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Now the Indian government is being accused of planning a settler-colonial genocide of an entire Indigenous People (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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39 international genocide scholars have written to the Indian government warning it that its plans to turn the uncontacted Shompen tribe’s island into a mega-port and city will wipe them out. It accuses the government of planning a genocide – via settler-colonial policies and practices.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

Sounds like an insane plan considering the largest city on the archipelago has a population of just 150k

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

bjp-cool

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

Taking simping for Israel to a whole new level.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

wOrLd'S lArGeSt dEmOcRaCy

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Funny how often Democracy seems to be a code word for "genocidal state"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

This is only tangentially related, but aren't Meiteis still committing a genocide against Kukis down in Manipur at the moment as well?