Examples Of Deny Evidence Of Mass Killings

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Deny evidence: Deny that there was any mass killing at all.
Question and minimize the statistics.
Block access to archives and witnesses.
Intimidate or kill eye-witnesses.
Destroy the evidence.

Blame Victims: Emphasize the strangeness of the victims. They are not like us. (savages, infidels)
Claim they were disloyal insurgents in a war.
Call it a “civil war,” not genocide.
Claim that the deniers’ group also suffered huge losses in the “war.” The killings were in self-defense.

Deny facts that fit legal definition of genocide
They are crimes against humanity, not genocide.
They are“ethnic cleansing”, not genocide.
There is not enough proof of specific intent to destroy a group, “as such.” (“Many survived!”- UN Commission of Inquiry on