should not go on ignored. Document 2b represents genocide; it shows the victims‚ the attacker and the international response. Two groups that were affected strongly by genocide are located in Rwanda‚ Africa. The two groups are the Hutus and the Tutsis. The Tutsi were the
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mass slaughtering of the Tutsi. There were two different groups killing people they were‚ the Interahamwe and the Hutu rebellious. The genocide killed upwards of eight hundred thousand people mainly Tutsi‚ and created two million refugees. The genocide was a major mass killing where people still to this day being convicted of mass murdering and being jailed. During Rwanda’s genocide there were two different ethnic groups fighting‚ they were the Hutu and the Tutsis. The Hutus were the original occupiers
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The Rwandan Genocide was the systematic murder of the Rwanda ’s Tutsi minority and the moderates of its Hutu majority‚ in 1994. This was both the bloodiest period of the Rwandan Civil War and one of the worst genocides of the 1990s. With the preliminary implementation of the Arusha Accords‚ the Tutsi rebels and Hutu regime were able to agree to a cease-fire‚ and further negotiations were underway. The diplomatic efforts to end the conflict were at first thought to be successful‚ yet even with the
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS NATIONALISM A POSITIVE FORCE?Nationalism has been viewed as both a positive and a negative force‚ and both positions have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest social and political force of the world. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can lead to a stable economy‚ patriotism and even ultranationalism. But‚ one could argue that all these things‚ especially ultranationalism have had bad consequences such as crimes against humanity‚ fascism and
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how to value a human life. In Tales from Rwanda‚ all of the Hutu people were taught to kill any Tutsi they met with little explanation. Gourevitch explains that there was reasoning that made sense to the Hutu leaders‚ like issues in their history and familial pasts‚ but often‚ the Hutus were not taught all of those reasons‚ they were just told to kill. The Hutus had always been jealous of the Tutsis‚ as they had had easier‚ better lives. They had typically been richer with more fulfilling lives
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was a hotel manager at the Hotel Des Mille Collines when these atrocities began. He managed to house over a thousand Tutsi refugees during the war that was led by the Hutu militia. This war started on April 4‚ 1994‚ one day after Tutsi rebels shot down the airplane of Rwanda’s Hutu president‚ Juvenal Habyarimana. The war lasted until July 15th of that year; nearly a million Tutsi men‚ women‚ and children were slaughtered. The movie was written by Terry George and Keir Pearson‚ George also produced
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feel so sick to my stomach. In my opinion we the Americans don’t care for any of this as well because it never happens here and we should have protested to have sent troops to Rwanda. The reason why I say it made me feel sick was because the way the Tutsis were being killed and how no one ever stepped into help them out. In fact‚ the way that the Clinton administration did nothing to help them out because he had lost a lot of American soldiers in Somalia and they were in fear of losing so men more men
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are two main ethnic groups‚ the Tutsis and the Hutus ‚ who are constantly fighting for power and control of Rwanda. Genocide constantly cleanses Rwanda’s streets as people turn away in fear. Paul Rusesabagina is a hotel manager for the Hotel Des Mille Collines in Kigali‚ Rwanda. He being a Hutu helps his family and other people they know‚ most Tutsis like his wife‚ take refuge from the Hutu army in his hotel. Before they even reach the hotel‚ they get taken by the Hutus and Paul has to pay General Bizimungu
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deployment of peace keeping forces as there were arguments about who would finance the operation. Finally the genocide came to a halt with the help of an exiled group of Tutsi rebels known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front. The RPF returned to Rwanda and ended the killings and took down the Hutu government. The genocide was over and 800‚000 Tutsis had lost their lives in 100 days. This genocide proved to be one of the most horrific in recent history
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Naomi Weir 2012 A central theme of this module is that conflict seemingly inspired by ethnic hates is in fact driven by the aims of political leaders. Discuss with reference to one of the ethnic wars or genocides that took place in the 20th century. Introduction This question asks what causes ethnic conflict‚ while particularly focussing on the degree to which ethnic conflict is driven by political leaders. The argument that ethnic conflict is driven by the aims of political leaders is
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