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    Americas‚ and on arriving they found the land inhabited by thousands of Native Americans. The colonists’ lack of knowledge about the land and people led to a series of disputes to ensure the colonists’ safety. Unfortunately‚ this eventually led to genocide‚ an act of hatred directed towards the natives‚ but undeniable because overtime the colonists began to kill for sport rather then defense against the Indians’ attacks. By 1607‚ when the European colonists arrived at Jamestown‚ the Pequots numbered

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    Genocide is a crime under international law” as reported by the United Nations December 9 1948. However‚ repeatedly throughout history‚ the international government has neglected the needs of the dying and helpless and only after the calamity reached seismic proportions did the government act against the terrorists. The Congo Genocide‚ the silent mass murder‚ is one of the most atrocious‚ violent acts of history and the majority

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    which started a revolt. In response to these revolts‚ Stalin ordered all farmland and livestock to be seized and no profit given to the farmers who owned the land. This was the start of the year long famine. Even though the famine is registered as a genocide and the events killed more people than Jewish people killed during the Holocaust‚ it was a barely noticed tragedy. The two parties involved in the Holodomor are the Soviets and the Ukrainians. The Soviets were the government and the army that starved

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    REFERENCES……………………………………………………… Page 22 I. INTRODUCTION As a small country with weak political‚ economic‚ and military structure‚ Cambodia has suffered for centuries from poor leadership and outside influence. The Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979‚ in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country ’s population)‚ was one of the worst diabolical tragedies the world has laid witness to. The Khmer Rouge -- the name given to the followers of the Communist

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    of people. It can also be manipulated or distorted to rationalize immoral actions. Religion can cause genocide‚ motivate war‚ and be used to control people. Religion can cause genocides‚ which can be seen with the Salem Witch Trials and Westward Expansion. In Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ accusations of townspeople being witches were rampant between 1692 and 1693.

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    ethnic groups that were associated with this event‚ the Hutu and Tutsi. For many years these two groups lived with and among each other somewhat peacefully until tensions started to rise and major events broke out‚ which eventually led to The Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda‚ which has always been a poor country‚ lacked many resources and many people were extremely poor‚ and along with this they had a very hot climate‚ not a lot of waterways‚ and not a lot of sources for communication (Fisanick 47). As a result

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    the U.S. dropped 2 million bombs‚ approximately 250‚000 tons‚ in Cambodia until 1973. (Among the disappeared) An anti-U.S. group had formed in return of this reaction‚ and it had given tremendous amount of power to the Khmer Rouge that allowed the genocide in Cambodia. There had been 100 soldiers that were enlisted before the bombing‚ but afterwards the number had multiplied to 100‚000 soldiers. (The Angry Skies) The mercenaries’ reasons of joining the army had been the same‚ and it was because of

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    that exceeded their physical capacity‚ the terror that raged in the camp‚ executions‚ the inhuman living conditions‚ disease and epidemics‚ punishment‚ torture‚ and criminal medical experiments. Through this‚ Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror‚ genocide‚ and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940‚ in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim which‚ like other parts of Poland‚ was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz

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    Armenians consider April 24‚ 1915 being the beginning of the attacks. On this day‚ several hundred Armenian scholars were brought together‚ arrested and then executed. Many of the Armenians consider the genocide to have lasted to 1917. At first‚ the CUP passed even more laws that were malicious towards the Armenian population; including a law that gave the military to deport anyone that they “sensed” to be a security threat. (Kifner‚ 16) Soon after‚ their

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    Mehmet Celal Bey probably sounds like a rock band but it is in fact the name of a hero of the Armenian genocide. He did so at his own expense‚ losing his position in the process. Celal Bey saved many and lessened their suffering at the cost of his government position. Celal Bey’s story begins as the governor of Aleppo at the outbreak of the first Great War. It took little time for him to realize the purpose of the mass deportations of Armenians was to exterminate them. The reason they were being

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