Genocide

General Information
Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
This three volume set covers the Nazi Holocaust, "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, tribal warfare in Rwanda and more. The Encyclopedia spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large. It traces the history of events that qualify as genocide and crimes against humanity, profiles perpetrators and heroes, and explains international laws and law proceedings aimed at ending genocide and crimes against humanity. It also delves into depictions and manifestations of the phenomenon, such as propaganda, sociological and philosophical explanations, literature and film.
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Biography Resource Center
Use this site to find biographies on world leaders and influential figures. http://galenet.galegroup.com/

World History - Modern Era
Click on Township HS Dist 214 log in here.
http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com/login.aspx

Student Resource Center
Use this site to find stories and other news about your country. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC?locID=dist214

What is Genocide?
A definition of genocide and the difficulty in bringing those responsible to trial. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1701562.stm

Armenia
Armenian Genocide
An article which discusses the 1915 genocide in Armenia. http://www.armenian-genocide.org/genocide.html

A Day to Remember
Remembering April 24 and the Armenians who died on that day. http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc3.htm

Armenia: 1.5 million dead
The tragedy of those who died in Armenia. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/armenians.htm

Armenian Genocide
Facts about the Armenian genocide. http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/facts/genocide.html

Cambodia
Cambodia: Two Million Dead
The tragedy of those killed during Pol Pot's regime. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/pol-pot.htm

Cambodia Genocide Project
A study of the millions killed over three years. http://www.yale.edu/cgp/

Pol Pot's Shadow
The aftermath of Cambodia after Pol Pot's regime. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/cambodia/

Pol Pot in Cambodia
How Pol Pot terrorized Cambodia. http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/pol_pot.htm

Pol Pot
The life and death of Pol Pot. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9804/15/pol.pot.915pm/

China (Nanking)
Scarred by History
The massacre and rape in Nanking, China. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/223038.stm

Nanking Massacre
Eyewitness report on the Rape of Nanking. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/nanking.html

Nanking: 300,000 dead
The tragedy of Nanking after the city was invaded by the Japanese army. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm

Nanking Massacre
The defeat of Nanking by the Japanese army. http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/nanking_massacre.htm

Nightmare in Nanking
Stories from an author who wrote about the atrocities in Nanking. http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/1197web/nanking.html

Iraq (Hussein's violent campaigns against the Kurds)
Guns, Money and an Endless Dream
Kurds struggle amongst themselves as they cling to their ultimate dream of statehood while they are forced to deal with Iraq's Saddam Hussein in a journal article from the Student Resource Center. http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Killing of Kurds Genocide
The BBC News reports that a court in The Hague has ruled that the killing of thousands of Kurds in Iraq in the 1980s was an act of genocide. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4555000.stm

Saddam Hussein Arraigned before Iraqi Court, July 1, 2004
In the Student Resource Center online reference book, Historic World Events, it states that after the Gulf War, Hussein was held responsible for the killing of thousands of Iraqi Kurds during the 1980s. http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Geoncide in Iraq
A Middle East Watch Report on the Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds.
http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/iraqanfal/

113 Kurds are Found in a Mass Grave
U.S. investigators have exhumed the remains of 113 people from a mass grave in southern Iraq that may hold at least 1,500 victims of Saddam Hussein's campaign against the Kurdish minority in the 1980s
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/29/
AR2005042901191.html

Native Americans: Examples: Sand Creek, Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee
Massacre at Wounded Knee
The last major battle and massacre in 1890. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/knee.htm

Native Americans and the Railroad
How the progress of the railroad decimated the Native Americans. http://www.nps.gov/gosp/history/Native_American_RR.html

Sand Creek Massacre
A massacre when the Plains Indians Resisted White Encroachment from the
Student Resource Center.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/

Cherokee Trail of Tears
The forcible removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. http://ngeorgia.com/history/nghisttt.html

Russia under Stalin's Regime -- Ukrainian Genocide (Holodomor)
Ukrainian Genocide of 1932 - 1933
The Home page for the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/knee.htm

Holodomor
The Holodomor Memorial Website mission helps uncover the cause of the
Ukrainian Holodomor (famine-genocide) of 1932-1933.
http://www.holodomor.org/

Rwanda
Rwanda: 800,000 dead
The tragedy of those killed during the conflict between ethnic tribes. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/rwanda.htm

U.N. Tribunal
The tribunal for crimes against humanity in Rwanda. http://www.ictr.org/

Triumph on Evil
Focus the the massacre of 800,000 within 3 months. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/evil/

Leave None to Tell the Story
Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda. http://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/rwanda/

Genocide in Rwanda
The one hundred day massacre in Rwanda. http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm

Sudan
Crisis Zone
The crisis of killing in Darfur, Sudan. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/sudan/darfur.html

Crisis in Darfur, Sudan
Instead of fighting the rebels, the government forces have waged a systematic campaign against unarmed civilians belonging to the same ethnic groups as the rebel groups – mainly the Fur, Masaalit and Zaghawa. http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=sudan

International Crisis Group
The crisis in Darfur. http://www.crisisweb.org/home/index.cfm?id=2700&l=1

Witnessing Genocide in Darfur
The tragedy of mass killings in Darfur. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/08/60minutes/main648277.shtml

Uganda Controlled Congo
Fighting Feeds Congo Genocide Fear
CNN article on fears of possible genocide. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/05/08/congo.uganda/index.html

Rwanda and Uganda: Who Is To Blame?
Both Uganda and Rwanda should be blamed for the death of innocent civilians.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/debates/african/781081.stm

Congo Civil War
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), three million people have been killed since 1998. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/congo.htm

Sovereignty Redux: The ICJ Ruling in Congo v. Uganda
International Court of Justice ruling in Congo v. Uganda is a victory for sovereignty doctrine. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2005/12/sovereignty-redux-icj-ruling-in-congo.php


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