To everyone 's surprise , ethnic German Klaus Iohannis won the election Change_of_leadership .

The society acquired Getting a more revolutionary Change_of_leadership cast after it was joined Becoming_a_member by the idealistic Pavel Pestel , dreaming of the mass repressions Control against different ethnic and class groups and the total annihilation Destroying of the imperial family .

The Chetniks ( mostly Serbs , but also Montenegrins and others ) pursued genocide against Muslims , Croats and Pro-Partisan Serbs , and the Italian occupation authorities pursued violence Violence and ethnic cleansing ( Italianization ) against Slovenes and Croats .

Indonesia 's campaign Military_operation of infiltrations Attack into Borneo sought to exploit the ethnic and religious diversity in Sabah and Sarawak compared to that of Malaya and Singapore , with the intent of unraveling Resolve_problem the proposed Creating state of Malaysia .

This brought about Causation an end Process_end to the first stage of the ethnic conflict .

The trial resulted in Causation a guilty verdict , and the findings of the Trial Chamber regarding Kijevo , made in 2007 , were confirmed Check by the ICTY Appeals Chamber in 2008 , based Causation on witness testimonies about it being ethnic cleansing .

The siege was the first instance of use of the ethnic cleansing Emptying in the Yugoslav Wars .

They were perpetrated Committing_crime by the Croatian Serb SAO Krajina police and generally targeted Aiming ethnic Croat civilians in Široka Kula .

Several victims Catastrophe were ethnic Serbs suspected Suspicion by the police of collaboration Collaboration with Croatian authorities .

Militarily , the battle pitted Hostile_encounter the artillery and cavalry of the Marathas against the heavy cavalry and mounted artillery ( zamburak and jezail ) of the Afghans and Rohillas led by Abdali and Najib-ud-Daulah , both ethnic Afghans .

The Kosovo Liberation Army disbanded soon after this , with some of its members going on to fight Hostile_encounter for the UÇPMB in the Preševo Valley and others joining Becoming_a_member the National Liberation Army ( NLA ) and Albanian National Army ( ANA ) during the armed ethnic conflict in Macedonia , while others went on to form Coming_to_be the Kosovo Police .

Crimes against the Polish nation committed Commitment by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion Attack of Poland , along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation Control of Poland in World War II , consisted of the murder Killing of millions of ethnic Poles and the systematic extermination of Jewish Poles .

By 1942 , the Nazi Germans were implementing their plan Arranging to kill Killing every Jew in German-occupied Europe , and had also developed Creating plans Arranging to eliminate Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Polish people through mass murder Killing , ethnic cleansing , enslavement and extermination through labor , and assimilation into German identity of a small minority of Poles deemed Coming_to_believe racially valuable .

The genocides Killing claimed Statement the lives of 2.7 to 3 million Polish Jews and 1.8 to 2.77 million non-Jewish ethnic Poles , according to various sources such as Poland 's Institute of National Remembrance .

Some of the tribes involved Cause_to_be_included in these clashes Hostile_encounter have been the Messiria , Maalia , Rizeigat and Bani Hussein Arabic tribes inhabiting Darfur and West Kordofan , and the Dinka , Nuer and Murle African ethnic groups inhabiting South Sudan .

over the years , clashes Hostile_encounter between rival ethnic militias have resulted in Causation a large number of casualties Catastrophe and displaced hundreds of thousands of people .

On 30 December it was reported Reporting that the perpetrator was an ethnic Russian convert Change to Islam from the city of Volzhsk , in the Mari El Republic , by the name of Pavel Pechenkin , who changed Change his name to Ar-Rusi after conversion to Islam .

He was born to an ethnic Russian father , Nikolai , and a Muslim mother , Fanaziya , who both appealed Request to their son to abstain Removing from violence Violence and attempted to find Placing him in Dagestan .

After the massacre , a campaign of mass ethnic cleansing of non-Serbs was carried out Action , all mosques were demolished Destroying , and nine detention camps were established Creating .

Republika Srpska leaders Biljana Plavšić and Momčilo Krajišnik were convicted Legal_rulings for the deportations and forcible transfers in the ethnic cleansing Emptying that followed Motion the massacre .

In May 2008 , the Justice and Equality Movement ( JEM ) , a Darfur ethnic minority rebel group , undertook Action a raid Attack against the Sudanese government in the cities of Omdurman and Khartoum .

A majority of Croats wanted Request Croatia to leave Departing Yugoslavia and become Becoming a sovereign country , while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia , supported Supporting by Serbia , opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the secession and wanted Request Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia .

Most Serbs sought Statement a new Serb state within a Yugoslav federation Collaboration , including areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with ethnic Serb majorities or significant minorities , and attempted to conquer Conquering as much of Croatia as possible .

