Why Genocide? Kofi Annan once said “a genocide begins with the killing of one man- not for what he has done, but because of who he is.” The meaning of genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. In the Cambodian Genocide 1-2 million innocent people were killed, in the Rwandan Genocide an estimated 800,000-1 million people were slaughtered over the course of 100 days, and in the Holocaust 12 million were killed. Through studying the
The cause of a mudslide can be triggered from several different events, however all of them seem to involve water. It is an event that can not only be devastating to the land, but also can be devastating to life. It is one of the many examples of mass wasting that we learned about in class. Gravity and water both play major roles in this natural disaster. In Oslo, Washington this natural disaster caused numerous deaths destroyed homes, and vegetation. It was caused by an extremely heavy rainfall
The Rwandan Genocide took place between April and July of 1994, over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate hutus were slaughtered in those few months. People were killed by their neighbors, teachers, coaches, government officials and even close friends. They were murdered in churches, their houses, fields, places they thought were safe to hide. This mass murder was led by the Hutu extremists known as the Interahamwe. Although Cultural, Sociological and Psychological were all factors Political was the primary
Genocide is a re-occurring problem in our world that needs to be fixed. There have been many different horrible cases of genocide, but a few stand out more than the others. The Rwandan genocide is an example. It was a very quick genocide that caused over 800,000 deaths. Here are the causes, the people, and the outcome of the Rwandan genocide. There is a large array of things that caused the Rwandan genocide. Although there were several different causes, a few were more distinct. Between the two different
Over 62,587,797 and counting innocent people have lost their lives due to past and ongoing acts of genocide. Throughout this research paper you will learn about past genocides, genocide today, and what needs to be done to stop it. Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people. Genocide in Darfur today has claimed over 400,000 lives and displaced over 2,500,000 people. More than 100 people die each day; 5 thousand die every month. It is an unpleasant situation, that has gone on for
Genocide is an action that is not unique to any one set of specific circumstances. It knows no bounds of time or location. From thousands or years ago to present day and on every civilized continent, the eradication of entire groups of people has occurred. The current definition of genocide was established by the United Nations in 1948: “(a) Killing members of [a] group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life
The Tutsi Genocide was a genocidal mass murder of Tutsi people in Rwanda, carried out by members of the Hutu majority government. The estimated death toll was 500,000-1,000,000 Rwandans in merely 100 days, from April 7 to 15 July 1994. This was 70% of the Tutsi population, and 20% of Rwanda’s total population. The causes behind this genocide was the tension between the majority Hutus and the Tutsis, as well as the Belgian colonial rule, which rewarded the Tutsis with education and denied the Hutus
Nigeria has been having a lot of problems lately, but the most important problem Nigeria is facing is genocide; committed by Boko Haram. Stated by World History of Gale, “Boko Haram is a militant Islamic extremist group that has been terrorizing the civilian population of Nigeria since 2009. The group’s official name in Arabic is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati Wal-Jihad (Which means People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet’s Teachings and Jihad). In 2009, the Boko Haram began a series
group of strangers would break into your home? And later , you would be separated from your parents and also your brothers or sisters. This is what exactly happened in Cambodia in 1970. The Cambodian genocide is the cause of this horrifying experience for the Cambodian people and the nation. The Genocide started with a murderous group of people in Cambodia that was called The Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge marched in the capital of Cambodia which is Phnom Penh, all young people and also uneducated teenagers
The Armenian Genocide was the systematic killing where over one and a half million Armenians were killed in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. The primary cause of the genocide was the Committee of Union and Progress, specifically Talaat Pasha, Enver Pasha, and Djemal Pasha, due to their trans-nationalistic ideas of a nation for only the Turks. Armenians have been living in Turkey for thousands of years, even before the establishment of the Sultanate of Rum, the first Turkish establishment in the