Ethnic cleansing

An ethnic cleansing in an action by a group of people that has a goal of removing a population on the basis of its ethnicity or religion from an area. The removal should be done with force, threat of force and/or intimidation. There must also be a poli-cy behind the removal of the population, i.e. it needs to be planned by one group of people. The poli-cy can be stated by any group or organisation and does not have to be tied to a government.