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    Morality Vs Sovereignty

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    mulling over the same ideas because the world didn’t know how to react to a situation like this. Does the world have the right to send in a large force to stop this madness. Because of the UN’s inaction it led to almost 1 million Tutsis dead 70% of Rwandans population of Tutsis. The evidence shows that the Hutus majority government along with other hutu elites were the perpetrators of the genocide and armed the Hutu population to go out and kill their neighbors. At that point the world…

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    before the genocide began, to negotiate peace with the Hutus militia (the party that started the genocide), as well as protect and give refugee to the Tutsis (the ones that were being targeted). The movie illustrates how despite the power and available resources, the United Nations was unable to directly and effectively intervene to help the Tutsi people and stop the genocide. The United Nations was funded in 1945 with the primary purpose of maintaining international peace and security, through…

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    to achieve power and reputation that was greater than the genocide itself and not part of the political system. He had an image of disliking the Tutsi group and help grudges against people who opposed him (Fujii 2015, 18). Joseph would deceive his Tutsi friends by pretended to protect them and instead, sending them to the militia. Once he kept two Tutsi women to his house for protection but kept the women captive to allow other men to rape the women. He had those two women killed and had their…

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    Genocide In Darfur

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    efforts were. In addition to aid provided, we will look into the aftermath of these genocides to prove that the UN’s efforts were more successful in Rwanda versus Darfur. The Rwandan Genocide was an “ethnic cleansing” involving the Hutu majority and Tutsi minority tribes that spanned from April…

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    In the Chapter “Hatred of the Tutsis”, he says “Right, let’s go hunting!” in response to the order of killing of the Tutsis (216, Hatzfeld). This shows the lack of refusal and curiosity. Here the authorities present an argument to Pancrace that “a threat lurking in the feeblest and kindest Tutsi” (216, Hatzfeld). As a result, he takes it as the obvious truth and went on the killing streak instead of treating it…

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    constructed by the public to fit where people belong in each group. In the genocide in Rwanda, the ethnic tension between the Hutus and Tutsis caused thousands of deaths because of self identifying how each person fits into the group. About 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were slaughtered (History.com Staff, 2009) People who were in the middle on Hutus and majority Tutsi were still killed based on a social construct by society. The Nuremberg Trials established the precedent for future war…

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    Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, who was in the same boat as Deogratias, chose to help the Tutsi refugees when he could have easily led a man-slaughter of his own or even, ran off and drank himself to death. Nonetheless, Paul’s actions revealed that good could persevere over evil, if constructive measures are taken. On the other hand, Deogratias…

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    1. Who is the leader in the film? Describe his role in the film and the setting of his leadership. How did they become the leader? The film Hotel Rwanda talks about the growing tensions between the Tutsi minorities and the Hutu majorities after the assassination of President Habyarimana, a Hutu. Paul Rusesabagina, a Hutu, is the assistant manager of the Sabena Hotel des Mille Collines in Rwanda. He is skilled at pleasing the hotel’s guest, currying favor with the local armies, and also dealing…

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    Identity In Rwanda

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    origins leads to some sort of conflict. Rwanda provides an extreme case when national identity is used for political, economic and hateful reasons to perhaps the worst category of conflict, genocide. Within one hundred days between 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were butchered by their Hutu neighbours between April and July, 1994. While the exact reasons behind what initiated the genocide are debated, a greater discussion is occurring for Rwandan genocide perpetrators, survivors…

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    Mass Murder Examples

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    How did they define Genocide?Genocide is a Mass murder is the carefully planned killing of a large groupof people, especially those of a particular group of people related by culture, race, religion, etc.or nation.What were examples given of mass-murdering acts?The Holocaust, After comingto power in 1933, Germany's Nazi Party put into use a highly organizedway of reaching goals of abuse, murder and mass murder aimed at related to groups of people who have the same history "purifying" Germany, a…

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