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Armenian Genocide

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The Armenian Genocide (1915-16): In Depth

The Armenian Genocide, in History and Politics: What to Know (Published 2021)After years of avoiding the topic, the U.S. government now officially views the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a century ago as genocide. Here’s what it means.

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Cambodian Genocide

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CambodiaBetween 1975 and 1979, Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge subjected the country’s citizens to forced labor, persecution, and execution in the name of the regime’s ruthless agrarian ideology. Almost two million people—approximately one third of the country’s populatio

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Cultural Revolution (China)

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Cultural Revolution in China: Purge of the Impure | PBS LearningMediaFollow chef Ming Tsai’s grandfather through World War II, the Chinese Civil War, and the Cultural Revolution in this episode of Finding Your Roots. Learn about the traumatic experiences he faced as he fled from communist control in search of freedom and safety. Using video, text, text-dependent discussion questions, and teaching tips students will learn about the Cultural Revolution with English Language Arts and Literacy-based activities.

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The Cost of the Cultural Revolution, Fifty Years LaterWhat effect did Mao’s campaign have on China’s soul? This is still not a subject that can be openly debated.

The Cultural Revolution: all you need to know about China's political convulsionFifty years ago one of the bloodiest eras in history began, in which as many as two million people died. But who started it and what was it for?

Darfur

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Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West DarfurAttacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan’s West Darfur state, from April to November 2023, killed at least thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands as refugees.

The Darfur Conflict: Estimated Impact of Military SpendingThe costs of the Darfur conflict are a serious public policy issue. Furthermore, it is an unaffordable drain on Sudan’s resources.

Sudan conflict: Possible genocide committed in Darfur, HRW says The RSF is accused of committing ethnic cleansing against Massalit and other non-Arab communities.

Sudan: New Mass Ethnic Killings, Pillage in DarfurThe Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias, killed hundreds of civilians in West Darfur in early November 2023.

“The Massalit Will Not Come Home”The 218-page report, “‘The Massalit Will Not Come Home’: Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity in El Geneina, West Darfur, Sudan,” documents that the Rapid Support Forces, an independent military force in armed conflict with the Sudan military, and their allied mainly Arab militias, including the Third-Front Tamazuj, an armed group, targeted the predominantly Massalit neighborhoods of El Geneina in relentless waves of attacks from April to June. Abuses escalated again in early November. The attackers committed other serious abuses such as torture, rape, and looting. More than half a million refugees from West Darfur have fled to Chad since April 2023. As of late October 2023, 75 percent were from El Geneina.

The Darfur Conflict: Estimated Impact of Military SpendingThe costs of the Darfur conflict are a serious public policy issue. Furthermore, it is an unaffordable drain on Sudan’s resources.

Ethnic Cleansing In Bosnia- Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992–1995The creation of an independent Bosnian nation that would have a Bosniak majority was opposed by Bosnian Serbs, who launched a military campaign to secure coveted territory and “cleanse” Bosnia of its Muslim civilian population.

Genocide in Yugoslavia | Clinton | PBS LearningMediaLearn about the genocide that occurred in the Bosnian region of the former Yugoslavia and the response of the Clinton administration, in this video adapted from Clinton | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. When Serbs attempted to massacre Bosnia's Muslim population, the United States was initially reluctant to intervene militarily. After the genocide escalated, however, President Clinton ordered airstrikes against the Serbian forces, a decision that ultimately led to the signing of a peace agreement. Warning: This video contains graphic images of war casualties.

Three reasons why the economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina is off balance | BrookingsTwenty years after the end of the Bosnian war, the country is still not doing as well as could be expected. Here, the authors explore three factors that need to be addressed in order to rebalance Bosnia’s economy.

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Holocaust

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The Holocaust: History and Memory - Google Arts & CultureExplore the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a living memorial that encourages visitors to remember, reflect, and act to confront hate and promote human dignity. In this virtual tour you will examine how the museum preserves and presents Holocaust history

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Nanking Massacre

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Memorial ceremony in China honours victims of Nanking massacreChina marked the 85th anniversary of the Nanking massacre in the lead-up to World War II, with a national memorial ceremony on December 13, 2022. In 1937, Japanese troops invaded the city of…

70 Years Later, Struggle for Nanking Massacre Justice ContinuesThe late historian Iris Chang, and now her mother, take up a generations-old fight to remember the Japanese atrocities in China

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My Lai Massacre

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American Experience | The My Lai Massacre: A National Shame | Season 22 | Episode 6 | PBSLearning about My Lai changed American opinions about the Vietnam War.

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My Lai Massacre: Vietnam War & Colin Powell - HISTORYThe My Lai massacre was an attack on the Vietnamese village of My Lai during the Vietnam War, when hundreds of civilians were raped and murdered by U.S. troops.

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Rohingya Crisis

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Myanmar official says 'totally underestimated' economic impact of Rohingya crisis(Refiles this Sept. 5 story to add dropped word "was" in seventh paragraph; removes extraneous word, punctuation in 11th paragraph.)

BurmaAfter decades of persecution, Burma’s Rohingya minority suffered attacks at the hands of the Burmese military in August 2017 that included mass killing, rape, torture, arson, arbitrary arrest and detention, and forced displacement of more than 700,000 peo

RwandaIn 1994, between 500,000 and one million Rwandans were massacred in a genocide when the Hutu extremist-led government launched a plan to wipe out the country’s entire Tutsi minority and any others who opposed their policies.

Economic Effects of Genocide: Evidence from Rwanda†Abstract. Cross-country studies on the economic consequences of internal political violence typically find short-run effects that are not very large, and no evi

The Rohingya crisis and Bangladesh's economic downturn - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy CentreBangladesh has been generous but cannot bear sole responsibility for the Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, says Chowdhury Dilruba Shoma.

Rwanda Genocide

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"I survived genocide. Now I'm telling the story of my country"Jo Ingabire Moys tells Newsweek about surviving genocide against Tutsi people in Rwanda in 1994.

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The Economic Effects of Genocide: Evidence from Rwanda†Abstract. Cross-country studies on the economic consequences of internal political violence typically find short-run effects that are not very large, and n

Uyghurs

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Who are the Uyghurs and why is China being accused of genocide?China has been accused by the US of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Muslim minority group.

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Is China Committing Genocide Against the Uyghurs?The Muslim minority group faces mass detention and sterilization—human rights abuses that sparked the U.S.' diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics

Chinese Persecution of the UyghursThe Chinese government’s campaign against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang is multi-faceted and systematic. Core strategies of the campaign include identity-based persecution, mass detention, surveillance, enforced sterilizations, forced labor, and forced assimila