In the past 150 years, tens of millions of men, women and children have lost their lives to ethnic cleansing or genocide. Although the definition is often scrutinized, according to Merriam Webster, "Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group". The most notable event associated with the term is the Holocaust. Stated by Judah Gribets, Edward Greenstein and Regina Stein, "nearly six million Jews fell victim to genocide during the years of the Holocaust". Of This number, one million were children who were unable to take care of themselves. People's hopes and dreams for the future were stripped from them, and many families were ripped apart. Many of these people were tortured or raped after being forced from their homes. Those who were able to work were forced to do so, and the rest were to be killed. People knew that they would never see their families again. Genocide does not stop there either. Nearly a dozen countries have, or currently are facing a crises like this. Past atrocities go all the way back to Armenia in 1915, Cambodia in 1975, Rwanda in the early 1990s and Bosnia in 1991. Countries that are currently at risk include: Burma, Libya, Sudan and Syria. As of now, all eyes are on Sudan as tensions continually grow in Darfur. If action is not taken to stop genocide, the future of Darfur may hold mass killings that top even those of Cambodia, Rwanda and the Holocaust.
One of the more recent, and one of the most unknown instances of Genocide would be that of Cambodia. In 1975 a Khmer Rouge party leader, "Pol Pot" attempted to centralize and nationalize the peasant farming society. He had planned to morph in accordance with the Chinese Communist model. Since it's ...
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...the war over Darfur. Without even more future help, Darfur will be amongst the others as one of the most gruesome acts of murder in history.
It is clear that without outside help, genocide can never be completely erased. Tens of millions of deaths are a remembrance of what the past has held, as well as a warning of what the future may hold. The acts that occurred in Cambodia, Rwanda and the Holocaust can never be erased, but they symbolize what must be done to protect those of Darfur and those people who will be oppressed in the future. If action is taken quickly, millions of lives can be saved in the future. Currently, not enough is done to help these countries that are at risk. With the Lack of numbers and training, current troops have done little to help the situation that Darfur currently faces. It is up to those on the outside to truly change the future.
Many still believe that all the hard times are behind them. Those people believe that since they aren’t the ones having to face those harsh times. However, evil still exists till this day, like the Genocide in Darfur. The subject about Darfur has always been a delicate one to many. However, there are still many in this society that still don’t even have the slightest clue about what is happening over in Sudan. There have been many genocides in the past, and the most well known is the Holocaust, but it’s sad to think that it still goes on till this day. Furthermore, there are still many that haven’t done much about it. Society needs to find out about what is happening in Darfur and awareness needs to be raised as well.
To start off with, what is genocide? Genocide is the killing of a massive number of people of in a group. Genocide has not only been practices in the present day, but it has been practiced for m...
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For the past centuries, the world has endured mass human extinctions and brutal violence from the well-known holocaust to the under recognized Rwanda genocide. According to Dictionary.com, genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. Genocide has been occurring for centuries and centuries and continues to occur in countries such as Syria, Nigeria, Iraq and many more. These recent genocides are mostly occurring at the hands of extremist groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS
Genocide is a pressing issue with a multitude of questions and debates surrounding it. It is the opinion of many people that the United Nations should not get involved with or try to stop ongoing genocide because of costs or impositions on the rights of a country, but what about the rights of an individual? The UN should get involved in human rights crimes that may lead to genocide to prevent millions of deaths, save money on humanitarian aid and clean up, and fulfill their responsibilities to stop such crimes. It is preferable to stop genocide before it occurs through diplomacy, but if necessary, military force may be used as a last resort. Navi Pillay, Human Rights High Commissioner, stated, “Concerted efforts by the international community at critical moments in time could prevent the escalation of violence into genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or ethnic cleansing.”
Genocide is a huge problem in today’s society. While there are laws set down to handle cases where genocide occurs, the idea and premise of genocide and all that it entails is still widely debatable. It’s difficult to put a label and definition on a term that, while it has a long history of existence, is very rare and unknown to the common man. When I say rare, genocide only occurs in very extreme cases and situations, but it doesn’t make it any less of a horrible crime.
Throughout history there were many acts of genocide. The most commonly known example is the Holocaust. In this act of genocide six million Jews and five million Slavs, Roma, disabled, Jehovah’s witnesses, homosexuals, and political and religious dissidents were killed . The tragedy, led by Adolf Hitler, was considered a serious war crime by the newly formed United Nations. After the holocaust the United...
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- The meaning of Genocide, and the impact it has on a single person and society.
"The Genocide in Darfur and Its Consequences." By Kallie Szczepanski. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.
The atrocities in Darfur are being conducted by an assembly of government funded and heavily armed militants who are known as the Janjaweed. These groups of Arab radicals destroy the people of Darfur by pillaging and burning their villages, robbing them of their economic assets, contaminating their water supplies by dumping dead bodies into the wells, slaughtering, raping, and tormenting them. The attacks on the villages range from a variety of approaches but the most typical start with bombings from the Sudanese Air Force, followed by the raids of the Janjaweed. A recent estimate by UNICEF has the death toll in Darfur at an astonishing 300,000. Out of the total population of 6.2 million people, 4.7 million are affected by the conflict. Half of the directly affected people are children; of these children, almost 700,000 have lived their entire life knowing nothing more than the violent lifestyle that has overtaken the region (Sudan: Darfur Overview).
It’s amazing how a small spark of hatred can grow and grow only to become a wildfire causing mass destruction. The horrific acts of humanity, now universally dubbed as genocide, occurred to frequently throughout history, and action for complete and absolute prevention should be taken at all times.
It’s terrible the things millions people have had to endure just to stay alive in the past, it's also incredible the extents people will go to stay alive in times of anguish. If someone announced that thousands of people were just killed in a third world country due to rebel groups, would it sound believable? It's happened way too many times in history. As humans most people have morals that tell them right from wrong, but more and more people are becoming blind to these morals. Although the killings that have occurred in Darfur don't exceed the number of deaths during the Holocaust, these genocides are the same on a scale of gruesomeness. The reason the memory of these unrealistic
Various schools of thought exist as to why genocide continues at this deplorable rate and what must be done in order to uphold our promise. There are those who believe it is inaction by the international community which allows for massacres and tragedies to occur - equating apathy or neutrality with complicity to evil. Although other nations may play a part in the solution to genocide, the absolute reliance on others is part of the problem. No one nation or group of nations can be given such a respo...
When thinking about genocide people typically believe it is extremely harsh and hard to believe it even took place several times in the past. Genocide or large killings of people who want to stand up for what they believe in has been a very popular, yet horrible event that has been ongoing for generations. Genocide comes a long way, especially in our World History, and constantly has impacted people in various ways. These mass killings are expanded in history, and we wonder why we have not stopped them? I believe one of the most known problems was when Adolf Hitler began the Holocaust and killed over thousands of Jews.