Genocides around the world

 

Genocides and Alleged Genocides (1970 - Present)

Genocide / Alleged Genocide	Location	Timeline	Death Toll (Estimated)
Historically Recognized Genocides
Cambodian Genocide	Cambodia	1975-1979	1.5 - 3 million (consensus ~2 million)
East Timor (Timor-Leste) Genocide	East Timor (Indonesia's occupation)	1975-1999	100,000 - 250,000
Guatemalan Genocide	Guatemala	1978-1983	100,000 - 200,000 (of which ~83% were Maya)
Bosnian Genocide	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1992-1995	~100,000 (including ~8,372 in Srebrenica massacre)
Genocide Against the Tutsi	Rwanda	1994	800,000 - 1 million
Ongoing or Currently Alleged Genocides / Situations of Grave Concern
Darfur	Darfur, Sudan	2003 - 2005 (initial phase); 2023 - Present (renewed intensity)	200,000 - 300,000 (2003-2008); 15,000 - 130,000 (2023-Present in West Darfur)
Yazidis	Iraq, Syria	2014 - Present	5,000+ men & older women killed; 3,100 killed, 6,880 kidnapped (study)
Rohingya Genocide	Rakhine State, Myanmar	2017 - Present	25,000 - 43,000 (direct killings, 2017); 569 (at sea, 2023)
Uyghurs	Xinjiang, China	2017 - Present	No definitive public death toll from direct killings; focuses on forced assimilation, detention, torture, forced labor, sterilization.
Democratic Republic of Congo	DR Congo	Ongoing (Decades, esp. 1990s-Present)	5.4 million (Second Congo War & aftermath, primarily disease/malnutrition)
Ukrainian People	Ukraine	2022 - Present	UN confirmed minimum 13,134 civilians killed, 31,867 wounded (as of April 30, 2025). Allegations of genocide focus on forced deportation of children (~307,000) and other actions.
Israel and Palestine (Gaza)	Gaza Strip	Oct 2023 - Present	At least 53,655 reported killed (as of May 21, 2025 by Gaza MoH/OCHA); 10,000+ estimated under rubble. Most are civilians, >50% women and children.
Amhara	Ethiopia	Ongoing (2020s, esp. 2023-Present)	No precise comprehensive death toll. Reports of massacres and killings (e.g., 3,283 civilian casualties reported in series of massacres).