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Encyclopedia > Cultural genocide

Cultural genocide is a term used to describe the deliberate destruction of the cultural heritage of a people or nation for political or military reasons.

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United Nations

Article 7 of the "United Nations draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples" (26 August 1994) defines "Cultural genocide" (emphasis added)[1]: August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Indigenous peoples have the collective and individual right not to be subjected to ethnocide and cultural genocide, including prevention of and redress for:
(a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities;
(b) Any action which has the aim or effect of dispossessing them of their lands, territories or resources;
(c) Any form of population transfer which has the aim or effect of violating or undermining any of their rights;
(d) Any form of assimilation or integration by other cultures or ways of life imposed on them by legislative, administrative or other measures;
(e) Any form of propaganda directed against them.

Examples
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The Government of Tibet in Exile and its supporters use the term to describe the activities of the People's Republic of China in Tibet which it claims is destroying ancient Tibetan culture and religion. The activities which the Government in Exile accuses the Chinese government of performing include closing Tibetan Buddhist temples and encouraging outside immigration into Tibet. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Official language Tibetan Headquarters Dharamsala Head of State (Dalai Lama) Tenzin Gyatso National Anthem Tibetan National Anthem, (Link) The Government of Tibet in Exile, officially named the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, is a theocratic government-like entity headed by Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai...


Supporters of the People's Republic of China argue that while wishing to stop secessionist activity in Tibet it does not actively desire to see Tibetan culture eradicated. They also claim that it is improper to use such a highly charged word as genocide to describe any cultural change, especially since Chinese policies in Tibet have allegedly been far less assimilationist than the policies of many nations which are making the criticism. Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Other examples of alleged cultural genocide also include: the dissolution of the monasteries in medieval England, the flooding of the ancient city of Hasankeyf by the construction of the Ilısu Dam, destruction of Armenian churches and the destruction of Greek/Byzantine monuments in Northern Cyprus [1]; the burning of national archives in Sarajevo; Indian Removal in the United States (and similar polices carried out by Australia, Canada and New Zealand aimed at relocating and assimilating indigenous peoples); banning the use of Korean language, Korean traditions, the use of Korean names, or the teaching of Korean history during the Japanese occupation of Korea[2]; the deliberate destruction of the Irish Public Records Office and its thousand years of records by the Irish Republican Army in 1922; the destruction of Armenian stone crosses, cemeteries, and khachkars by Azerbaijan in the region of Nakhichevan[2]; and the destruction of Cambodian monuments and records by the Khmer Rouge (some of which might be described as being closer to cultural suicide). Various critics of the Allied bombing of Dresden also describe the destruction of the militarily insignificant but architecturally priceless city by carpet bombing as cultural genocide or bomb holocaust. The Dissolution of the Monasteries, referred to by Roman Catholic writers as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the formal process during the English Reformation by which King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the monastic institutions in England between 1538 and 1541. ... Hasankeyf on the Tigris River Hasankeyf is in Batman Province, southeast Turkey — an area mainly settled by Kurds. ... The Ilısu Dam is in the predominantly Kurdish[1] southeast of Turkey. ... Map of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Coordinates: Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Entity Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Canton Sarajevo Canton Mayor Semiha Borovac Area    - City 142 km²  (54. ... Indian Removal was a nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States that sought to relocate American Indian (or Native American) tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river. ... The Korean language (, see below) is the official language of both North and South Korea. ... This article is about the history of Korea. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... This article is about the historical army of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic (1919–1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919-21, and the Irish Civil War 1922-23. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Khachkar (Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Ö„Õ¡Ö€ in Armenian, meaning cross-stone) is a carved memorial stone, typically found in Armenia. ... Momine Khatun Mausoleum in Nakhichevan. ... Some of the Khmer Rouge leadership during their period in power. ... For other uses, see Dresden (disambiguation). ...


Nationalists claim this practice is being inflicted on western countries due to alleged mass immigration [3] [4].


See also

An endangered language is a language with so few surviving speakers that it is in danger of falling out of use. ... Many countries have a language policy designed to favour or discourage the use of a particular language or set of languages. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ethnocide is a concept related to genocide; unlike genocide, which has entered into international law, ethnocide remains primarily the province of ethnologists, who have not yet settled on a single cohesive meaning for the term. ... The Stolen Generation is a term used to describe the half-caste Australian Aboriginal children who were removed from their families by Australian government agencies and church missions between approximately 1900 and (officially) 1969. ... The term residential school generally refers to any school at which students live in addition to attending classes. ... In New Zealand, Native Schools were established to provide education for the Maori. ... Carlisle Indian Industrial School, (1879 - 1918), in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the first federally supported school for Native Americans to be established off a reservation, was founded in 1879 by Richard Henry Pratt. ... The Ilısu Dam Campaign is a UK based campaign working to stop the construction of the Ilısu Dam on the river Tigris in south east Turkey. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Welsh Not was a piece of wood, inscribed with the letters WN, that was hung round the necks of boys who spoke Welsh in some schools in the 19th century. ... The Prayer Book Rebellion or Western Rebellion occurred in the southwest of England in 1549. ...

References

  1. ^ Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples drafted by The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Recalling resolutions 1985/22 of 29 August 1985, 1991/30 of 29 August 1991, 1992/33 of 27 August 1992, 1993/46 of 26 August 1993, presented to the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council at 36th meeting 26 August 1994 and adopted without a vote.
  2. ^ http://www.cgs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/workshops_e/w_2004_02_23_e.html
  3. ^ The Era of Defamation and Multi-Cultural Genocide British National Party claims "multi-cultural genocide" in progress against Britain
  4. ^ John Tyndall Arrested Ku-Klux Klan leader claims cultural genocide against Whites

August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is about the modern party. ... KKK redirects here. ...

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Notes

  1. ^ Draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples drafted by The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Recalling resolutions 1985/22 of 29 August 1985, 1991/30 of 29 August 1991, 1992/33 of 27 August 1992, 1993/46 of 26 August 1993, presented to the Commission on Human Rights and the Economic and Social Council at 36th meeting 26 August 1994 and adopted without a vote.
  2. ^ http://www.cgs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/workshops_e/w_2004_02_23_e.html
  3. ^ The Era of Defamation and Multi-Cultural Genocide British National Party claims "multi-cultural genocide" in progress against Britain
  4. ^ John Tyndall Arrested Ku-Klux Klan leader claims cultural genocide against Whites

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