By: Maddie Griffith
And
Rachel Brauns
ETHNIC VIOLENCE THROUGH DISPLACEMENT OF PEOPLES RESULTING IN
REFUGEE POPULATIONS
Rwanda Genocide
Armenian Genocide
• Forced to flee their homes because of their ethnicity
• Lived in refugee camps• Treated poorly• Lived in fear• Persecuted for little, no reason• Multiple times in the 1900’s• Killings would go on for years• Genocide- the deliberate
killing of a group of people because of their race, culture, political beliefs, or religion.
WHAT IS IT?
• Occurred all over Europe, Asia and Africa• Examples: Armenia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Palestinians,
and Darfurians
Armenian Genocide
• Hutu’s overthrew the Tutsi monarchy and established a republic
• Government planned how they would execute the plan
• Forced to use an id card to identify hutu/tutsi
• Hutu militia groups set out to kill all Tutsi’s
• About 1.1 million Tutsi’s killed
• Refugees would run to nearby countries
RWANDA GENOCIDE
• http://www.history.com/topics/rwandan-genocide/videos#rwanda-the-world-reacts
• United Nations sent 5,500 soldiers to Rwanda
• United States did not send troops
• French forces were deployed throughout Rwanda to stop violence and fighting
HOW THE WORLD REACTS
United States destroyed Cambodia while fighting the Viet Chong
Pot Pol-
- Went to school in France but became infatuated with
Marxism and Maoism
-Eventually lead the Khmer Rouge (Red Cambodians) or Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK )
-Renamed Democratic Republic of Kampuchea
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE1975-1979
Used Mao’s “Great Leap Fore ward” Ideals
1st Evacuation of Cities- Thousands of people died along the way and forced to work under horrible conditions
2nd Businesses shut down, No medicine, No foreigners, No family ties, Shut down to outside world
3rd Employed young soldiers eager to kill and placed his family in high positions in government
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE1975-1979
Killed anyone that-
1) Was a minority- Christians, Muslims, and Vietnamese
2) Professionals and intellectuals
3) People that refused or could not work
4) Anyone that opposed him- His own Party
Forced fake confessions out of people
Labor camps- Tuol Sleng Ranked them- “old citizens” to
“new citizens”
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE1975-1979
Fall- Vietnam invaded them and replaced with puppet gov
Pot pol fled and continued guerrila attacks until his death
other gov officals tried for inhumane treatment
CAMBODIAN GENOCIDE1975-1979
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia1.html
http://pub.mtholyoke.edu/journal/allonsy/?page=2
http://www.rightpundits.com/?p=8587
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia1.html
http://www.kaynou.wordpress.com
http://www.historyplace.com
http://www.dipity.com
http://www.coloradanmagazine.org/tag/cambodia
http://www.deathreference.com/En-Gh/Genocide.html#b
WORKS CITED