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Genocide
Questions about the deliberate and systematic mass killing of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Famous genocides include the Holocaust, Dafur and Rwanda, and even the Crusades.
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How did war and genocide in Rwanda affect neighboring Zaire?
The war and genocide in Rwanda in 1994 had significant repercussions for neighboring Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The influx of approximately 1.2 million Rwandan refugees, including many Hutu militants, destabilized Zaire's eastern provinces and exacerbated existing ethnic tensions. This situation ultimately contributed to the First Congo War in 1996, which led to the overthrow of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Furthermore, the chaos surrounding the Rwandan crisis set the stage for ongoing conflict and humanitarian crises in the region.
What lasting effects did the Armenian genocide have on society as a whole?
The Armenian genocide had profound and lasting effects on society, including the displacement and trauma of the Armenian people, which contributed to a significant diaspora and a persistent struggle for recognition and justice. It also influenced international humanitarian law and awareness of genocide as a crime, prompting greater scrutiny of state actions against minority populations. Additionally, the denial of the genocide by successive Turkish governments has perpetuated tensions between Armenia and Turkey, affecting regional politics and identity. Overall, the genocide left deep scars on collective memory and interethnic relations in the region.
Did Pol Pot have an abusive father?
Yes, Pol Pot's father, who was a farmer and a prominent figure in their village, was known to be strict and authoritarian. While there are varying accounts of the nature of their relationship, it is generally accepted that Pol Pot experienced a harsh upbringing, which likely influenced his later actions and ideology. His father's strictness and the family's social standing may have contributed to Pol Pot's views on power and authority.
What are similarities and differences between the Holocaust and the east timor genocide?
Both the Holocaust and the East Timor genocide involved the systematic targeting and mass murder of specific groups, resulting in significant loss of life and widespread suffering. The Holocaust primarily targeted Jews, along with other minority groups, under Nazi Germany, while the East Timor genocide involved the Indonesian military's campaign against the Timorese population following the invasion of East Timor in 1975. A key difference lies in the scale and context; the Holocaust was executed with industrial efficiency and ideology aimed at racial purity, whereas the East Timor genocide was driven by political motives and territorial control. Additionally, the Holocaust has received extensive global recognition and study, while the East Timor genocide has garnered comparatively less international attention.
The word "ankle" in Armenian is "կապանք" (kapanq). It refers to the joint connecting the foot to the leg. In everyday language, it can also be used to describe the area around that joint.
What human rights were violated during the Cambodian genocide?
During the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979), the Khmer Rouge regime, led by Pol Pot, systematically violated numerous human rights. These included the right to life, as an estimated 1.7 million people were killed through executions, forced labor, and starvation. Freedoms of speech, assembly, and movement were severely restricted, with individuals subjected to torture and inhumane treatment. Additionally, the regime targeted ethnic minorities, intellectuals, and anyone perceived as a dissenting voice, further highlighting the widespread nature of human rights abuses during this period.
Why does genocide still happen today?
Genocide can occur due to a combination of factors such as political, economic, social, and cultural tensions, the manipulation of identity and division by leaders, historical grievances, and the lack of international intervention or accountability. It often represents extreme acts of violence driven by hatred, discrimination, and the desire for power and control over a certain group. Preventing genocide requires addressing root causes, promoting tolerance and understanding, and ensuring accountability for perpetrators.
How did the Berlin Conference cause the Rwandan genocide?
The Berlin Conference called for the partition of Africa. Germany took possession of Rwanda and Burundi. After World War I, the area was taken over by Belgium. The Belgians proceeded to introduce the 'divide and rule' strategy in the colonies by giving education and advance for the Tutsi only, thus creating their prosperity while taking what that of the Hutus. The Belgians then proceeded to use the Tutsi to enforce their rule. Feelings that were created as a result of these actions led to the eventual Rwandan Genocide.
What was the point of mass killings?
