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Mailbox: "The slow genocide" - Pieter Kelbrick
A chilling open letter argues that ongoing farm attacks in South Africa meet the UN’s definition of genocide - highlighting state inaction and the erosion of rural communities.
Key topics:
Farm murders match UN genocide criteria in slow, systemic ways
Survivors face torture, trauma, and the collapse of rural life
State inaction normalizes violence and undermines justice
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