Khmer Rouge

The Indonesian Genocide 1965-1966 was an anti-communist attack, tat lead to the overthrown president Kusno Sokarno being replaced by Suharto who was an army general. Killings followed a coup that took place on October 1, 1965, in Jakarta. This coup killed six army generals, and it formed a revolutionary council, seizing power from Sukarno. General Suharto was elected as President, filling in for Sukarno. Suharto led the genocide that killed about 1 million people, and left 100,000 people…

Elliott Meeks Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and manipulate the entire country of Haiti. While he was president he tourcherd and killed everyone who got in his way; nothing stopped him from keeping his power. The use of fear to manipulate and stop at nothing attitude is a central theme in Card’s novel Ender's Game. Card suggests the dangers to society of having a win at all costs attitude when it comes to power. He…

Tibet has been the battleground for a ferocious conflict between the Chinese state and Tibetan religion for the past six decades. The Tibetan people are a heartening example of a religious people fighting for a voice after years of anguish and disdain, finally making a difference in an abhorrent relationship with a state filled with oppression and deceit. Although the villainous acts committed against them, the Tibetan people’s fighting spirit has allowed them to break through the blanket of…

“Within no time, according to the account of one of the Japanese soldiers, the river and its bank was covered with innumerable bodies, including those of the adults and children. Sources tell us that at least 50,000 people were killed in this tragic incident.” To begin, Genocide is the mass killing of a group and has many individual steps to be classified. In China, during the Sino-Japanese war created conflict in the capital city of Nanking. All eight stages of genocide refer to the Rape of…

unforgiving. It was under his rule that from 1975 to 1979, millions of innocent lives were snuffed out during an event known as the Cambodian Genocide. The Cambodian Genocide was an effort by the tyrannical government of Cambodia, known as the Khmer Rouge, to establish a perfect communist utopia. They planned to do this by disposing of anyone in the country who was deemed rebellious or unfit. While it is true that Pol Pot is the man who initiated these killings, other events such as French…

go through in Cambodia when Khmer Rouge, a radical Communist regime, came to power in 1975. They started to move people in the countryside and made everyone work, even childrens. Millions of people died by starvation and sickness. In Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick, people’s physiological states changes three ways, person's behavior, what they believe, and how they think. In the book, people’s behavior changes many ways. One example is, “This night one Khmer Rouge, a high-ranking guy, he…

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…

human nature (204). The Khmer Rouge regime exemplifies that the flaws of society emanate from the abuses of one’s power; unless humans change their morality, society will not improve. Genocide is defined as the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. The genocide of Cambodia can be traced back to Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge regime. He was a communist leader and implemented extremist policies. The “Khmer Rouge army marched into…

carry what little items they had, and at each checkpoint they were searched. If a person had possessions such as; cameras, radios, books, or currency, they were immediately stripped of them. The Khmer Rouge believed that tangible items such as these were imperialistic and was the very idea of what the Khmer Rouge desired to eradicate. When the citizens of Phnom Penh reached the countryside, they would be forced to write autobiographies stating their family histories, childhoods,…

one who is determined to make my life successful and prosperous. My mother deserves a gold medal because she is a hardworking mother of three who will always put her family’s needs in front of hers. She has fought through the communists of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia for many years. Her story and childhood inspire me to become a better person each day. She was born on January 5th, 1969. My mom had no cell phone, television, or any technology. She was always running away with her family…