Mr. Lawrence's Human Rights Timeline 3

Armenian Massacre

Apr 24, 1915

The Armenian Genocide was a massive killing done by the Ottoman Turks about 1.5 million people were killed. This horrific event is titled "the hidden holocaust" because its been almost fully forgotten. This was the second most studied genocide, after the holocaust

Rape of Nanjing

Dec 13, 1937

During the Rape of Nanjing, many Chinese people were killed and raped. Nanjing was captured on December 13, 1937 by the Japanese. People were raped, mass executed, burned alive and even buried alive. The Japanese deny doing this on such a large scale.

German Holocaust

Oct 28, 1941

During this period of time German Jews were sent to concentration camps to work for the rest of their lives or if the looked weak or sick then they were put in gas chambers and killed. About six million of the Jewish population was killed. This was a horrific event and is the most studied topic.

My Lai Massacre

Mar 16, 1968

Massacre of of a Viatnemese village during the Vietnam War. American soldiers opened fire, on women, children and even pets, because they suspected that there were troops hiding out in the village.

Chile under Augusto Pinochet

Jan 28, 1974

General Augusto Pinoche led the military uprising that overthrew Chile's president, Salvador Allende. In the days that followed, Pinochet's forces rounded up Allende supporters. Many were tortured, and more than 3,000 were killed or disappeared. One hundred thousand Allende supporters went into exile.

Dirty War

Apr 17, 1976

A period of terrorism and guerrilla in Argentina. The victims of the Dirty War were mostly left-wing activists and militants. Around 13, 000 people were killed or dissapeared.

Uganda under Idi Amin

Jan 28, 1977

Idi Amin took control of power during a military coup d'etat in 1971. He ruled Uganda for seven years as a dictator. 50,000 Ugandans were killed during his rule.

South African Apartheid

Jan 28, 1984

The South African Apartheid happened in well South Africa. Afrikaners were involved. These violations were the brutality of police and the blacks being arrested for no valid reason. This happened because the whites believed that the only reason that blacks existed was to serve them. In total about 600,000 people were affected by it all together.

Iraq under Saddam Hussein

Jul 16, 1988

Saddam launched a series of attacks against the Kurds, the long-term effects of which are only now becoming apparent. He focused on the Kurds because they were trying to gain independence,

Somalia Civil War

Jan 28, 1991

Dictator Mahammad Siad Barre fled Somalia leaving it without a functioning government. Opposing clans started fighting each other for power and to see who would lead. 50,000 Somalis were killed and 300,000 more died of starvation because they couldn't get supplies.

Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Apr 28, 1992

When Bosnia tried to secede, the Serbians decided to invade with Yugoslavian war equiptment so that they could "ethnically clense" the area. The Serbians were after Bosnian Muslims who said that they were there to free Serbian orthodox christians that were living in Bosnia. The killings finally ended in 1995.

Rwanda Genocide

Jan 28, 1994

Caused by tentions with the Tutsi tribe. Over 100 days 500,000 people were killed.

Sierra Leone and Child Soldiers

May 15, 2002

Foday Sankoh led the group Revolutionary United Front. They invaded Eastern Sierra Leone. They started a campaign to eliminate the corrupt politics of the current government.

Darfur Conflict

Jan 1, 2003

The Sudan Liberation Army & Justice and Equality Movement started attacking government targets. They did this because they thought that they were oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs.