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A 9 year old boy drew this picture that shows some of the crimes committed by his government's soldiers. At the top of the picture a boy is thrown into a fire. In the middle, a man has a bag over his head before being shot. At the bottom, a soldier appears to be cutting a man’s head off. Women, with their hands tied behind them are being marched off at gun point. A woman with her possessions on her head leaves with her 2 children, pursued by 2 soldiers. A government plane is bombing the village and setting the houses on fire.
A boy who was 8 drew this picture of when his village in Darfur was attacked in 2004. His drawing describes this attack, where government forces burn his village, and kill many civilians who are shown lying on the ground.
What is it called when one group of people try to eliminate another?
What is Genocide? Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. • Killing members of the group; • Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; • Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; • Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; • Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; • Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.