Genocides Still Occurring Today
When people think of genocide, they usually think of the Jewish Holocaust or maybe the Rwandan Genocide. They usually think that an unbelievable amount of people must be dying, and if that was occurring then they would know about it. One would like to think that because of the history with genocides, we would know how to stop them in the future. Unfortunately, this is not always true, as seen by the fact that there are 5+ genocides still occurring today.
One of these involves the Rohingya in Myanmar. Myanmar is a mostly Buddhist country, yet the Rohingya who live there are not and have long suffered as second-class citizens in their own country. Most people in the country believe that they are somehow illegal immigrants and "terrorists" from Bangladesh. Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State at the time, declared the Rohingya crisis an act of "ethnic cleansing" in 2017. At the time up to 3,000 people had been killed, and 270,000 displaced. In 2018, more than 730,000 Rohingya continued to flee these conditions and headed for Bangladesh. The Myanmar government denied the evidence of any "ethnic cleansing" and refused to allow investigators to access the Rakhine State.
Another genocide is one involving the Nuer and other ethnic groups in South Sudan. Throughout the brutal civil war that South Sudan has faced since becoming its own country, their President Salva Kiir has been using his army to wage a campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Nuer. The Nuer are Dinka's main rival ethnic group, as well as other small local groups. The Nuer have also taken part in ethnic cleansing against the Dinka as well. The UK branded these actions as genocide. In 2018, an estimated 383,000 people died as a result of this civil war. In February 2019, the UN announced that "every kind of norm has been broken" as the brutality in South Sudan continued. They included that it could potentially rise to war crimes.
These are just two examples of the genocides that are still occurring today. Researchers have theories on how to actually stop these atrocities, but any strategies currently being taken out are having little success.
One of these involves the Rohingya in Myanmar. Myanmar is a mostly Buddhist country, yet the Rohingya who live there are not and have long suffered as second-class citizens in their own country. Most people in the country believe that they are somehow illegal immigrants and "terrorists" from Bangladesh. Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State at the time, declared the Rohingya crisis an act of "ethnic cleansing" in 2017. At the time up to 3,000 people had been killed, and 270,000 displaced. In 2018, more than 730,000 Rohingya continued to flee these conditions and headed for Bangladesh. The Myanmar government denied the evidence of any "ethnic cleansing" and refused to allow investigators to access the Rakhine State.
Another genocide is one involving the Nuer and other ethnic groups in South Sudan. Throughout the brutal civil war that South Sudan has faced since becoming its own country, their President Salva Kiir has been using his army to wage a campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Nuer. The Nuer are Dinka's main rival ethnic group, as well as other small local groups. The Nuer have also taken part in ethnic cleansing against the Dinka as well. The UK branded these actions as genocide. In 2018, an estimated 383,000 people died as a result of this civil war. In February 2019, the UN announced that "every kind of norm has been broken" as the brutality in South Sudan continued. They included that it could potentially rise to war crimes.
These are just two examples of the genocides that are still occurring today. Researchers have theories on how to actually stop these atrocities, but any strategies currently being taken out are having little success.
Very interesting, has there been any efforts from the US or the UN to stop it?
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