Nonprofit hijacked a Holocaust survivor's name. Stop making his family fight alone

Enough. I have tried making this argument politely. I have tried making it historically. I have tried making it legally. So let me make it as plainly as possible: Lemkin Institute, give the Lemkin family back its name. You don’t own it. You didn’t earn it. And you should not get to wrap your political advocacy in the moral authority of Raphael Lemkin while members of his own family are pleading with you to stop. This has gone on long enough.

A graphic circulating this week compares the percentage of populations killed in recognized genocides and modern wars. Its figures and methodology should be scrutinized, and the percentage of a population killed does not, by itself, determine whether genocide occurred.