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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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Pol Pot (Saloth Sar ) and his Khmer Rouge are not very well regarded ; many former members (e.g. Kang Kek Iew) of the Khmer Rouge are currently on trial for "Crimes Against Humanity" - a fate that Pol Pot would have been subjected to had he not died in 1998 .
What were the 8 stages of Cambodian genocide?
Classification
Ethnically- the targets were Vietnamese, Chinese, Muslims, and Buddhist monks
- People residing in urbanized areas and cities
- Upper class
- Religion
- Music
- Radio
- Foreign languages
- Wearing glasses
- Laughing
- Crying
- Expressions of affection
Symbolization
- Blue scarf for the people of the Eastern part of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia
Dehumanization
- The Khmer slogan: "To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss".
- It made no difference to the Khmer Rouge whether they were dead or alive
- Used various torture techniques for little to no reason
Organization
- Under command of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge
- Socialist program to reconstruct the way Cambodia was
- "agrarian socialist philosophy"
Polarization
- Cities were raided and people relocated to communal farms
- Most people were left to starve, dehydrate or work to death
- International organizations offered aid but the government refused assisstance
Identification
- The government attempted to suppress the communist and vietnamese prescence
- People were given a blue scarf to wear in the eastern part of Cambodia
Extermination
- The population was put to work as laborers in one federation of collective farms
- Anyone in opposition was killed
- Anyone refusing to leave their home, didn't go fast enough, or disobeyed were killed
- Professional citizens (doctors, lawyers, teachers, politicians, etc) were killed
- Army was killed
- All monks and approximately 8,000 christians were murdered
Denial
- The campaign to end genocide supports an international tribunal to try the Khmer Rouge
- Promotes U.S. signature and ratification of the treaty creating an international criminal court
As it is in the words of that poignant poem by that noble bard of Africa, Monglane Wally Serote - it was a dry white season. It happened on the morning of June 16, 1976. Fifteen thousand schoolchildren gathered in Soweto, South Africa, to protest the Apartheid government's ruling that half of all classes in secondary school must be taught in Afrikaans. Prior pleadings and petitions by parents and teachers had been passed over. The students had assumed the deep groans of the ages, filtered them in their tender souls, and fashioned a passionate psalm of protest. It was the clamour of a generation that had refused to learn in the language of the oppressor. Ever so determined to march ahead, ever so resolved in saying in no uncertain terms that there would be normalcy-no more, they moved in a creative orbit, imparting light and heat to distant satellites. And like an idea whose time had come, not even the marching of mighty armies could stop them. As it is in the words of that poignant poem by that noble bard of Africa, Monglane Wally Serote - it was a dry white season. It happened on the morning of June 16, 1976. Fifteen thousand schoolchildren gathered in Soweto, South Africa, to protest the Apartheid government's ruling that half of all classes in secondary school must be taught in Afrikaans. Prior pleadings and petitions by parents and teachers had been passed over. The students had assumed the deep groans of the ages, filtered them in their tender souls, and fashioned a passionate psalm of protest. It was the clamour of a generation that had refused to learn in the language of the oppressor. Ever so determined to march ahead, ever so resolved in saying in no uncertain terms that there would be normalcy-no more, they moved in a creative orbit, imparting light and heat to distant satellites. And like an idea whose time had come, not even the marching of mighty armies could stop them.
How long was Belgium in power of Rwanda?
From 1500's to 1965, but don't take my word for it. I wouldn't.
"Genocide" is a term which means a mass killing of a particular group, such as Jews. In a sentence : "Hitler performed mass Genocide during WW2 on Jews"
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and such as the Armenian genocide when the Turkish killed one and half million armenians at 1915.
What have people learned from the Bosnia genocide?
I don't know what ALL people have learned but I do know from the prospective of my Grand-Niece and Nephew. They are the first generation born in America from the Bosnian genocide.
Their Father, Uncle, and Grandmother are Bosnian refugees from the war.
Their Father and Uncle had to hide underground, aided by their Mother, on route to Austria. Fully knowing they were targeted to be killed simply because they were Bosnian boys.
They made it to Austria, and then to America.
The Children live with me, I care for them...they do not yet know what "Bosnian" means to them, except in the cultural sense.
The Father had also lived with me for a time. He has the lasting effects.
One effect I've noticed with both he and his brother (also including male cousins) is that they overly and overtly express their male prowess, their ego's are so utterly protected as to seem what I'd call "hard". They find as many fights as they can in Bosnian areas of the city...not with other Bosnians but with the Serbians who live in areas near their community and frequent the same clubs, outdoor parks, etc...
Unfortunately many gangs have developed since the late 90's. Both Bosnian and Serbian. I can't recall the names of these gangs my Nephew gave me, but I know at least one symbol they are required to tattoo on their necks, which is a snake.
