...Mason Hendrickson Kranz Hr:2 Genocide project Assignment #2 Genocide Even before the holocaust there were mass genocides. So this one was involving the ethnic americans living in Ottoman Empire. And so what happened was that they were all gathered up and forced into concentration camps to be killed, and an estimated 1 million were killed due to disease in the camps and many other due to killing sprees. Apparently they were "different" from the dominant race so the innocent people were sent to be killed for just being different. Next in 1975, there was yet another genocide. So all these citizens of Cambodia that were not in the dominating race were singled out for extermination. Like the holocaust...
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...Statistics say about 1 of 5 citizens deaths are caused from the Cambodian genocide. In 2015, families who were shattered and broken apart by the genocide are still being reunited with their lost families. Almost 36 years later and orphan’s still have yet to learn if their parents are alive or dead. Cambodia lacked the amount of therapy for it’s citizens to help treat them after witnessing this terrible era. So, most have developed ptsd and other serious mental illnesses one would get after living through trauma. Not to mention, the Khmer Rouge’s primary goal was to kill all the intellectuals so, the country is behind economically and socially. Infact, Cambodia only had 7% economic growth in 2015. There economic ranking in 2016 was only 57.9, which is considered as mostly unfree. It’s taxes equals about 12.4 percent of domestic income and government spending is down by 87.4...
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...numerous scenes of genocide, for example, the circumstances in Rwanda and Cambodia. While both are sad, these two cases are altogether different. The distinctions incorporated the day and age; one occurring over days, and the other over years. Additionally, the objectives of the killings, with the savagery concentrated on either political or ethnic adversaries. The leader of the genocide was also different, one led by the head of the government, and the other by an entire ethnic group. In addition, the goals and methods used differed as well. In Cambodia, the genocide was driven by the communist government, once Pol Pot had seized control and occurred between 1975 to 1979. His vision for Cambodia's future was an agrarian culture, with everybody chipping away at shared ranches. The slaughtering was coordinated not really against one ethnic gathering, but rather more against individuals that contradicted the Khmer Rouge's transformation. This included potential or real political adversaries,...
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...questioned their regime. Genocides are often fueled by revolution in a certain society. The Khmer Rouge was no exception, they used ideas of Communism to alter Cambodia’s economic system to try to benefit the people, but ended up creating a genocidal revolution. The Cambodian Genocide was carried out by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge during 1975 to 1979 (Combat Genocide). About 1.6 to 2 million people were killed during the genocide (Combat Genocide). Pol Pot wanted to...
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...Armenian Genocide 1. Armenia was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire and they were mostly Muslim. Christians had fewer political and legal rights compared to the Muslims, but Armenia was still successful. Turkey did not like the success, and in 1908, a new government came to rule Turkey, called the “Young Turks.” The Young Turks wanted to get rid of the Armenian population, which were Muslim and Christian, and make another government, so the genocide started on April 24, 1915. The Young Turks wanted to “Turkify” the Ottoman Empire. 2. The Armenian Genocide involved the Ottoman Empire and the Young Turks (who were trying to eliminate the Ottoman Empire). The genocide also involved the Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, and Russia), and the United States. The Allied Powers warned the Young Turks that they would be responsible for this crime to kill the Ottomans. The United States’ citizens did know about the genocide, and there was a strong outcry, but these four countries did not really do anything. 3. The genocide fighting stopped in the September of 1918. The Treaty of Sevres was made so the Central Powers could sign to show defeat of WWI. It also marked the beginning of the total annihilation of the Ottoman Empire, and that all non-Turkish land that...
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...The Cambodian Genocide was the cause of many deaths in Laos and Cambodia because of the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot and the idea of the "Ideal Communist.” In the years 1975 to 1979, through execution, disease, forced labor, and starvation, Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge killed what is said to have been an estimated “two million” Cambodians. Which is almost a fourth of Cambodia’s population. This estimate does not include the maimed, the homeless, the orphaned, and the widowed, who were also suffering for all those years. The Cambodian Genocide was basically an attempt by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge to nationalize the Cambodia farming society basically overnight, in an attempt for it to be like the “Chinese Communist agricultural model.” The population was made to work in one huge federation of many farms as labourers. Anyone who opposed, which were said to be all people in Cambodia with an education, must be terminated “together with all un-communist aspects of traditional Cambodian society.” “Christian, Buddhist and Muslim...
