Genocides In Rwanda
analytical Essay
546 words
This week’s assigned content discussed the different genocides and terrorist attacks against Srebrenica, Rwanda, and the United States. The Srebrenica massacre was a defining moment that occurred in 1994, Christiane Amanpour, explained the massacre as according to her it brought out the best from the ones who survived. In addition, she was well known for her famous confrontation with President Clinton, as she explained her frustrations over the U.S not doing anything about the genocide that was occurring in front of everybody’s eyes. Moreover, the Rwandan genocide occurred, to spread anti-Tutsi, such as survivor Gilbert Masengo Rutayisire described his fear during the genocide as he saw many people being taken and killed. He was rescued among 1,700 others that were hiding, he emphasized that the government should maintain the security for genocide survivors as he not only lost majority of his …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that christiane amanpour's srebrenica massacre brought out the best from survivors, while gilbert masengo rutayisire emphasized that the government should maintain the security for genocide survivors.
- Analyzes how dr. suri's lecture discus the globalization of terrorism and genocides in rwanda and the united states, and how they acted against them.
- Analyzes how gilbert mango rutayisire's testimony gave a sense of the horrific genocide in rwanda as it was evident that they used ethnicity to justify their effort to seek revenge.
Suri in the way that both discus the globalization of terrorism and genocides in Rwanda and the United states, and how they acted against these massacres. During Professor Suri’s lecture, he emphasized the Rwanda genocide was caused after the plane crashed with general Juvenal and Hutu president Burundi, as groups sought to seize control for their group and country; Hulu. This was significant because it eliminated about one million people, but is also appalling to see how other countries did not interfere such as The United States, France, Belgium, etc. as they just stood there and watched. Suri emphasized that this was a period of involvement, devoted to stop genocides, as it was another reconstruction period. Consequently, Rwandan genocide survivor, Murebwayire Josephine, explained how the genocide began that morning of the plane crash as there were soldiers at her door with the list of civilians to kill. She emphasized that the genocide was “perfected” and planned in advance as that plane crash was a strict signal of
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- Explains that the rwandan genocide of 1994 nearly wiped out the tutsi population of the country in only the span of a few months.
- Explains the history of ethnic tension between the hutu and tutsi tribes in the rwandan genocide.
- Explains how the hutu ten commandments painted the tutsis as the "common enemy" and the u.n. took extensive measures to avoid taking action in rwanda.
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- Explains that between 800, 000 and one million tutsi people were slaughtered during the 100-day period after april 6, 1994.
- Explains the international response to the crisis was more of an international denial. the united nations withdrew their troops from rwanda, leaving innocent civilians defenseless against the hutu soldiers
- Explains that in 2004, u.s. officials identified the situation in rwanda as genocide within the first 16 days. this proved that president clinton and his officials were aware of the "final solution to eliminate all tutsis."
- Explains that in recent years, the world is seeing violence of similar proportions. darfur, in 2004, was officially labeled "genocide".
- Opines that the genocide could have been stopped before it began because there was a cease-fire agreement in rwanda at the time.
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- Explains that the tutsi people had joined the rwanda population during the 1300’s. they occupied the higher status in the social system and the hutus the lower.
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- Explains that the rwandan patriotic front (rpf) was formed mainly of tutsi refuges as a political and military movement in 1988.
- Explains that the arusha peace agreements brought an end to the conflict between the hutu dominated government and the rpf.
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