Mass killings are perpetrated for a variety of reasons including political, religious, ethnic, or ideological motivations. Perpetrators often seek to achieve power, control, or revenge through such actions, instilling fear and asserting dominance over a population. Factors such as propaganda, historical grievances, and dehumanization of the victims can also play a significant role in fueling mass killings.
What is the earliest recorded case of genocide?
Some of the wars and battles in the Bible were considered genocides, for example the battle in the Old Testament, where Saul and his army destroyed all the Amalekites but failed to kill the livestock, as Samuel's had instructed.
Some features of the ideology motivating the Roman destruction of Carthage in 146 BC have surprisingly modern echoes in 20th-century genocides. Perhaps 150,000 were massacred.
How can someone practicing genocide maintain an image of being good and moral person?
You understand that they cannot BE good and moral people, you just want to know how they can maintain a false image, right? The best way is probably to dehumanize or demonize the people they are killing, by, for example, blaming them for all the things that have gone wrong with your country, as Hitler did with the Jews, or for stealing away the land that "really" belongs to the genocidal people. This occurs even during ordinary wartime, and even in the US, for example during WWII when the US pictured the Japanese as devious little yellow-skinned creatures who really didn't qualify as equal human beings.
Is homosexuality a type of suicide or genocide?
No, suicide is when you kill yourself, genocide is when a certain ethnic group is killed. Homosexuality refers to a sexual orientation where you prefer to be with someone from the same sex, that is not related to suicide or genocide at all.
What are other acts of genocide has occured in 50 years?
There was the Armenian genocide, Holocaust and the Rwanda genocide.
Thats all I know.
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Actually there have been many instances since WWII.
Unfortunately this is still currently going on in other countries outside the US.
China had 40 million deaths under leader Mao De Zong mostly due to his social experiment known as the great leap forward which caused the starvation death of 30 million people.
Cambodian leaders of the group Khmer Rouge wanted to return the country to a peasant state so they rounded up the intelligent and educated and brought them to what became known as the killing fields to wipe them out and leave only the subserviant behind.
The worst one that is still going on is the killing of gay individuals. Uganda is preparing to pass a law that will legalize the extermination of gay and lesbian people. This activity is already illegal and is now punishable by prison but will soon become punishable by death if the law passes. Six countries surrounding Uganda already practice this law and encourage citizens to inform on others for gay or lesbian behavior. If this passes nearly 5% of the Uganda population may be exterminated.
Below is a time frame with the more well known genocides though some are only now coming to light.
After studying the Holocaust I did some research to see if that kind of atrocity was still happening in the world and I was shocked at what I found. This list below is by no means complete.
Thank God we live in America.
TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1949 to 1987ChinaCommunistsChinese public40 million
Mao was responsible for about 40 million total deaths of which most were lost during the Great Leap Forward "which created a famine that killed some 30 million. If we confine our indictment to deliberate killings..." Mao was responsible for about 10 million deaths. 11
"From 1949 onwards, through a succession of failed economic experiments, notably the calamitous 'Great Leap Forward,' and ever more Byzantine political campaigns to suppress 'counter-revolutionaries' - code for anyone perceived to be against the Chairman [Mao Ze Dong]- the citizens of the People's Republic of China went to their deaths in their millions, by execution, starvation or despairingly by their own hands in repeated waves of suicide."
About half starved to death during 1959 and 1960.
In addition, Mao Ze Dong
"launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1966, in what appeared to be a massive cleansing policy to ensure the final victory of Mao and his clique over the rest of the Chinese Communist party. Over the next decade, literally millions of people were sacked, imprisoned and otherwise reviled for hitherto hidden 'bourgeois tendencies' while tens of thousands were executed." 1
His successors continued the bloodletting, but at a much slower rate. Recent examples are the massacre at Tiananmen Square, and the current imprisonment, torture and execution of persons who practice Falun Dafa -- a Chinese meditation/exercise technique.
TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1975 to 1979CambodiaKhmer RougePublic1.7 to 2 million
This massacre of almost 25% of the population of Cambodia was perpetrated by the Khmer Rouge during the Democratic Kampuchea (DK) communist regime headed by the late Pol Pot. 2 Their goal was to forcibly convert Cambodia into a peasant state.
