2014 Sinjar massacre
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The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2014 Sinjar massacre canonical | 3 |
| Siege of Mount Sinjar | 1 |
| Sinjar offensive (2014) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: 2014 Sinjar massacre Context triple: [Yazidism, notableEvent, 2014 Sinjar massacre]
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A.
Rabaa massacre
The Rabaa massacre was a 2013 mass killing of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi by Egyptian security forces during the dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo, widely condemned as one of the deadliest crackdowns on demonstrators in modern Egyptian history.
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Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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C.
Adana massacre
The Adana massacre was a 1909 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire that foreshadowed and is often seen as a precursor to the Armenian Genocide.
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D.
Panjdeh incident
The Panjdeh incident was an 1885 military clash between the Russian Empire and Afghanistan that nearly triggered war with Britain and marked a critical flashpoint in the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia.
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E.
Hama massacre of 1982
The Hama massacre of 1982 was a brutal and large-scale military crackdown by the Syrian government on an Islamist uprising in the city of Hama, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and widespread destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 2014 Sinjar massacre Target entity description: The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
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A.
Rabaa massacre
The Rabaa massacre was a 2013 mass killing of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi by Egyptian security forces during the dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo, widely condemned as one of the deadliest crackdowns on demonstrators in modern Egyptian history.
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B.
Simele massacre
The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.
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C.
Adana massacre
The Adana massacre was a 1909 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire that foreshadowed and is often seen as a precursor to the Armenian Genocide.
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D.
Panjdeh incident
The Panjdeh incident was an 1885 military clash between the Russian Empire and Afghanistan that nearly triggered war with Britain and marked a critical flashpoint in the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia.
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E.
Hama massacre of 1982
The Hama massacre of 1982 was a brutal and large-scale military crackdown by the Syrian government on an Islamist uprising in the city of Hama, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians and widespread destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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genocidal attack ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| cause | ISIS offensive in Northern Iraq (2014) ⓘ |
| condemnedBy |
Amnesty International
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Human Rights Watch ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ human rights organizations ⓘ |
| conflictType | genocide ⓘ |
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| deathToll | thousands of Yazidis killed ⓘ |
| location |
Iraq
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Nineveh Governorate ⓘ Sinjar ⓘ Sinjar ⓘ
surface form:
Sinjar District
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| method |
enslavement
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kidnapping ⓘ mass executions ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ summary killings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in international recognition of Yazidi genocide
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scale of atrocities against Yazidis ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
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Global Coalition to Counter ISIL ⓘ
surface form:
War against the Islamic State
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| perpetrator |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
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surface form:
Daesh
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
ISIL
ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| recognizedAsGenocideBy |
Parliament of Australia
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Parliament
Parliament of Canada ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Parliament
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe ⓘ
surface form:
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
European Parliament ⓘ Bundestag ⓘ
surface form:
German Bundestag
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
United Kingdom House of Commons
United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| relatedEvent |
2014 Sinjar massacre
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Siege of Mount Sinjar
Sinjar offensive (2015) ⓘ |
| result |
abduction of Yazidi women and children
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forced religious conversion of Yazidis ⓘ mass displacement of Yazidis from Sinjar ⓘ mass killing of Yazidi civilians ⓘ sexual slavery of Yazidi women and girls ⓘ |
| startTime | 2014-08-03 ⓘ |
| target |
Yazidi population of Sinjar
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Yazidis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | August 2014 ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Yazidi children
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Yazidi men ⓘ Yazidis ⓘ
surface form:
Yazidi women
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Subject: 2014 Sinjar massacre Description of subject: The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
Referenced by (5)
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