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...Cambodia is a South East Asian country formerly known as Kampuchea, it shares borders with Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. In Cambodia during 1975-1979 a political regime known as the Khmer Rouge took control of the country. During this time it is estimated that around 2 million people perished, over a quarter of the population, from torture and execution or from starvation and untreated illness (Fawthrop & Jarvis, 2005). Although the regime ended with defeat by the Vietnamese over 30 years ago, the effects from this reign of terror continues to have an impact on Cambodia. The countries social coexistence, peace building process and the aftermath of the annihilation of so many of its people has affected the current population make up in terms of age, gender ratios and has left many with mental health problems (Bockers, Stammel & Knaevelsrud, 2011). There is some international debate as to whether the deaths are considered to be genocide, and why the men responsible for these senseless mass murders have not been brought to justice. The definition of genocide is the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group. This definition clearly explains the mass murders undertaken under the direction of pol pot and the Khmer rouge party. It is a very difficult task to prosecute people under genocide charges as they are usually protected by a government of group of followers. Cambodians believe it would somehow diminish the offence if the...
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...Cambodian Genocide Imagine being incarcerated for your religious beliefs, ethnicity, or simply because of your level of education. The Cambodian Genocide singled out groups of citizens who were different based on these reasons. The rise of the Khmer Rouge and the stages of the genocide will tell you how awful it was to live in the era. The Cambodian Genocide was brutally violent for every citizen in the country of Cambodia. The rise of Khmer Rouge, known as the communist party of Kampuchea. They took control of Cambodia on April 17, 1975. The communist party was created due to the struggle against the French colonization and was influenced by the Vietnamese. Doctors, teachers, monks, journalists, artists, the rich, the weak, any person with an education and ethnic or religious background was singled out during this time. People were sent to prison even without evidence of being guilty of a crime, this lead up to purges taking place, killing Khmer Rouge members. At the beginning executions did not occur, people were starved to cut down the population. Survival was determined by a person’s ability to work. Meaning Cambodia’s elderly,...
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...The Cambodian genocide. [fragment- revise so that there is a subject and a predicate] A mark in history not many people know about because the story barely made it to the states. [fragment- revise so that there is a subject and a predicate] The story was overshadowed by another, so it wasn’t [no contraction] completely covered on what exactly happened. Horrifically taken place between 1975 through 1979. Twenty percent of Cambodia's population was wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge took over and wanted to clean the slate, they wanted to start over at year 0. They started by killing off the intellectual and the minorities one by one in the countryside. The children weren’t safe, if they were strong and old enough they would work....
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...took a long time to convince the second commander Noun Chea, also known as “big brother #2”. In addition, Sambath’s quest manages to find low ranked Khmer Rouge cadets. The search for answers on Cambodia’s bloodiest genocide has led Sambath to lie about his past, in order to gain the trust of former Khmer Rouge members. In my opinion, Sambath’s method to expose the truth of the genocide was unethical. However, the timing of many formerly ranked Khmer Rouge members being arrested, may have forced the interviewees to come clean. In the documentary, Sambath stated he did not want revenge but to understand the truth of the genocide. Although,...
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...Global Community Failure to Eradicate Genocide Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract When it comes to global criminology, the subject is fatal in the sense of reprisals accustomed to it. In any case, international criminal activities are largely based geopolitical factors rather than the genuine purpose of ending human to human barbarism. This paper will attempt to prove that ‘global community’ commitment to end genocide events is categorically challenged by lack of sufficient devotion to ‘the pledge’ to eradicate the vice. The paper is structured into three main parts and one secondary part. The background will attempt to examine the scholarly effort attempting to relate the basis of global community pledge and the general act of genocide. A further sub category of this part will introduce the role played by United Nations in minimizing genocide. The second section will be substantial in analyzing past genocide events; courtesy of three relevant examples, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Rwanda. In this section, the document will examine the various roles played by United Nations in fueling the genocide. The third section will examine 21 century events, and how United Nations has chosen a back player in preventing the occurrences of these genocides. The secondary section will attempt to examine the role played by International Criminal Court and how it has been challenged in limiting genocide events. Background Research has attempted relate the end of the holocaust and the emergence...
