The massacre of Arwal is described by many as a post-independence Jallianwala Bagh‚ and justly so‚ in our opinion‚ say the two judges‚ while presenting a blow account of the felony committed by the State against the poor and landless in Arwal. The report on Arwal massacre was submitted by the Indian Peoples Human Right Tribunal which came into existence on January 10‚1987. Two members of the Tribunal‚ Justic T.U. Mehta and Justice P.S. Potti inquired into the Arwal incident. The y went to the place
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were too strong. The puritans then decided to burn the village‚ with the Pequots inside. Hundreds of Pequots were killed‚ as well as some Englishmen‚ others were sold into slavery. This‚ in turn‚ harmed the elderly‚ men‚ women‚ and children. The massacre was a tragic event that had forever changed America for the natives. The English believed that the only way of life‚ was their way of life. Their goal was western expansion. The Natives‚ unfortunately for the English‚ controlled all of the western
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Clash of Cultures: The Deerfield Massacre Amanda Collier HIS/110 December 10‚ 2012 Mark Hoffman Clash of Cultures: The Deerfield Massacre It was a cold winter of 1704 and an English settlement that was in the mid Connecticut River valley‚ became a place for a great intercultural‚ international conflict. Deerfield was raided by French and Native forces in an ongoing struggle with the English for control of native lands and resources. Native American peoples; French‚ English‚ and Africans;
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small group fought and died for labor rights that are still in place an impacting workers today. While rich businessmen put the value of a load of coal or even a mule over that of a working man‚ the events that would come to be known as the Ludlow Massacre show how a small group can make a lasting change by standing up for what they believe. In the early 1900’s coal was a very important resource and was used for almost everything. Coal was used to power railroads that joined the East
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The Acoma Massacre seems to be having great effects long after the dates of its events. In the document “The Mystery of the Sawed-Off Foot‚” an incident took place on one January evening in 1998 at New Mexico’s Juan de Onate Monument Visitor’s Center where unknown individuals vandalized the statue of Juan de Onate by cutting off its right foot. The individuals opposed to the statue viewed the actions of the vandals as justification towards Onate’s involvement in the Acoma Massacre where his soldiers
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1968 Tlatelolco Massacre During the Gustavo Díaz Ordaz government‚ the people were repressed‚ offended‚ and abused. Also‚ President Diaz wanted an absolute government in which he could have complete power and authority over the country and Mexican citizens. On October 2nd‚ in the region of the Plaza de las Tres Culturas a thousand students were gathered to protest against the government ’s actions. Things started to slip through his iron fist and this turned into a nightmare of horror and grief
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MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY The Vietnam controversy made many people feel at distress. It was never considered a "war‚" although that is exactly what it was. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram ’s "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre. According to Kelman & Hamilton‚ "Unquestioning obedience has been the cause of such disasters as the My Lai massacre and the Holocaust
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The Montreal Massacre was one of the most tragic events of Canadian history. On December 6th‚ 1989‚ a twenty-five year old man walked into the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and shot to death 14 woman. He separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed‚ "I hate feminists." The gunman then moved through the college corridors‚ the cafeteria‚ and another classroom‚ specifically targeting women to shoot. By the time Lépine turned the
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accusation of being involved in a communist revolution in 1981. With this‚ it led to many deaths of the Mayans and millions being dragged out of their homes. In what had seemed a typical civil war‚ fighting for their rights‚ it turned into a deadly massacre of the poor Mayans. During this time period‚ a civil war was undertaken. The cause for this was the rebellion of guerrilla forces trying to overthrow Miguel Yidigoras Fuentes‚ who was the president
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------------------------------------------------- Khojaly Massacre In 1991 the small village of Khojaly‚ situated in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan‚ had a population of just 6‚300 people.The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijna civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by theArmenain.The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians‚ including 106 women and 83 children. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had
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