ethnic cleansing

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ethnic cleansing

The systematic elimination of an ethnic group or groups from a region or society, as by deportation, forced emigration, or genocide.

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ethnic cleansing

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) euphemistic the violent removal by one ethnic group of other ethnic groups from the population of a particular area: used esp of the activities of Serbs against Croats and Muslims in the former Yugoslavia

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eth′nic cleans′ing

the elimination of an unwanted ethnic group or groups from a society, as by genocide or forced emigration.

[1990–95]

ethnic cleansing

The deliberate removal or killing of a minority ethnic group within a country by a dominant ethnic group.

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ethnic cleansing - the mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area

group action - action taken by a group of people

Translations

етническо прочистване

neteja ètnica

etnisk udrensning

ethnische Säuberung

εθνοκάθαρση

limpieza étnica

etniline puhastus

etninen puhdistus

épuration ethnique nettoyage ethnique

טיהור אתני

etnikai tisztogatás

pulizia etnica

民族浄化

민족청소

etnische zuivering

etnisk rensning

czystka etniczna

epurare etnică

этнические чистки

etnično čiščenje

етничко чишћење

etnisk rensning

etnik temizlik

етнічна чистка

ethnic cleansing

n (euph) → ethnische Säuberung

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ethnic cleansing

n → pulizia etnica

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ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan has said reports in Indian and international media on Modi government's ethnic cleansing of Muslims should ring alarm bells across the world.

Reports in Indian and int'l media on Modi govt's ethnic cleansing of Muslims should ring alarm bells across the world: PM

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged the international community to consider the alarming situation of 'ethnic cleansing of Muslims' as the Indian government prepares to strip 1.9 million people of Assam state of their citizenship under what it calls National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Imran alarms world on 'ethnic cleansing of Muslims' under Modi regime

Summary: The leadership of Myanmar will be held to account for ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims will have justice

Last week, Prime Minister Imran Khan had warned of severe repercussions of India perpetrating ethnic cleansing in Kashmir.

History will only remember Modi as a mass murderer: Bilawal

LAHORE -- The 1947 Partition of India was a human tragedy that involved ethnic cleansing mainly in Punjab, and should never be allowed to be repeated.

History needs to be rewritten to end pre- and post-Partition hatred

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday warned international community of severe repercussions and reaction if it silently witnessed another Srebrenica-type massacre (mass killing of Muslims during the Bosnia war) and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in occupied valley.

PM warns of Srebrenica-like massacre in Kashmir

He added that in Occupied Kashmir, twelve days of curfew, presence of extra troops in an already heavily militarized occupied territory, sending in of RSS goons, and complete communication blackout are similar to the example of Modi's earlier ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Gujarat.

PM: (Ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Occupied Kashmir will have severe repercussions: PM)

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday again questioned the international community's silence on Indian-occupied Kashmir and warned that its silence on the potential ethnic cleansing of Muslims in the held valley would lead to severe reactions in the Muslim world.

PM Imran warns of 'severe repercussions' in case of ethnic cleansing of Muslims in IoK

ISLAMABAD -- A day after Prime Minister Imran Khan warned India against any military misadventure, he sought to nudge the international community into action saying that 'severe repercussions and reactions' would ensue if it 'silently witness(es) another Srebrenica-type massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in IOK'.

PM forewarns world against 'Srebrenica-type massacre' in IOK

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday asked the international community if it will allow the world to witness another Srebrenica-type massacre and ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Kashmir.

Imran Khan's message on Indian Independence Day

March massacres of 1918 were well prepared and ruthlessly implemented act by nationalist Armenians against Azerbaijanis on the grounds of racial discrimination and ethnic cleansing.

MFA: Armenia's impunity with genocide committed against Azerbaijanis should end

Ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people has continued for last few years in northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.