Rwandan Patriotic Front

The Hutu prisoners tell how the killings took place and how they responded to the killings that would eventually begin to consume their daily lives. The men do not have trouble recalling the very first time they killed, for several of these men had never actually killed before, including small animals that were to become their dinner. One would assume that the killing of humans would be done with a psychopathic mindset, yet these men were not psychopaths they were farmers who worked in the…

she hid at the pastor’s house, in his bathroom, with several other Tutsi women for over 3 months. It was also written to tell us how Immaculee 's family was murdered during the genocide that lasted three months and took the lives of thousands of Rwandans. Also, it was also written to show how to have faith in prayer, have a relationship with God, and have forgiveness, love and understanding for the people that have trespassed against you. In the first part of the book Immaculee tells about her…

sinking of Allied ships in foreign waters). The Germans had threatened the shipping paths for goods like war supplies and food into Britain. One commander in the British military named General Douglas Haig proposed that if the Allies defeated German front lines in Belgium, they could advance to free the Belgian ports. Haig argued that capturing areas near Ypres, Belgium (such as Passchendaele Ridge) would allow the Allies to push through to the Belgian coast and halt the Germans’ assaults on…

“We won’t waste our bullets on them. They have no roof. There is sun and rain, cold nights, and beatings two times a day. We give them no food and no water. They will starve like animals.” This quote is from a Serbian soldier speaking about the plans against the Bosnian Muslim captives he guarded (Yancey). To begin, “genocide” is seen differently by everyone involved and has specific steps. In Bosnia, conflicting views created tension amongst its citizens The eight stages of genocide…

Erick Gallegos 03.24.16 Language arts P.4 Social studies P.3 Chief Joseph Chief Joseph was a Nez Perce chief who did one of the most greatest retreats of military history. He tried to lead his men to Canada. Chief Joseph's life span was only 64 years from 1840-1904. He was born in the city of Wallowa Valley, Oregon and he sadly died in Colville Reservations, Washington. Chief Joseph's was named after his father, Joseph the…

Eleven million people were killed in the Holocaust. One million eight hundred people were murdered in the Armenian Genocide. Seven hundred fifty thousand in the Assyrian genocide. One million in the Greek genocide. One and a half million. Thats the number of innocent people that were killed in the Cambodian Genocide before anyone even noticed. All these events have one thing in common; a leader who caused the events from murdering or convincing others to murder. Pol Pot is the reason the…

Katherine Miller Professor Muedini IS 470 21 April 2016 The Armenian Genocide: Ignored but Not Forgotten Gandhi once said, “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate;but, it is fear.” Maybe fear is the motivator of hatred, and fear of the other drives discrimination, mistreatment, and violence. This fear can lead to tension between different groups of people such as different ethnic groups, especially in the cases of majorities and minorities. In the case of the Armenian Genocide, fear of…

Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, Tutsis, Bosnians, Croatians, and Darfuri are all victims of mass murders, also referred to as genocide. All of the genocides corresponding to these people have all happened in less than 100 years. How could we have let this many people suffer? All of these people have suffered, but they will not be the last. Genocide will never be stopped because, people hate each other, people follow others, and people do not always follow the laws that are put in place in their…

Mass genocides have taken place throughout history and formed the world that we live in today. With the mass number of civilians slaughtered during the Darfur Genocide you may ask yourself, why all the killing? How is this carried out, and what was done to help. The Genocide in Darfur has claimed over 450,000 lives and has caused chaos in millions. In Darfur there are over 100 tribes and with these tribes there comes tension. The conflict in Darfur is one between Arab and non-Arab. In 2003…

Archbishop Romero played an important role in the Salvadorian community. He was the voice, speaking out on behalf of the poor and the oppressed. Similar to Jesus, Romero showed his closeness to the poor, his love of the vulnerable, his courage and resolution, the pharisaic plotting against him, his doubts and fears, the death threats and the public execution. There was disbelief and despair all across El Salvador but especially in the poor communities amongst the common people and city dwellers…