Pol Pot Genocide

Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries many people`s human rights were violated by certain groups, government`s, and individuals who saw their power threatened by people who fought against them like Pol Pot with his Khmer Rouge, and Rwanda`s 100 days of genocide. In Cambodia, Pol Pot, and his Khmer Rouge in just 4 years have killed over 1.5 million of a population of 7 to 8 million people during his rule (1975 to 1979). The Khmer Rouge opposed colonial influence, and wanted an agrarian communist society were the economy is based on producing and maintaining crops. During a visit to China, Pol Pot was inspired by the Cultural Revolution, and the economic program the Great Leap Forward. With Inspiration, he devised his own Great Leap Forward called the …show more content…
For 86 days, they reduced the city to rubble, but that was not all. After the 86 days, they started mass executions of Croat men killing hundreds and put them in mass graves. In 1992 Milosevic in response to declaration of independence of Basina set up snipers in the city of Sarajevo to kill helpless civilians in the streets. 3500 children alone were killed in the city. Bosnian Muslims suffered the same conditions like the Jews during World War 2. The Serbs did mass shootings, forced repopulation of entire towns, and sent Muslims to concentration camps. They also used the fear of rape to get families to flee their villages. After some broadcast of a market place in Sarajevo that was struck by Serbs with a mortar shell killing 68 people, the U.S, and N.A.T.O tried diplomatic efforts to unify Bosnian Muslims, Croats with Serbs. The Serbs pressed on attacking Muslim towns and U.N Muslim safe havens. It was not till the U.S led massive bombing campaigns on the Serbs which led to Milosevic to talk peace. After 3 weeks of talking with the U.S an agreement was made. Bosnia was to be partitioned into two main portions called the Bosnian Serb Republic, and the Muslim-Croat Federation. This still does not