Genocide Exist Today

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While countries are constantly developing and progressing, there is a major problem that still exists. Around the world, countries are becoming more aware of the increasing amounts of discrimination and genocides. Many groups of people are at risk of genocide in today's world because the acts of genocide are going unnoticed. However, efforts by groups such as End Genocide are trying to spread awareness and prevent these crimes from continuing.
Throughout history, genocides have been a prominent issue across the globe as they are in our world today. In order to recognise the problem, it is important to understand what the problem is. In the most general sense of the term, a genocide is “the intentional destruction, in whole or in part, of a

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