Rwanda Genocide Thesis
Tiffany Brown Brown 1
Ms. Dewees
Senior Seminar
5-22-09
The Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was massive killings in 1994. Rwanda was characterized by ethnic divides between the Hutu and Tutsi population. The Tutsis were being targeted no matter what age or gender. Innocent civilians were all unarmed and weren’t given a chance. It established ethnic conflict that would eventually leave Rwanda in great potential for future violence. The genocide escalated from a peaceful background over hundreds of years that then evolved into hatred of ethnic differences that led to mass killings ending with the aftermath of Rwanda’s most …show more content…
To expand, Rwanda neighboring peoples regardless of whether they were pastoralists or cultivators and regardless of whether they were organized in lineages or in states.
By the end of the nineteenth century, the ruler governed the central regions. He made so that powerful lineage groups dominated. Some of them were pastoralists and some cultivators (Either Tutsis or Hutus). In addition, he tolerated the existence of several small states within the boundaries of Rwanda, usually because their rulers were thought to control rainfall, crop pests, or some other aspect of agricultural productivity important for Rwanda as a whole. The President Habyarimana and his circle counted themselves as the representatives of Bushiru, the largest such state within Rwanda at the beginning of the colonial …show more content…
ID cards were constantly requested at the checkpoints and guaranteed death to many Tutsis. The International Committee of the Red Cross issued the description statement on Rwandan events. On the 9th and 10th of April Belgium and France sent their troops to Rwanda in order to evacuate their citizens as well as Americans residing in the country. The Europeans did not render any kind of help to the Tutsis or even the ambassadors of Western countries. On the 11th of April, Belgian peacekeepers obtained an order to leave the building of the Don Bosco School which gave shelter to the two thousands of hiding Tutsis. The exposed and defenseless people were immediately slaughtered by the Hutu.
On the 21st of April the United Nations Security Council unanimously decided to withdraw the peacekeeping forces from Rwanda. The same day the Red Cross announced that the number of people killed had reached tens, if not hundreds of thousands. However the officials of both UN and the US government continued to avoid the term “genocide” in their public appearances. Moreover on the 3rd of May President Bill Clinton had signed the Presidential Decision Directive 25, which limited the participation of
Ms. Dewees
Senior Seminar
5-22-09
The Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was massive killings in 1994. Rwanda was characterized by ethnic divides between the Hutu and Tutsi population. The Tutsis were being targeted no matter what age or gender. Innocent civilians were all unarmed and weren’t given a chance. It established ethnic conflict that would eventually leave Rwanda in great potential for future violence. The genocide escalated from a peaceful background over hundreds of years that then evolved into hatred of ethnic differences that led to mass killings ending with the aftermath of Rwanda’s most …show more content…
To expand, Rwanda neighboring peoples regardless of whether they were pastoralists or cultivators and regardless of whether they were organized in lineages or in states.
By the end of the nineteenth century, the ruler governed the central regions. He made so that powerful lineage groups dominated. Some of them were pastoralists and some cultivators (Either Tutsis or Hutus). In addition, he tolerated the existence of several small states within the boundaries of Rwanda, usually because their rulers were thought to control rainfall, crop pests, or some other aspect of agricultural productivity important for Rwanda as a whole. The President Habyarimana and his circle counted themselves as the representatives of Bushiru, the largest such state within Rwanda at the beginning of the colonial …show more content…
ID cards were constantly requested at the checkpoints and guaranteed death to many Tutsis. The International Committee of the Red Cross issued the description statement on Rwandan events. On the 9th and 10th of April Belgium and France sent their troops to Rwanda in order to evacuate their citizens as well as Americans residing in the country. The Europeans did not render any kind of help to the Tutsis or even the ambassadors of Western countries. On the 11th of April, Belgian peacekeepers obtained an order to leave the building of the Don Bosco School which gave shelter to the two thousands of hiding Tutsis. The exposed and defenseless people were immediately slaughtered by the Hutu.
On the 21st of April the United Nations Security Council unanimously decided to withdraw the peacekeeping forces from Rwanda. The same day the Red Cross announced that the number of people killed had reached tens, if not hundreds of thousands. However the officials of both UN and the US government continued to avoid the term “genocide” in their public appearances. Moreover on the 3rd of May President Bill Clinton had signed the Presidential Decision Directive 25, which limited the participation of