Intellectuals were particularly targeted. "The Cambodian genocide is unique, though, in that for many years it remained largely undocumented, and is only now being investigated for the purposes of bringing its perpetrators to justice." 3Tens of thousands of pages of records, over 10,000 photos, and other material are being systematically documented by specialists at Yale University, the Documentation Center of Cambodia, and the University of New South Wales. Included are maps showing the locations of more than 5,000 mass grave sites -- the "killing fields."
After a delay of almost three and a half decades, genocide trials began on 2009-FEB-17 with the trial of Kaing Kech leu, a.k.a. Duch. He headed the S-21 torture center in Tuoi Dlrnh during the 1970s. Between 1975 and 1979, about 17,000 men, women and children were sent to the interrogation center. Only 14 adults and 5 children survived. Four other trials will follow: Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's "Brother Number Two"; Ieng Sary, the Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister; his wife Ieng Thirith, who was Minister of Social Affairs; and Khieu Samphan, who served as President. 15 The Khmer Rouge leader, Pol Pot, died peacefully in 1998 without having been brought to justice.
TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1975 to 1999East TimorMuslimsRoman Catholics200,000
In 1974-APR, the overthrow of Portuguese dictator Marcelo Caetano led to self-government for East Timor, a Portuguese colony. On 1975-DEC-7, Indonesian army invaded East Timor and took over control of the half-island. About 100,000 of the original population of 600,000 died during the first year of occupation. The military
"used harsh tactics to coerce cooperation from the people and solidify Indonesian rule. These methods have included forced migration, rape and forced sterilization, forced military service, torture, murder, and harassment." By 1999, "One in four East Timorese is thought to have lost his or her life in the struggle." 4
TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1985SudanMainly Muslim militia and governmentInitially, mostly Animists & Christiaas; now mainly MuslimsAbout 200,000 deaths; millions dislocated
The country has had a series of military conflicts since the late 19th century. Its most recent civil was was partly triggered by the discovery of oil in southern Sudan and an increase effort by the Muslim government in the North to convert residents in the south from Animism and Christianity to Islam by force. A fragile peace agreement was in place by 2004. However, it did not include the Darfur region in western Sudan.
An armed rebellion in Darfur by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Justice and Equality Movement has been countered mainly by Arab "Janjaweed" -- a militia group armed by the central government. On the order of two million people in Darfur have been displaced. The number of deaths is unknown; the central government estimates 9,000 civilians killed. The UN estimates 200,000 deaths. Other estimates range as high as 400,000. 13,14
TimeLocationPerpetratorsVictimsNumber of victims1994RwandaMainly HutusMainly Tutsis; some moderate Hutusabout 800,000
Before 1994, about 85% of the population of Rwanda was Hutu, of Bantu origin; 10 to 14% were Tutsi, of Catalonian origin; fewer than 3% were Twa, of Pygmoid origin. During the early 1990's, the government of Rwanda carried out a program of ethnic division, raising hatred against the Tutsi minority in the country. On 1994-APR-6, president Juvenal Habyarimana was killed in a plane crash. Tutsi extremists are believed to have been responsible. The Rwandan Armed Forces and Hutu militia immediately started to systematically murder Tutsis and moderate Hutu politicians. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda, a peacekeeping force, was ordered to not intervene, because that would violate their limited, monitoring mandate. French, Belgium and American citizens were airlifted from the country. Two weeks later, the International Red Cross (IRC) estimated that tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of Rwandans had been killed. The UN pulled 90% of its peacekeeping troops out of the country. When the killing finally stopped, about 800,000 Rwandans had been murdered in 100 days; almost all were Tutsis. Unlike many other incidences of mass crimes against humanity in the 1980's and 1990's, there was a strong ethnic component to the slaughter. 5 In 1999-MAR, the "...Human Rights Watch release[d] a report titled, 'Leave None to Tell the Story.'.. It...criticizes the U.N., the U.S., France and Belgium for knowing about preparations for the impending slaughter and not taking action to prevent the killings." 7 " The Organization of African Unity commissioned a seven-person panel to study the genocide. In its 296 page report issued in mid-2000, and titled "Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide," they determined that, among influences external to Rwanda, the United States, Belgium and France were primarily culpable. However, "within Rwanda itself, those with the heaviest responsibility were the Catholic and Anglican hierarchies and the French government." The report notes that:
"Church leaders failed to use their unique moral position among the overwhelmingly Christian population to denounce ethnic hatred and human rights abuse." 10 " ...both Anglicans and RCs [Roman Catholics] were widely seen as siding with the Hutu killers, as a result of which their sanctuary status was lost. A number of bishops and priests were killed by the re-invading Tutsi. It can be said that Islam alone (1% of the population) has consistently supported the interests of all ethnic groups equally." 6
About 75% of the Tutsi population were killed in the genocide. Court trials are underway
How many people died in the Burmese Genocide?
