the perpetrators‚ one may first discuss the causes of the genocides. Firstly‚ the Rwandan genocide and the stories surrounding it have led to a birth of different explanations of the crime. According to Hintjenns‚ some of these interpretations include colonialism‚ ethnic and analytical conflict‚ economic and social crisis (Hintjens). Many have argued that even as all these were contributing factors‚ the main cause of the Rwandan genocide was the involvement of both the Belgian and the German colonial
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The Catholic Church in Rwanda has admitted and apologized for its role in the 1994 genocide and expressed regret for violating God’s commands. In a statement released by the conference of Catholic bishops and read out in parishes across Rwanda on Sunday‚ the church acknowledged its hand in planning‚ aiding‚ and executing the 1994 genocide. The massacres by Hutu extremists left more than 800‚000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus dead‚ The Associated Press details. “We apologize for all the wrongs the
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Shortly into the film “Genocide: The Horror Continues” (“Genocide: The Horror Continues”) the tragedy in the late 20th century in Uganda is described. Army General and later self-appointed President for Life Idi Amin took power and began his attacks against “various ethnic groups” for being “enemies of the state” (“Genocide: The Horror Continues”). With no other reasons or means to do so‚ he victimized and sent the military to attack his guiltless civilians. He did this with massacres and deportation
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Genocide is a process of eight stages. Each step is predictable‚ but not inevitable. In each stage‚ to stop it from going to the next‚ measures should be made. After one stage comes the next‚ but the one before the following step continues to function throughout the process. This particular genocide‚ the “Great Leap Forward‚” was led by a Chinese Communist called Mao Zedong. The Great Leap Forward was a plan to modernize China‚ especially its economy. This attempt at modernization lasted for five
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1). Why did the people of Bosnia dislike the Austrians? The people of Bosnia disliked the Austrians because many of them were Serbian and wanted to be free from Austrian control. Since Bosnia was originally a Serbian province that was annexed by Austria-Hungary during an earlier conflict‚ the citizens of Bosnia were distrustful of their new rulers. Some were even eager to fight the Austrians in order for Bosnia to be returned to Serbia. 2). What was the purpose of the Black Hand? The purpose
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Over 800‚000 people were killed in the Rwandan Genocide! The Rwandan Genocide negatively impacted the people and country of Rwanda by igniting widespread violence‚ creating tension between the country’s the Rwandan genocide was fought in‚ and having poor economy system. Their was a lot of violence between citizens that caused them to get hurt. Rwanda is still having trouble with citizens getting into fights. After the genocide the citizens have not been making a lot of money and have not been able
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basis in which the Rwandan Genocide could occur and prosper. In 1994‚ the global community collectively turned a blind eye toward the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent people‚ revealing the world governments ignorance and apathy. Within the span of one hundred days‚ the media of the world managed to misconstrue and guide the audience into violence as well as pessimism against the innocent Tutsis and Hutus. From the beginning to the end of the Rwandan Genocide the women victimized‚ both
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A Genocide is the planned mass killings of a certain type of people based on religion‚ ethnicity‚ or some other determining factor. The biggest genocide of all time was the Holocaust. During the end of World War II it was Hitler‚ Chancellor of Germany‚ that came up with a plan he called the “Final Solution”. This “Solution” was to rid Germany and her neighbors of a plague they called Jews. It started out with massive shootings of the Jews‚ a method found insufficient. Soon a more effective method
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Outline of the Rwandan Genocide: Draft Introduction Rwanda is a small land-locked nation‚ about 26‚338 square kilometres in size‚ bordered by Burundi‚ Democratic Republic of Congo‚ Uganda and Tanzania. Though mainly flat‚ the country has a large mountain range on its northwest coast – the Virunga Mountains – that are home to the famous Rwandan Mountain Gorillas. In 1994‚ this seemingly insignificant country put itself on the world map‚ but for all the wrong reasons. Over a period of just one hundred
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one of the worst cases of genocide that the world had ever seen. Adolf Hitler was determined to rid Europe of the people that he had such a vendetta and hatred for. There had previously been acts of genocide in other countries‚ but none on the same scale as the Holocaust. The first genocide of the 20th century occurred in Turkey when two million Armenian people who were living in Turkey got eliminated and forced out or were massacred between 1915 - 1918 ( “Armenian Genocide” ). In 1994‚ in the African
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