History of Darfur

With America’s history of people fighting for their rights, we have become accustomed to the idea that activism needs to be extreme; to cause riots, have aggression, and for people to be put in jail to make a point. We have created an image that there needs to be a fierce willingness to fight, in order for activism to be effective. As Malcolm Gladwell describes in “Why the Revolution Should not be Tweeted”, he reminds us of what ‘real’ activism is and how other generations have risked their lives

in Darfur. This happened to so many people like men, women, and children. Many people suffered from the mass torturing. This is known as a genocide. The genocide has been going on for about 13 years and is still going on today. This genocide is the first genocide in the 21st century. The darfur genocide was gruesome. Since the Darfur bloodshed was gruesome and had people attacking, it led the United States and Court to believe it was considered a genocide. Darfur is a horrible time in history for

Bryan Ramirez Mrs. Burton English 10 Honors 25 March 2012 Extermination in Genocide All genocides that have occurred in human history include various stages that are usually present; however, extermination, the 7th stage of genocide, is one that is present in all genocides. From the Armenian genocide and Darfur genocide, to the Rwandan and Jewish genocides, extermination is ever present in all of these. Extermination is explained to be mass killings of people, which

can at least have an idea of how Crisis in Darfur looks on Google Earth. I think in retrospect it is a good idea to get knowledge of the destruction of places throughout history. I wish it would have opened on my computer that way I could actually view the villages and the detail that were provided on the villagers. Also when reading about Crisis in Darfur I like that they provide testimonies from the survivors. The article also discussed Crisis in Darfur I loved how the discussed that it was the

Genocide in Darfur Darfur is the western region of the African country of Sudan. Currently, the people of Darfur have been continually attacked by the Sudanese army and by proxy-militia controlled by the Sudanese government. Families are being uprooted and starved, children tormented and murdered by the thousands and women raped without punishment. Innocent civilians in Darfur continue to be victims of unthinkable brutality. Many people have become homeless and seek protection in refugee camps

occurring in Darfur. Until then, the world had been concerned by the raging civil war in South Sudan and the peace talks associated with it. Darfur was a nowhere, unknown and uncared about for centuries. Suddenly newspapers were wild with reports of the 21st Century’s first genocide, and support was being drummed up from all corners of the world. But then the Asian tsunami on 26 December 2004 occurred and what is known as “world opinion” moved on to bigger disasters. Yet the crisis in Darfur continued;

the Arab and the Arab-speaking ethnic groups of the nomadic and semi-nomadic people who have specifically been deployed and recruited as Janjaweed militias in the Darfur region of Sudan. They inhabit the Northern and Southern part of Darfur. B. Black Africans In this research, the term “Black Africans” is employed in the context of Darfur crisis, and it is interchangeable with the word “victims” which is used to describe or refer to the principal victims of the Sudanese government’s military campaign

torturing of Darfur civilians. This is known as the Darfur genocide. It is still going on today. It’s been going on for over 13 years. Many times the Darfur Genocide has been called the first genocide of the 21st century. Many people i’ve been seeing question if it’s truly genocide. I have to say that I think it’s no doubt genocide. I say this because genocide is the deliberate extermination of a people or nation. To say the least it’s very deliberate what the Janjaweed has been doing to the Darfur citizens

“History repeats itself”, is a commonly used phrase and it is one that can be found to hold true in many situations. Throughout history there have been many incidents in which mass murder has occurred. A modern day example of mass murder in a conflict that is ongoing is the genocides occurring in Darfur, Sudan. The corrupt government in the country supports a group called the Janjaweed, which is the militia group that is mainly responsible for the large number of Darfur residents that have been murdered

The Darfur genocide was the first genocide in the twentieth century and it is also the first genocide to be declared genocide. Sadly the Darfur genocide still remains and millions of people are still being affected as of today. Roughly around 400,000 innocent lives were lost. (Society in Darfur, Chiff.com) In the year 2011 more than 500,000 Sudanese civilians were being driven out of their homes by the government’s harsh actions and decisions and this number is still rising. (It’s in my blood, stopgenocide