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    Rwanda Genocide

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    Genocides are an act of mass murdering for a certain reason, some of the genocides that have happened has been because of hatred against a certain religion, Race, appearance, gender, and many more. Genocides have happened in many occasions throughout time one of the most well genocides know around the world is the holocaust which was a genocide that wiped the majority of the Jewish race. Many other genocides have happened around the world that aren't well known because it wasn't at a scale like the

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    The Holodomor: Genocide

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    The Holodomor is a twentieth century “genocide” that was carried out, dismissed by, and hidden from global examination for several years. Although there are theories, but no real explanation as to why and how this atrocity was carried out. It appears this action could only be completed by the leader of a totalitarian government. The Holodomor is used to describe death by starvation and comes from two Ukrainian words “holod,” meaning starvation or hunger, and “moryty,” to inflict death. In the western

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    What Is Genocide?

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    The word genocide, derived from the Greek roots genos (people) and cide (killing), did not enter the English language until 1944; the end of World War II. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the term means, “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.” Not everybody believes genocides continue to this day, other may have a different opinion or thoughts. Sometimes people don’t see the genocide they’ve created because they believe their methods are

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    Those responsible for these mass murders were usually governments, political leaders, or rebels. The “justification” for these inhumane crimes varied from discrimination of race, religion gender or ethnicity. These mass murders are also known as genocide. To make matters worse, for a period of time a majority of those responsible for these unspeakable crimes were not prosecuted. The reason being is that there was no way to bring the perpetrators to justice especially with the volume of victims

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    Genocide In Rwanda

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    Genocide is defined as the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. In other words mass murder. But it's more than that, it also means committing any of the following acts with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. Killing or Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of living and bringing it to its physical destruction

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    The Cause Of Genocide

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    What causes genocide? Is genocide preventable? In order to prevent genocide, we will have to understand it. “You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.” (Tim Walz) We must study and match genocides and cultivate a functioning theory about the genocidal progression. Genocide is a definite evil ethical crime any ruling authority such as a government can compel against its people. A wide-ranging explanation of genocide is the intent to destroy or murder people because

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    The Armenian Genocide

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    Armenians?” (“Armenian Genocide Museum of America”). Not but 100 years ago, a mass murder of over 1.5 million innocent Armenian citizens occurred in the former Ottoman Empire at the hands of the Turkish military officials. Yet in the present day, many sources and scholars throughout the world refuse to accept such exterminating events that took place between the Turks and Armenians. (History.com Staff). According to Dictionary.com, the very definition of the word genocide means to “deliberately kill

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    Genocide Essay

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    Genocide It is amazing the word genocide has not been identified earlier in time. It is quite evident that it has been Practice with various controlling entities throughout history. It can be seen in the Peloponnesian War by statements giving by Thucydides”; He describes in his writings the slaughtering of people in Melos after refusing to surrender. Many references of various battles in ancient time would slaughter the men in the populace in the city, to display their dominance and show some traits

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    Genocide In Syria

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    If you were to look up the term genocide in the dictionary you would find a definition like, the deliberate killing of a large group of people. In recents years, the atrocities occurring in Syria are controversial on whether a genocide is taking place or not. I do not believe what is going on in Syria is a genocide. Back in2011, Bashar Al-assad began using force on peaceful protesters. He would use military weapons attack civilian buildings like, hospitals and schools. In recent years the conflict

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    Genocide Essay

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    Genocide, the deliberate killing of a large group, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Genocides have been happening for more than a century, the first genocide being the attempted annihilation of the Herero by the Germans in South West Africa from 1904 to 1907. Since then at least thirty genocides have happened since accounting for 4,000 deaths at the least, to 17,000,000 million deaths at the highest (List of Genocides). The second known genocide was carried out by the Turks

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