I love my Nephew I know the internal violence he feels is a result of being a victim, as result of having to scrub the brains of his small male cousin off the bricks of his home in Bosnia. Of passing mass graves of little boys on their flight out of their homeland,
Of playing with deployed bombs in the streets outside his own home...bomb discard and scraps of war were the toys of young boys (including landmines)
Of he and his brother, hiding with their Mother and Grandmother in their home without food or electricity being forced to watch the brutal rape of his Mother by a Serbian soldier...too scared to scream, too little to help.
His Father slipped in unnoticed and sliced the throat of the attacker.
These are the monstrosities they had to witness.
Their Father was a Bosnian soldier he remained in the Country while his family fled.
My Nephew has PTSD, he will not get help because his ego as a human has been so wounded already, he's afraid to get help because that may mean to him that he's once again "weak".....in which I've told him many times how strong he and his family are for surviving! for walking hundreds of miles in the night, sleeping in the day, without food -to find refuge...and ultimately having two beautiful Bosnian/Amer. children!!!!
who will never live a life of genocide.
I just hope the children will never have to experience emotionally the historical/cultural grief of the atrocities that their paternal family had to endure.
As far as what everyone else has "learned" ...I certainly hope something so much deeper than the "headlines" on the News.
Just look to the refugees, they need to get their stories out to the world, in order to eventually heal. They'll never fully bury the pain, but maybe with some serious help from the rest of the world...opening up the horrible reality, that this didn't happen 60-some years ago (as if that wasn't a horrid enough wake-up call) this genocide happened almost yesterday! then maybe the the word itself "genocide" will never be used in any sense ever again.
Who was the president of Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide?
Juvénal Habyarimana was a dictatorial leader of the Republic of Rwanda who death in 1994 sparked the genocide. Cyprien Ntaryamira, President of Burundi also died in the plane crash.
What survival tactics did the Armenians use against the Turks?
The Armenian women would smear mud on their faces to make themselves look ugly to avoid being raped by Turkish soldiers. All of the men were killed first so it was difficult to fight back.
What are the 8 stages of genocide for Darfur Conflict?
who said 8 stages. 2 stages. Direct killing and deaths. The 2nd one is suffering from wounds, malnutrition..and slow death. Its a genocide. It kills. Have respect pls. Share your voice.
Is there genocide in todays society?
Of course, all over the country. Innocent people dying because of stupid people. There has been genocide all over the middle eat especially.
How does the united nations deal with genocides?
they send in troops from the UN to stop the genocide
Did any other countries interfere with Tibet during the genocide?
Allegations of a "Tibet genocide" has never been proven, nor is it recognized by any country in the world.
Has genocide ever wiped out an entire race?
No.
While it is hard to say that a specific genocide managed to wipe out every last member of some group, genocidal campaigns have managed to effectively destroy entire races. By this, I mean that enough members of the race were killed to destroy any culture that race had, and the few remaining members eventually were absorbed into other cultures, losing their distinctiveness.
This later situation has occurred frequently throughout human history. A good example in the United States is the practical genocide attempted on the American Indian tribes in the 1800s. A fair number of tribes have now completely disappeared - the sole remaining members who survived the genocidal campaigns were either absorbed into neighboring tribes, or entered the White Man's world, and lost their Indian heritage. More recently, the Holocaust managed to kill virtually all the Polish Jews (down from a pre-war population of 3+million to less than 200,000 post-war) to such an extent that virtually all those remaining immigrated to Israel, effectively destroying Polish Jewish culture.
Who stopped the Armenian genocide and what happened?
Nobody stopped the Armenian Genocide; almost all of the Armenians in Ottoman territories were either deported, killed, or fled.
Who were the victims of the Cambodian genocide?
Many of the victims of the Cambodian genocide were innocent city dwellers. The Khmer Rouge government forced people out of the cities to work on collective farms. Victims of the tragedy also came from the ranks of doctors, professors, and other educated people.
Who were the upstanders in the Rwandan genocide?
The American Journalist that stayed during the genocide to record evidence
John Brown was an abolitionist of the north of virginia who rebeled against slavery to the south. He and the other abolitionists decided to arm themselves with guns and knives to attack the south, as it created a huge massacre to the south. Finally, when John Brown was captured by the southern soldiers, he was sentenced to treaty and then got hanged.
because they are fat
Is the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict a genocide?
Other Community Views:
Despite the two thousand rockets which Gazans have fired against Israeli civilians this month alone (July 2014), their war crimes are not yet on a scale to be considered actual genocide (though it may be attempted genocide).
(And Israel's defensive response, though causing collateral deaths, is not directed deliberately at civilians.)
