...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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...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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...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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...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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...bothered, and awed the world. The movie tells us of what happened in Cambodia during the time of the American-Vietnam war and the seizing of Cambodia’s government by the Khmer Rouge. It showed us the real scope of the disaster that fell upon the Cambodian government and society by using the experiences of three journalists namely: Dith Pran, Sydney Schanberg and Jon Swain. And though I would want to argue that there might have been certain events that were left untouched by this movie that could have lend us more valuable information about the Cambodian Genocide and the Khmer Rouge regime, I would leave that point be and focus on relating the movie to the Machiavellian view of politics, power, and society. Back when Cambodia was still in Prince Sihanouk’s control, the country did little to intervene with the matters of the Vietnam civil war by giving favors on both sides. When Lon Nol took over, however, Cambodia suddenly became a part of the Vietnam battlegrounds. He allowed the American troops to bomb away suspected hideouts of South Vietnamese guerillas located in southern Cambodia, resulting bombings that took almost 750,000 lives (http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html). While these things were happening, the number of Khmer Rouge’s members was rapidly increasing. Khmer Rouge’s leader, Pol Pot, was a great admirer of the Maoist communism and launched an extreme campaign of reconstructing Cambodia and eradicating the pollution that “Western Society” inflicted on...
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...There hasn’t been a comparison about the shifting possession of religious power in Cambodia. By analysing the use of monks as political actors by the regimes and analysing the shift in religious power we can find out how both regimes used religion to establish a base of power in society. Additionally, this can learn us more about the different uses of religion by communist-inspired and western-inspired parties and it’s relation with the wider uses of Judeo-Christian secularism and laicism by respectively the United States and the Soviet Union. This essay tries to analyse the way in which the Sangha was used by the Republican and communist forces. The main question of this essay is: ‘How did the Republican Party (1970-1975) and the Khmer Rouge...
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...rule of Pol Pot. It’s filled with stories from survivors who retell their story, and survival of the genocide. All stories were told by adults who went through the regime as children. All were survivors in a part of history. Now the children’s voices of Cambodia’s killing fields can be heard. The book was written to retell a piece of history, and to make sure the history is never lost. The survivors wanted people to be aware of what they had gone through. Sarom Prak wanted people notified what happened to the people of Cambodia (71). They wanted their stories to be heard throughout the world. They don’t want another genocide to happen again in Cambodia, or anywhere around the world. The children are making their stories examples of the pain that can be caused by genocide. They want make sure nobody ever has to go through the pain they had gone through. These children were survivors during a dark time in history in Cambodia. But their stories were not solely to retell their own, but also the ones who couldn’t. The people who died during the regime were never able to let their stories be heard. These stories were also made to honor everyone who died during the Khmer Rouges ruling whether from malnutrition, malaria, getting beat or getting shot. Three different survivors added at the end of their story that they dedicated it to family and others who died in Cambodia (65,91,81). The spirit of the people killed lives on through these stories. They deserve to be recognized...
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...By Gregory H. Stanton, President, Genocide Watch Classification Symbolization Dehumanization Organization Polarization Preparation Extermination Denial Genocide is a process that develops in eight stages that are predictable but not inexorable. At each stage, preventive measures can stop it. The process is not linear. Logically, later stages must be preceded by earlier stages. But all stages continue to operate throughout the process. 1. CLASSIFICATION: All cultures have categories to distinguish people into “us and them” by ethnicity, race, religion, or nationality: German and Jew, Hutu and Tutsi. Bipolar societies that lack mixed categories, such as Rwanda and Burundi, are the most likely to have genocide. The main preventive measure at this early stage is to develop universalistic institutions that transcend ethnic or racial divisions, that actively promote tolerance and understanding, and that promote classifications that transcend the divisions. The Catholic church could have played this role in Rwanda, had it not been riven by the same ethnic cleavages as Rwandan society. Promotion of a common language in countries like Tanzania has also promoted transcendent national identity. This search for common ground is vital to early prevention of genocide. 2. SYMBOLIZATION: We give names or other symbols to the classifications. We name people “Jews” or “Gypsies”, or distinguish them by colors or dress; and apply the symbols to members of groups. Classification and symbolization...
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...know Raphael Lemkin created a word to describe the Nazi’s way of killing the Jewish people, by using the ancient Greek word genos, (which means race and tribe) and the word Latin cide, (which means killing)? IT WAS GENOCIDE! Raphael Lemkin created the word Genocide because he lost his family in the Holocaust. Genocide is a mass murder that develop in ten stages: classification, symbolization, discrimination, dehumanization,...
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...Marxism and neglected his studies. He lost his scholarship and returned to Cambodia in 1953 and joined the underground Communist movement. The following year, Cambodia achieved full independence from France and was then ruled by a royal monarchy. Map & Photos Cambodia and surrounding area. Pol Pot addresses a closed meeting in Phnom Penh after the 1975 Khmer Rouge victory. Young Khmer Rouge soldiers in 1975. Tuol Sleng Prison, the nerve center of the Khmer Rouge secret police. Today it's the Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocide. The Killing Fields at Choeung Ek. This mass grave, discovered in 1980, was one of the first proofs to the outside world of what had occurred during Pol Pot's regime. By 1962, Pol Pot had become leader of the Cambodian Communist Party and was forced to flee into the jungle to escape the wrath of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia. In the jungle, Pol Pot formed an armed resistance movement that became known as the Khmer Rouge (Red Cambodians) and waged a guerrilla war against Sihanouk's government. In 1970, Prince Sihanouk was ousted, not by Pol Pot, but due to a U.S.-backed right-wing military coup. An embittered Sihanouk retaliated by joining with Pol Pot, his former enemy, in opposing Cambodia's new military government. That same year, the U.S. invaded Cambodia to expel the North Vietnamese from their border encampments, but instead drove them deeper into Cambodia where they allied themselves with the Khmer Rouge. From 1969 until 1973...
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