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a territorial and ethnic conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Quarreling region of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding Surrounding districts , which are `` de facto '' controlled Control by the self-declared Republic of Artsakh , but are internationally recognized Know as `` de jure '' part of Azerbaijan .

The villages were destroyed Destroying , and from 600 to 700 ethnic Armenians , including women and children , were murdered Committing_crime by armed ethnic Azeri and Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers .

The villages were destroyed Destroying , and from 600 to 700 ethnic Armenians , including women and children , were murdered Committing_crime by armed ethnic Azeri and Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers .

The Dungan Revolt Hostile_encounter ( 1862–77 ) or Tongzhi Hui Revolt Hostile_encounter ( , Xiao'erjing : توْجِ حُوِ بِيًا/لُوًا , ) or Hui ( Muslim ) Minorities War Hostile_encounter was a mainly ethnic and religious war Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter in 19th-century western China , mostly during the reign of the Tongzhi Emperor ( r. 1861–75 ) of the Qing dynasty .

However , this article relates specifically to the uprising Change_of_leadership by members of the Muslim Hui and other Muslim ethnic groups in China 's Shaanxi , Gansu and Ningxia provinces , as well as in Xinjiang , between 1862 and 1877 .

In early 1919 , the sociopolitical atmosphere of Chicago around and near its rapidly growing Cause_to_make_progress black community was one of ethnic tension caused Causation by competition Competition among new groups , an economic slump , and the social changes Change engendered by World War Hostile_encounter I .

Also , a combination Cause_to_amalgamate of ethnic gangs and police neglect strained Causation the racial relationships .

Other ethnic groups were similarly targeted Aiming for extermination in the Assyrian genocide and the Greek genocide , and their treatment is considered by some historians to be part of the same genocidal policy .

The Ituri conflict Hostile_encounter ( ) was a major conflict Hostile_encounter between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) .

The conflict was largely set off by the Second Congo War , which had led to Causation increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ethnic consciousness , a large supply of small arms , and the formation of various armed groups .

More long- term factors include Cause_to_be_included land disputes , natural resources , and the existing ethnic tensions throughout the region .

Large-scale massacres were perpetrated Committing_crime by members of both ethnic factions .

although both men have supporters from across south sudan 's ethnic divides , subsequent fighting Hostile_encounter has had ethnic undertones Communication .

although both men have supporters from across south sudan 's ethnic divides , subsequent fighting Hostile_encounter has had ethnic undertones Communication .

Kiir 's Dinka ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack other ethnic groups and Machar 's Nuer ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack the Dinka .

Kiir 's Dinka ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack other ethnic groups and Machar 's Nuer ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack the Dinka .

Kiir 's Dinka ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack other ethnic groups and Machar 's Nuer ethnic group has been accused Judgment_communication of attacking Attack the Dinka .

Some scholars , including Ilan Pappé , have characterised what occurred at Lydda and Ramle as ethnic cleansing .

The riots are seen Traveling as pivotal leading up to the independence of Singapore , for fear Change_sentiment from the government of Malaysia ( of which Singapore was briefly a part ) that Malay-Chinese ethnic violence Violence would spread Dispersal in the rest of the newly federated country .

Malaysia 's Prime Minister Tunku had initially rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act Lee Kuan Yew 's proposal for a merger Cause_to_amalgamate due to the fear of communist insurgency in Singapore and the large number of ethnic Chinese in Singapore which might outnumber the Malay population in Malaysia .

Other observers have stated Statement that these events had met the `` legal definition of genocide , '' or referred to them as state terrorism or ethnic cleansing .

Scholars studying Research the 2002 riots state Statement that they were premeditated and constituted a form of ethnic cleansing , and that the state government and law enforcement were complicit in the violence that occurred .

French Union forces included Cause_to_be_included colonial troops from the whole former empire ( Moroccan , Algerian , Tunisian , Laotian , Cambodian , and Vietnamese ethnic minorities ) , French professional troops and units of the French Foreign Legion .

Cambodia 's pathway to peace proved to be difficult , as Khmer Rouge leaders decided Deciding not to participate Participation in the general elections Change_of_leadership , but instead they chose Choosing to disrupt Hindering the electoral process by launching Motion military attacks Attack on UN peacekeepers and killing Killing ethnic Vietnamese migrants .

Various left-wing , ethnic , and anti-communist opposition groups supported Supporting by the United States began armed resistance Defending to the Soviet-backed Derg , in addition to the Eritrean separatists already fighting Hostile_encounter in the Eritrean War of Independence .

The Ethiopian Civil War ended Process_end on 4 June 1991 when the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , a coalition of left-wing ethnic rebel groups , entered Arriving the capital Addis Ababa and overthrew Change_of_leadership the WEP .

The Nagorno-Karabakh War Hostile_encounter was an ethnic and territorial conflict Hostile_encounter that took place Process_start in the late 1980s to May 1994 , in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan , between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia , and the Republic of Azerbaijan .