Its leader is Joseph Kony‚ a notorious warlord. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court and is accused of various human rights violations such as kidnapping‚ rape‚ torture‚ and the use of child soldiers. This has resulted in thousands of refugees from the area. While the Lord’s Resistance Army is currently only a regional threat and is well below its peak strength‚ the organization has come under the international spotlight due to the release of a controversial short film named Kony 2012
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Laura Vassalli 7118763 Professor Alison Brysk Global Studies 111 12 December 2012 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN CONGO The conflict in Congo is one of the worst of our contemporary history in terms of casualties and human rights violations. Since the beginning of the civil war in 1996 about 5.400.000 million people died. “The wars in that country have claimed nearly the same number of lives as having a 9/11 every single day for 360 days‚ the genocide that struck Rwanda in 1994‚ the ethnic cleansing
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From the outset of federation‚ Australia immediately constructed what has been termed the ‘White Australia Policy’. This consisted of attempts to keep Australia’s image to the rest of the world as a white European society‚ devoid of any other colors and ethnicities. Those that were of non-European descent were forced to assimilate to the European mode or face being ostracized from society. Following World War 2‚ there was increased pressure from the international community for Australia to change
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Instances of a Group Fleeing‚ and Similarities/Differences with the book Kite Runner For centuries‚ many individuals have fled their own countries for good or bad reasons such as immigrants and emigrants leave to find better opportunities. However‚ for refugees‚ they do not have a “win-win” with their situations because if they stay‚ they get killed‚ if they leave‚ they get killed. Many people leave for a better future from their own struggling countries. They have struggled of finding ways to escape‚ and
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individual to repress their memories‚ and feelings in order to adapt and create a new. Like that of childhood cancer survivors‚ children refugees survive extreme life threatening situations that distort their outlooks on life and experiences. It is no surprise‚ that researchers have found that repression is the highest used defense mechanism by children and adolescent refugees (Huemer‚ al. et‚ 2012). However‚ although some researchers have found the ability of refugee children to continue living and adapt
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The two migrating group‚ voluntary and involuntary‚ is also known as immigrants and refugees. Even though they both have permanent residentship‚ their human capitals have huge differences. From the economy‚ voluntary group can have their money save in the bank as preparing to start a new life in the United Stated. However‚ involuntary group can’t. Most of them are leaving their country in an emergency situation. They can’t prepare for it. Some of them might have some gold‚ but the amount is very
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While brainstorming ideas for my Rhetoric in Practice Project‚ I thought of doing something that not only portrayed the class theme‚ but also related to some form of writing I will encounter later on in my professional career‚ which is somewhere in the pharmaceutical field. The situation in the class text‚ Station Eleven written by Emily St. John Mandel‚ revolved around the great trauma that the survivors of the Georgia flu endured. I was further inspired by the incomplete list of things that Mandel
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Vietnamese civilians associated with the southern regime. "The evacuation culminated in Operation Frequent Wind‚ which was the largest helicopter evacuation in history" [absoluteastronomy.com/topics/fall_of_saigon]. In addition to the flight of refugees‚ the end of the war and institution of new rules by the communists contributed to a decline in the population of the city. But to those who were unlucky that had stayed back because they didn’t have the chance‚ they were about to undergo the most
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Refugee‚ a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war‚ persecution‚ or natural disaster. Many people around the world are refugees‚ their state is very poor and in need of help. They’re homeless living in refugee camps. For many people to make it to a refugee camp‚ they will have to walk thousands of miles without water or shelter for days‚ weeks‚ maybe even months. As people find their way to a new world‚ they will have new challenges to overcome like racism‚ language
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need it‚ when they are past the border. The story gives a good insight in how dreadful the refugees from North Africa are being treated and how they are lacking human rights. The text ‘The Go-between’ is indeed a story that is critical to the society and it raises some questions about human rights. The themes I found in the story are; being invisible‚ Africa vs. Europe‚ limited opportunities‚ refugees and human rights. The narrator of the story is a well-educated man. He is a microbiologist
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