Global Reaction: Throughout the duration of the genocide‚ the Western Governments looked upon the purge and mass killings as a victory over Communism. Occurring at the height of the Cold War between Communist nations and 1st world countries‚ the presence of the Indonesian massacres in the media was heavily monitored‚ and most Journalists were unable to enter Indonesian territories. Instead‚ they were forced to rely upon the official statements made by the Western Governments. In fact‚ the British
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In 1945‚ Indonesia proclaimed its Independence from the Dutch. A strong nationalist named Sukarno lead the movement‚ soon followed by Suharto. Having to be ruled by the Dutch for many years‚ Indonesia had to build everything from the start. They suffered in unification due to their diversity‚ and faced economic and government instabilities as a new nation. During this period of unstable economy‚ Indonesia have violated many human rights. However‚ their strong belief of Independence helped them become
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CULtURAL GENOCIDE RECONSIDERED Robert van Krieken* I Introduction One aspect of the Bringing them Home Report1 that has caused considerable controversy was its appeal to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide2 (‘UNGC’) to characterise the removal of Aboriginal children as state-sponsored genocide.3 This utilisation of the UNGC having been debated in the wake of the Bringing Them Home Report‚ there is now general agreement that it was deeply
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Philippines’ Untold Genocide During my elementary years when Philippine History was first introduced to us‚ it was only the Japanese and the Spaniards who were marked as the terrorists‚ sadists and brutal conquerors of our country. The Americans on the other hand were introduced to us as more of the saviors who helped our country from achieving freedom and democracy. Growing up‚ that was my belief or perhaps the beliefs of most Filipinos. But now‚ as I become more aware of the social
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Analysis of the Armenian Genocide The Ottoman Empire had been in a steady decline for years and a new government and identified a problem‚ the Armenians‚ to blame. In an attempt to solve their problem‚ the Ottoman Turks attempted to exterminate the entire Armenian population‚ known as genocide‚ as the solution. However‚ the Turks deny the existence of a genocide and claim it was a civil war between the Armenians and themselves. Despite claiming the Armenian Genocide was a civil war‚ it is clear that
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Country: Syria 1. Previous History of Systemic Acts of Violence The Syrian breakdown began in 2011 when Syrian President Bashar el-Assad began a brutal crackdown because of the peaceful protestors of the country. The attacks escalated when a civil war broke out between the Assad Regime with allied militias and opposition groups against the protesters because a group of kids under the age of 15 sprayed a wall with graffiti‚ demeaning the Assad Regime‚ which was considered a crime against the
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they are interviewed. An example of the way in which the sanctions placed on the topic of the Armenian Genocide are expressed on an individual basis is with a ninety-seven-year-old Kurdish man named Osman Bey. During the interview that was conducted with him‚ one of the sons of Osman asked him quietly to explain to the reporter what happened during the “ferman” (historical evidence of the genocide). After multiple attempts to get the father to speak about the events‚ the son relayed to reporters that
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Never Forget the Genocides Although the Holocaust ended in 1944 with the deaths of millions‚ the genocide in Darfur claimed the lives of 400‚000 people and displaced over 2‚500‚000 in 2003 and is still going on to this day (Document G). With so many lives lost in the tragic genocides people wonder if there is anything that can be done to prevent more from occurring. The basic concept of genocide developed in 1915 with the Armenian Genocide (Document H). In 1944 the term genocide was formed based
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Act of Genocide? According to Kavin Lehnardt”during the holocaust ‚6 million Jews were murdered”. Jews were an inferior race.Adolf Hitler tried to kill all the Jews(history.com). Adolf Hitler and the Nazis created concentration camps to put the Jews in . Others may believe that the holocaust was not an act of genocide. One reason the holocaust should be considered an act of genocide is based on the United Nations definition. The “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment” of genocide treaty
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Argentina War http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20793884 Torture centres There was court investigated crimes against 200 opponents of the military regime in six illegal detention centers in Buenos Aires‚ One of the crimes was a kidnapping of a man named Jacobo Timerman who was tortured by electric shocks‚ beatings and solitary confinement in the years he was held illegally. The prosecutor said Jaime Smart was a leading factor in the persecution of opponents in the military. The illegal
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