state crime that was committed in 1994‚ consisted of an ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Rwandan Tutsis. This violence had occurred between April to June in 1994. This Genocide had been spread all over Rwanda due hate speeches being spread across the country through the radio. One radio station in particular‚ named Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLMC)‚ used street language and hate speeches towards the Tutsi people. This radio station (RTLM) was established and mostly financed by Hutu extremists
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The Rwanda genocide has been known as one of humanity’s biggest failure in terms of scale of casualties and course of action taken by developed nations. An estimate of about 800‚000 – 1‚000‚000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus’ were killed by Hutu extremists. This resulted in the exodus of 2‚000‚000 Tutsis’ from Rwanda to countries surrounding the nation‚ this event was known as the Great Lake refugee crisis. What was Canada’s role in combating the Rwanda genocide? Canada took the role as the leader of
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learned that happened in our history. The Rwanda genocide‚ which took place from the 1990s to the early 2000s is another event which I believe relates to the main theme of the Chrysalids. The Rwanda genocide was a civil war that was based upon the Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority. The Hutu majority believed that they were the superior group and decided
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approximately 7 million is broken down into three main ethnic groups: the Hutu‚ the Tutsi‚ and the Twa. The largest of the ethnic groups‚ the Hutu‚ comprise nearly 85% of the nation’s population (Storey‚1999). In order to uphold their authority as a colonizing power‚ the Belgians initiated the polarization of the ethnic dichotomies through their efficient use of propaganda and social infrastructure. Differences amongst the Tutsis and Hutus‚ with regards to their facial structure and overall height‚ were henceforth
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beings usually have moral inhibitions about killing other humans‚ this changes if the target group is dehumanised so that its members are seen as worthless animals and therefore not worthy of moral consideration. In Rwanda (1994) the murder of 800‚000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu extremists are examples of this special form of institutional aggression. Staub (1999) had outlined five stages in the process of genocide that explained how difficult social conditions such as those found in pre-war Germany can hastily
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groups within the country. In Rwanda‚ there were three ethnic groups‚ the Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Hutu made up the majority while the Twa made up the minority group. Tensions were seen between the Hutu and the Tutsi. In 1993‚ when the Tutsi exerted more rights within the country the hatred between the Hutu and Tutsi grew even more. When Rwanda’s president Habyarimana’s plane was shot down‚ the Hutu blamed the Tutsi for this. The hostility between these groups grew and it eventually sparked the
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• Romeo was born on June 25‚ 1946 • Born in Denekamp‚ Netherlands • His father Romeo Louis Dallaire was a staff sergeant and also a non-commissioned officer in the Canadian Army • His mother Catherine Vermaessen was a Dutch nurse • Romeo later immigrated to Montreal when he was six months old with his Dallaire enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1963 as a cadet • He attended Le College militaire royal de Saint-jean • In 1970 Dallaire graduated from the Royal Military college of Canada • He graduated
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deployment of peace keeping forces as there were arguments about who would finance the operation. Finally the genocide came to a halt with the help of an exiled group of Tutsi rebels known as the Rwandan Patriotic Front. The RPF returned to Rwanda and ended the killings and took down the Hutu government. The genocide was over and 800‚000 Tutsis had lost their lives in 100 days. This genocide proved to be one of the most horrific in recent history
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In 1994‚ there was a mass genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis of Rwanda. Rwanda is located near Uganda‚ Congo‚ and Tanzania. These countries are located in Africa. Due to the location of Rwanda it caused controversy because many countries surrounding it wanted to take control over it. It caused tension between multiple countries and sparked a war which lead to a genocide. There are three groups in Rwanda – Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Twa group was initially the first group to settle in Rwanda
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terms of genocide‚ you put them into specific distinguishable groups. Both the Rwandan Genocide and the Holocaust included this step in their genocides. Jews and Germans were known and people could identify themselves in their countries as Hutus and Tutsis are in Rwanda. Though the way they were classified was not the same. “The Jews‚ according to Hitler‚ were the racial opposite[of the Germans]‚ and were actively engaged in an international conspiracy to keep this master race from assuming its rightful
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