Today is #GenocidePreventionDay.

9 December is Genocide Prevention Day, marking the anniversary of the #UN Genocide Convention.

Since 2015, the United Nations has marked the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, which is often referred to as Genocide Prevention Day.

We remember all those murdered for who they were and the survivors whose lives were changed forever by #genocide.

Watch this short video to learn about the history of Genocide Prevention Day and why we need to mark it.

#Politics #OTD

https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/genocide-prevention-day-9-december/

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | 9 December: Genocide Prevention Day

9 December is Genocide Prevention Day, marking the anniversary of the UN Genocide Convention.

Happy birthday in rock'n'roll heaven to #JimiHendrix, born #OTD in 1942. Here's a fantastic interview with Jimi biographer Corey Washington via the #FunkCenter. 🎵 🎶 🎸 👍 😁 #Music #Funk #RhythmAndBlues #RockAndRoll #ClassicRock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmS8atM542A

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#OTD #9November #Antisemitismus

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#Novemberpogrome #9November #KeinVergessen #OTD #OnThisDay #Antifa #Antifaschismus #NieWieder

On Nov. 7, 1917, Bolshevik Red Guards under the command of the Revolutionary Military Committee seized power in Petrograd, then the capital of the Russian Empire, by capturing key government positions and laying siege to the Winter Palace.

#OTD #USSR #Lenin #OctoberRevolution

The Communist Party of #Australia was founded in Sydney on Oct. 30 & 31, 1920 by 26 members of the Australian Socialist Party (ASP), the Victorian #Socialist Party, the Industrial Workers of the World and other labor unions, in the hall of the #ASP.

#OTD #Communism

#OnThisDay, 2002, #UN weapons inspectors said they supported #USA plan to deliver a tough warning to #Iraq Saddam Hussein. However, they insisted it should be up to the Security Council, not inspectors, to decide on war. #OTD

#Bush #Saddam #IraqInvasion

#OnThisDay, 2002, #British PM Blair said "#Iraq has a growing arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and plans to use them." He also unveiled an intelligence dossier to a special session of Parliament. Later, it was revealed he was lying and only wanted to start a war. #OTD

40 years ago, an Israeli-allied armed group attacked the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.

In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon with the stated aim of destroying the PLO.

#OTD #Palestine #Lebanon #Politics #History #CrimeAgainstHumanity

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is an umbrella of Palestinian political parties, created in 1964 with the aim of liberating Palestine through armed struggle.

The #PLO withdrew from Lebanon by September 1, 1982, two weeks later, Israeli forces besieged Sabra and Shatila.

They provided cover for a right-wing #Lebanese militia called the #Phalange to carry out the mass killings that continued for 43 hours.

As many as 3,500 people - mostly Palestinians - were killed. Here’s a look at what happened

#Refugees of the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps were victims of the 1948 #Nakba, fleeing the violent ethnic cleansing of Palestine by #Zionist militias as #Israel was formed.

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring the massacre an “act of #genocide”.

Though no one has been held accountable for the crimes of the #Sabra and #Shatila #massacre.

https://aje.io/w3y7g8

Sabra and Shatila massacre: What happened in Lebanon in 1982?

Israeli-backed Phalange militia killed between 2,000 and 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days.

#OnThisDay, 2002, #Iraq said it was ready to discuss the return of U.N. inspectors for further investigation on WMD. However #USA and #NATO did not accept and invaded the counry months later where no weapon was found. #OTD

It was all a lie

#OnThisDay, 2002, #USA Vice President Dick Cheney said that White House lawyers had told President #Bush that he would not need congressional approval to attack #Iraq. #OTD

#OTD 40 years ago: Grandmaster Flash + the Furious Five’s “The Message” debuts on the Cashbox charts. One of the most important tracks from the early days of #HipHop, and IMHO one of the most compelling protest songs ever recorded. Respect! 🎶👍😁 #Music #RhythmAndBlues #Soul

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#KZ #Mauthausen #Truppen #USArmee #Befreiung #Mauthausen #USArmee #ThanksAllys #NieWiederKrieg #NieWiederFaschismus #OTD

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#OTD #TonouMbobda #allergischerReaktion

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#Schwur #Buchenwald #Vermächtnis #OTD #NieWiederFaschismus #Selbstbefreiung

#OtD 8 Apr 2013 former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died. Street parties spontaneously broke out across the country. Pictured: Thatcher being welcomed to hell by one of her good friends and supporters, serial paedophile Jimmy Savile

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🇮🇹 #OTD "Am 17. Februar vor 2 Jahren betrat ich #Lampedusa zum ersten Mal. Am selben Abend traf ich am Pier Hatem, einen libyschen Jungen, der zus. mit seiner & 3 anderen Familien mit einem Schnellboot floh und am Jahrestag des Aufstands 2011 in Italien landete."
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#OTD. Am 29.01.1790 wurde das erste Rettungsboot der Geschichte, an der Mündung des Flusses Tyne🇬🇧 in Dienst gestellt.

Mehr über seine Geschichte:
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El Original de 1790, el primer bote salvavidas de la historia

Para encontrar el origen de los botes salvavidas tenemos que remontarnos a la Inglaterra de finales del siglo XVIII. Concretamente a la ciudad costera de South Shields, situada en la desembocadura …

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#OTD #Herero #Nama #Genozid #Namibia

#OTD 50 years ago, on 27 November 1971, the lander of #Mars 2 became the first human-made object to reach the surface of Mars, although the landing system failed and the lander was lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_2

#space #SpaceExploration #history

Mars 2 - Wikipedia