Editorial
Inter-group violence is the physical or psychological harm that
results from one group acting against another, or when groups act
against each other. Individual acts that harm others can be
considered inter-group violence if the perpetrators are acting as
group members. This definition is accepted by many social
scientists and activists. It encompasses various forms of violence,
including those carried out by states, ethnic groups or
organizations, which may not only injure, torture, destroy, expel
or perform ethnic cleansing and genocide, but also exploit,
discriminate, deprive, harass, pressure or control other
groups.
Violence has been used by human beings from the start of their
evolution, (perhaps even more than by other species), as a means to
achieve their goals and, sometimes, even as a goal in itself. There
is not one nation in this world that has not used violence to
achieve its goals. History is filled with episodes of violence -
from wars, rebellions, conquests, and sl
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