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...Genocide is a type of torture. All through Europe, thousands of Jews were getting killed during the Holocaust and in Rwanda, thousands of Hutu were getting killed. Like the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, there was genocide in Cambodia. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge took control in 1975. A man named Pol Pot became the head of the government in 1976. During his “reign”, he counted many of his citizens as enemies of the country and killed them. He had mines placed all over the country and had work camps and facilities made essentially for killing people. He also took control of everything including schools, hospitals, and houses, “under the Khmer Rouge, there were, of course, no markets – nor money or schools or medicine” (“Cambodian Genocide”). By doing this, everyone in Cambodia barely had access to the necessities of life, including clean water. The result of his reign before he was overthrown was the death of about 25% of the population, so around “1.7 million people” (“Cambodian Genocide”). Israel and United States also have problems. In Israel, torture “has a long tradition”(Watzal). People in Israel have tortured many people throughout the years secretly and then “the Israeli public was first informed of torture practices in 1977”(Watzal)...
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...Genocide: a Major Issue Darfur! Holocuast! Cambodia! Bosnia! Only one word wraps all of these terms together. Genocide. Genocide is a term used to describe violence against members of a national, ethnicitybased, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy the entire group. Genocide was, and still is committed all around the world. Genocide was never formally named until 1944. Genocide was finally named after the terrible occurrences of the Holocaust. a man named Raphael Lemkin named it genocide from the Greek word “geno” which meant race or tribe, and the Latin word “cide” which meant killing. A few of the most wellknown genocides are the Holocaust, the genocide in Darfur, Cambodia, Rwanda and in Bosnia. These genocides have made huge impacts on the world. Many millions of innocent and guilty have been killed from these terrible crimes, and no global authority has taken any actions towards getting rid of it. The corrupt governments of the countries allow this horrific atrocity to continue happening. The global community has a responsibility to intervene in places where genocide is being committed. Like mentioned before, genocide is a word used when describing a socalled “war” in which oe group is trying to wipe out the existence of another. One of the worst and largest genocides in history is the Holocaust. One is not saying that the other genocides are not bad, but this one has by far caused the most casualties and deaths. The Holocaust was lead by Adolf ...
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...Anthropology 2237 Peoples, Cultures, and History of Southeast Asia Out of the Poison Tree: The Antidote is Truth Video 1. Out of the Poison Tree chronicles Thida Buth Mam and her two sisters, all of whom are survivors of the Cambodian genocide under the Khmer Rouge, as they return to Cambodia in order to ascertain the fate of their father. Thida Buth Mam wrote one of the most well-known books on the genocide, To Destroy You is No Loss, an intensely personal look at the events of 1975-1979 through the eyes of a young Cambodian girl. 2. The video also deals with an important current event in Cambodia, the attempt to prosecute, after more than 30 years, surviving Khmer Rouge leadership for crimes against humanity and genocide. The trials are on-going in 2014, with the first important verdicts handed down in July, 2010. 3. Exact figures for the number of people who died under the Khmer Rouge are unknown. The most widely accepted figure is approximately 1.7 million dead in the period 1975-1979, but other estimates range upwards of 2 million (of an initial Cambodian population of 7 million). 4. The central issue of the film is essentially ‘how do survivors – and Cambodian society as a whole -- deal with the genocide?’ What does one do or not do in attempting to cope with the tragedy? What are some of the attitudes and actions expressed in the film that deal with this issue? 5. Other...
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...Life Span Development in Cambodia Crystal M Rowe Harper College March 5th 2012 Cambodia is an amazing country that has overcome much recent adversity. It is a ideal recent example to study human development in a redeveloping country. In fact as far as my research has taken me there is no published research on human development or transition to adult hood in Cambodia. The country of Cambodia or officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. Its total landmass is 181,035 square kilometers (69,898 sq mi), bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest [ (Wikipedia) ]. Cambodia has a population size of approximately 14.8 million with the official religion is Theravada Buddhism which is practiced by about 95% of the total countries population. Cambodia is one of poorest and least developed country in the region. In 2003 Cambodia is ranked 130th out of 175 countries worldwide and the human development index was 0.556. Cambodia largest city is Phnom Penh was originally colonization by the French and has grown to become the nation's center of economic ,industrial, political and rich in cultural heritage. It was once know more commonly known as the "Pearl of Asia". Little attention has been given to life span development in Cambodia. In this paper we will go though and discuss all phases of human development from prenatal...
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