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Armenian Massacre
April 24, 1915 killed about 1.5 million people. ottoman authorities arrested some 250 armenian intellectuals and community leaders in constantinople. one of the first modern genocides -
Pol Pot and Khmer Rouge
cambodian communist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge. from 1976 till 1979 he served as the prime minister of Democratic Kampuchea. Pol Pot became leader of Cambodia on April 12, 1975. -
Soviet Purges
NKVD chief Genrikh Yagoda starts the purge. paranoid stalin used purges to control Russia. 5 year plan. 6 million peasants killed. stalin had troutsky assassinated -
Rape of Nanjing
a mass murder and war rape that occurred in a 6 week time span. hundreds of chinese people were murdered by the japanese imperial army. 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed. japan surrenders in 1945. -
German holocaust
happened in germany. between the nazis and the jews.the jews were being killed for no reason and had to leave germany. 200,000 jews were killed. -
South African Apartheid
in 1948, after the borer wars thier was a peace treaty signed called the treaty of vereniging black people thought this was a chance for equality of all racial groups. In 1970 the goverment segrigated education, medical care, beaches, an other public places. -
My Lai Massacre
26 Us soldiers were killed between 347 and 504 unarmed vietnamese women children and infants with fire arms gernades and bayonets. in hamlets of my lai and khe of son village. -
Uganda under Idi Amin
took place in Uganda. He had the support of Brittan, the United States and Israel in 1971.Idi Amin gave Asians 90 days to leave the country. He expelled almost 80,000 Asians to leave the country. in the end 100,000 – 500,000 people were killed. -
Missing People under Juan Peron in Argentina
took place in Argentina. the economy had fallen. 30,000 dissapered. -
Chile under Augusto Pinochet
happend in chile. Caused by implemented economic reforms, including currency stabilization, tariff cutting, opening Chile's markets to global trade, restricting labor unions, privatizing social security. 1,200–3,200 people were killed -
Iraq under Saddam Hussein
in iraq between iran and iraq. Saddam created security forces through which he tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces. caused 200,000 civilian deaths -
Somalia Civil War
war starts in somalia. between armed opposition groups and the nation's long-standing military government. the fall of the barre regime and new governments caused it. 500,000 and more died. -
Sierra Leone and the child soldiers
happening in Africa. The rebel Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone is forcing children to fight. the childrens rights are taken away.because they need soilders. 2.7 million killed. -
Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina
took place in bosnia and herzegovina. between bosnia muslims and the Army of the Republika Srpska. The ethnic cleansing campaign included unlawful confinement, murder, rape, sexual assault, torture, beating, robbery and inhumane treatment of civilians. 25,609 people died. -
Rwanda Genocide
Massacre of 800,000 tutsis in 100 days. East african state of rwanada. from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and cyperien Ntaryamira on April 6 through mid july over 500,000 people were killed. -
Darfur Conflict
conflict of ethnic and tribal lines between janjaweed and rebel armies. 2 million to 4 million died
