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Yes, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown occurred in 1989.Yes. Tiananmen Square was the site of a 1989 protest calling for greater freedom, and the protests were halted in a deadly crackdown, known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, by the Chinese government on June 4 and 5, 1989. The background and timeline were as follows: - Trigger: From April 1989 people from across China gathered in

No binding international court has ruled that Israel's military actions in Gaza since October 7, 2023, constitute genocide. The question is intensely disputed among governments, legal experts, human rights organizations, scholars, and commissions. Genocide is a specific legal term under the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), not a sy

No definitive legal determination has been made that Israel's military actions in Gaza since October 7, 2023, constitute genocide, though the question is heavily contested, with strong arguments and findings on both sides. The matter is under active adjudication, and the specific legal threshold—particularly genocidal intent—is high and difficult to prove.[[1]](https://politifact.com/article/2025/