The exact number of people who died in the Burmese Genocide is difficult to determine. Estimates vary, but it is believed that tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were killed during the violence and displacement that occurred in Myanmar from 2017 onwards. Hundreds of thousands more were forced to flee their homes.
What is the most people killed in a genocide?
The Holocaust during World War II is considered one of the deadliest genocides in history, with approximately six million Jews killed.
How many genocides has there been?
There is no exact number, but historians recognize numerous genocides throughout history. Some well-known examples include the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Bosnian Genocide. Each of these events resulted in the mass killings of targeted groups of people.
Do you capitalize the word genocide?
The word 'genocide' itself does not need capitalization. When used to describe a genocide in particular, it can be capitalized: Rwandan Genocide.
Who was in charge of the UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda?
It was the UN's body UNOMUR( United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda) being approved by the UNSC (UN Security Council) on 22 June 1993 to deploy along the Ugandan side of the border.Seven days later, UN Secretary-General Boutros Ghali announced that Brigadier-General Dallaire was to be appointed the Chief Military Observer for UNOMUR, which reached its authorized strength of 81 observers by September. NMOG I was deployed inside Rwanda.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) or head of the mission, was Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh of Cameroon. At the beginning of July, 1994, Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh was replaced by Shaharyar Khan of Pakistan. The military head, and Force Commander was Canadian Brigadier-General (promoted Major-General during the mission) Roméo Dallaire. In August 1994, General Roméo Dallaire, suffering from severe stress, was replaced as Force Commander by Major-General Guy Tousignant, also from Canada. In December 1995, Tousignant was replaced by Brigadier General Shiva Kumar from India.
Troop contributing countries were Belgium, Bangladesh, Ghana, and Tunisia.
Why did genocide happen in World War 2?
Genocide happened in World War II primarily due to the extreme ideologies of the Nazi regime in Germany, led by Adolf Hitler. The Holocaust, the most well-known genocide of the war, was fueled by antisemitism and the desire to create a racially "pure" society. Additionally, other genocides, such as the targeting of other ethnic groups by the Axis powers, were driven by the belief in racial superiority and the desire for territorial expansion.
How is genocide a social injustice?
Put it this way .... if you are a white American and some country or race of people decide you are more trouble than you are worth and "get rid of the all whites by killing them" then that's genocide. Genocide is practiced in many countries and has been in the U.S. and Canada in smaller degrees and Africa is a perfect example (the Congo especially) of genocide of their own people. Another good example is Hitler re the Jews. No one has the right to rid any race on this earth.
Is genocide morally acceptable?
No, genocide is not morally acceptable. Genocide involves the intentional and systematic extermination of a particular ethnic, racial, or religious group. It violates the fundamental principles of human rights, dignity, and equality. The international community has condemned genocide and it is considered a crime under international law.
How did genocide in Bosnia differ from genocide in Rwanda?
NATO countries intervened in Bosnia to reach a peace agreement, but the global community failed to respond to genocide in Rwanda.
