer and/or deportation, including Momčilo Krajišnik, [192] Radoslav Brđanin, [193] Stojan Župljanin, Mićo Stanišić, [194] Biljana Plavšić, [195] Jovica ...
Such forms of persecution of a group were defined as crimes against humanity and they can also fall within the meaning of the Genocide Convention. [45] The terms "ethnic cleansing" and "genocide" are not synonymous but academic discourse considers both to exist within a spectrum of assaults on nations or ethnoreligious groups.
a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas", [noting that in the former Yugoslavia] " 'ethnic cleansing' has been carried out by means of murder, torture, arbitrary arrest and detention ...
Nazi antisemitism provides another example of the contentious divide between ethnic persecution and religious persecution, because Nazi propaganda tended to construct its image of Jews by portraying them as people who were members of an inferior race (see Racial antisemitism and Nazi racial theories), it dehumanized and demonized Jews by ...
Pages in category "Ethnic persecution" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution , ethnic persecution and political persecution , although there is naturally some overlap between these terms.