It can be argued that Stalin established a complete personal dictatorship in the years 1929-39 as he eliminated all those who posed a threat to him to enable him to have complete rule over the USSR. This was done through terror purges, social relativism and the personality of cult. Firstly, through the terror he was able to remove all political opponents through the Moscow show trials. These were carried out between 1934-9 where his political opponents pleaded guilty to impossible charges of treason and then were executed. The key defendants that were removed were Trotsky, Kamenev, Buhkarin, Yagoda and Zinoviev.
Like the genocides of the past century, it will be notorious principally for its cost in human life" (Perl 25). The people in Darfur aren't that different from people like us. We have the same body functions/needs, they have faith in a higher diety like we do, etc. But most importantly, something that people seem to forget, they're people just like everyone else in the world. The Darfurians, targeted and attacked by their own neglectful government, entire villages burned and obliterated, men savagely murdered, women visciously raped, and children, unmercifully and sadly, meeting their forced ends as well.
Outline: "Bad People" CAR Genocide: Seleka militants Bosnian Genocide: Yugoslav Army and the Bosnian Serbs nationalists Reason for killing: Congo Genocide: Christian vs. Muslim Rivalry Bosnian Genocide: Territorial Disputes, wish for political domination. The UN has approved of intervention in the CAR due to reports of the extreme brutality occurring in the country. (Three days ago) The CAR's leader, Michel Djotodia, does not have much power over the militant groups, and is mainly ignored. Idea: The Congo genocide proves to be a bigger problem than the Bosnian genocide due to the possible mass effect that the ensuing war may cause. Idea: The UN has been more eager so send French and African Troops to intervene and help out the country.
In the United States a number of prominent leaders and organizations established fundraising drives for the remnants of the "Starving Armenians". In Europe the Allied Powers gave public notice that they would hold personally responsible all members of the Turkish government and others who had planned or participated in the massacres. Yet, within a few years, these same governments and statesmen turned away from the Armenians in total disregard of their pledges. Soon the Armenian genocide had become the "Forgotten Genocide". In effect, the Turkish government had succeeded in its diabolical plan to exterminate the Armenian population from what is now Turkey.
“Hitler’s concept of concentration camps as well as the practicality of genocide owed much, so he claimed, to his studies of English and United States history… and often praised to his inner circle the efficiency of America’s extermination – by starvation and uneven combat – of the red savages who could not be tamed by captivity.”[12] The term “Final solution” was not coined by the Nazis. It was General of the US Army William Tecumseh Sherman, who plotted out the panned murder to take care of the “Indian problem.” Over 100
[Type the company name] Rwandan Genocide April- June 1994. Kendel In the months between April and June of 1994, tensions between the Hutus and Tutsis had reached extreme levels. The influence of imperialism changed the psychological, political and cultural ideologies that had never existed between the two ethnic groups leading to the genocide in Rwanda. In Rwanda, prior to the genocide, the Hutus and Tutsis use to interact with each other and get along just fine. One, reason why tensions began was because once the Belgians gained control over the Rwanda they gave the authority to the minority Tutsis over the majority Hutus.
The civil war between the ethnic groups Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda, like many civil wars in Africa, had colonial roots. However, the civil war took a extreme turn for the worst on a tragic day in April where thousands of Tutsis lost their lives in a relentless genocide that lasted a hundred days carried out by the Hutus. In this essay, I will explain the cause of the civil war, the 1994 genocide and the aftermath of the genocide. According to a articley called “Rwanda: How the Genocide Happeneded” in the BBC NEWS site, the conflict between the Hutus and Tutsi originated with the arrival of the Belgian colonist. Belgian colonial leaders and the Catholic Church deepened the racial divide between the majority Hutu populated country of Rwanda, by awarding Tutsi ethnic group better job and education opportunities.
The U.N. and associated governing bodies knowingly veiled the rest of the world from the truth of Rwanda, portraying its citizens as savages and attributing the bloodshed to ancient hatred, when in fact they purposely stood by and did nothing to stop these vicious crimes against humanity. In my effort to stop genocide, I would become involved in spreading awareness, specifically through the lens of social media and television. With its widespread influence and long-reaching arm, I could open the eyes of the so many, showing them the grave injustices that struck Rwanda, through actual footage and eye-witness testimonies of survivors from both sides of the blood-stained conflict. My goal would be to motivate people with images and stories of the truth, exposing the atrocities and those who contributed for who they are
Wesney 1st Block April 12, 2013 Ugandan Genocide Although it is not as notorious as the massive genocide that occurred at the hands of Hitler in the early to mid-1900’s, the genocide that took place in Uganda was a genocide all the same and should not be overlooked. The man responsible for the killings was Idi Amin Dada, the third “president” of Uganda, though he ruled like a dictator and killed anyone he saw as a threat to his power. Idi Amin Dada was born in 1925 near the village of Koboko, in the Republic of Uganda and in 1946, at the age of 21, joined the King’s African Rifles (KAR). Idi Amin served in many countries such as Burma, Somalia, Kenya, and Uganda and was considered a highly skillful and cruel soldier. He was also known for using extreme brutality during interrogations and held the Ugandan light heavyweight boxing championship title for nine years, from 1951 to 1960.
Hochschild places King Leopold among the great tyrants of history. It is hard to say what the actual death toll under his reign was, both because accurate records were not kept and because Leopold deliberately destroyed many of the existing records shortly before the government of Belgium took the Congo out of his hands. According to Congo historians, Wm. Roger Louis and Jean Stengers, the earliest population and mortality estimates are "wild guesses". In the novel, many subsequent lines of inquiry conclude that the early official estimates were essentially correct: roughly half the population of the Congo perished during the Free State period.