Oppressed People Essay

Imagine for a moment what it would be like if the entire population of Sonoma County, California was killed, and twenty years later not many people knew a great deal about it. When over 500,000 people, primarily Tutsis, were killed in the Rwandan genocide in 1994, it was a great tragedy. However, no one rushed to the country’s aid. Now it is vital that the horrors of the instance that violated the human rights of so many, is not forgotten. Human rights are the universal actions and objects that all people are entitled to because they are human. Human rights have been violated in numerous ways over time, typically as a result of a person in power having their own best interests in mind rather than the peoples´. Various groups, such as Amnesty

Burma fought with the British in 1945 to prevent Japanese invaders from entering Burma during World War II. Aung San, leader of an anti-fascist movement popular since the struggle in Japan, built a military and political base to negotiate with Britain. According to Dulcinea, he was temporarily in charge of the government which stirred conflicts in Burmese ethnic groups, yet he proved to unify the nationalist movement. Fortunately, San signed a deal granting Burma independence from the British in 1947. However before the deal went into full swing, San and cabinet members were assassinated. These mournful deaths halted the advancement towards independence. In the midst of the 1988 unrest, Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Aung Sun, returned to Burma to care for her mother. She remained in Burma due to her sudden interest in politics. On

Humanitarian crises and international politics goes hand in hand. One can cause the other, while the only way to fix the other is to rely on politics. This paper will highlight the cause of genocide, violent massacres and crisis, how to solve them, and key roles politicians and nations must take up wholeheartedly in order to make a difference. Personal and political reconciliation must occur in the parties involved ever want to have a mutual co existence.

Through the essay, the Burmese people represent oppression. Being in an oppressed state, makes the Burmese feel trapped. To relieve the feeling of controlled the Burmese use emotional abuse. "The insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance"(323) Orwell says. Also Orwell says " none of them seemed to have anything to do expect stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans" (323). Even though this is ironic, "the Buddhist priests were the worst of all" (323). This ends up representing conflict. If the Burmese see holy people like the Buddhist priest, harassing the police, then what's stopping everyone else to do so? This generates a vast impact in their society. At a point in the essay, Orwell's patience is on thin ice. From the emotional abuse and high expectations from his job, he starts to feel pressure. The Burmese people represent pressure because that's an

In today’s world, it is of the utmost importance to learn from mistakes of the past. Certain events, especially tragedies that could have been avoided, hold within them the lessons and wisdom that should be used to prevent similar disasters. The 1994 Rwandan genocide resulted in over 800, 000 deaths of the Tutsi people, at the hands of the Hutu; the genocide, and the international response to it, is a lesson about the humanitarian responsibilities, successes, and shortcomings of the United Nations.

The start of the Cambodian genocide can be traced back to 1962, where Pol Pot gradually formed an armed resistance movement known as the Khmer Rogue, and engaged

The British greatly weakened politics in Burma. When the British invaded Burma, troops burned down villages and suppressed dissent with mass executions. British colonial rule used the principle of ‘divide and rule.’ ‘Divide and rule’ divided the country into separate areas based on nationality. The colonial administration relied heavily on Indian bureaucrats to impose their interests. The British ended Burma’s monarchy and sent their king Thibaw into exile because he provoked a dispute with a British timber company. Britain wanted control of Burma to protect its possessions in India and to gain a land route to China. The British incorporated Burma into India, and Burma became known as ‘Further India.’ The British imposed colonial rule in 1886; the Burmese

​Gill and John witnessed first hand a problem that had not only afflicted Thailand, but was prevalent in many Southeast Asian countries. Instead of retirement, they rolled up their sleeves and went to work on a problem, that many never wanted to face, let alone

Genocide is “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, ethnic, political, or cultural group”. In Rwanda for example, the Hutu-led government embraced a new program that called for the country’s Hutu people to murder anyone that was a Tutsi (Gourevitch, 6). This new policy of one ethnic group (Hutu) that was called upon to murder another ethnic group (Tutsi) occurred during April through June of 1994 and resulted in the genocide of approximately 800,000 innocent people that even included women and children of all ages. In this paper I will first analyze the origins/historical context regarding the discontent amongst the Hutu and Tutsi people as well as the historical context as to why major players in the international

In July 1988, decline in economic conditions led to large-scale and bloody rioting in cities in Burma. In Sept 1988, the army under General U.Saw Maung replaced the Government with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), a group of military officers. In 1990, SLORC proposed a new government and allowed free elections with the confidence that it would win, but 80% of the seats were won by the civilian opposition party led by Suu Kyi. But it refused to turn over the power to the civilian government. It outlawed

The whole “we need to teach these Burmans how to be civilized” represents how even to this day there are still the same type of race forcing themselves upon other countries and people. There are many examples such as, how police in America is a problem right now and has been progressively getting worse in the sense that we see crime and more crime on TV. How America thinks it’s their duty to go and save everyone who needs saving or may not even need saving at all. One can talk about how white men decided to own another entire population of human beings (Nazi times) or how North Korea is even to this day ruling over its own people, but the focus can very much be found right at home. How America tried to steal

Aung San Suu Kyi ended the fifty years of democracy by the military domination. Suu Kyi is 70 years old. The new President Kyi pledged to be “faithful to the people of the republic of the new union of Myanmar”. She is a very powerful speaker. She was also born in Yangon, the rich city. She tried to speak up for everyone when the democracy was still there. The government didn’t like that so they put her under house arrest in 1989, then was released in July, 1995. She was put in house arrest again in 2000 and was released in 2002. Than once again in 2003 and was renewed yearly until 2010 when she was finally released for good. After she was released she left the country. She received the Nobel Peace Prize. She wanted to End the reigning terror

Violence against oppression is immoral because the reasons why is that it kept us in silence for a long period of time and we are trying so hard to fight it, but unfortunately we can’t. People would like to have peace, but to do that you need to have violence to win against oppression in a lot of cases and we as people know that this is immoral.

More than 620,000 Rohingya fled the Rakhine state and took refuge in Bangladesh after numerous atrocities. Arson, rape, war crimes, and genocide are among notable accusations being thrown at Myanmar’s military. According to Pramila Patten, a United Nations convoy, sexual violence was used to remove the Rohingya people from Myanmar.

In order for a complete analysis, the structure of the United Nations itself will be analyzed. In addition to this, the protocol for the intervention of the United Nations on behalf of human rights will be investigated, as will a series of issues regarding human rights violations in China and Burma (now Myanmar), and whether or not the United Nations, if involved, was able to support and advocate for human rights.