2 Modern Day Genocides

Kari Lau

Angela Faye N.

Rocky Ramones

• Aleppo genocide
• In Aleppo, Syria there is a modern day genocide occurring. The government that is led by president Bashar Al is murdering citizens who are against the government. During this time, those who were against the president had control of the eastern side of Aleppo, while those who were pro-government were residents of the west. However, in December the government acquired the city as a whole. So, they started to evacuate to find refuge. However, the evacuation failed and attacks resumed. Many people started to die, there are mass executions taking place across the city, according to Heavy. For instance, women and children are being burned alive rather than surrender to the government. However, this genocide did not just occur now but throughout the 6 year period that civil war has been taking place in Syria. According to the LA times, “ Since the war began, an estimated 400,000 people have been killed, some 4.8 million have fled the country and 6.6 million more have been internally displaced”. These murders were all handled by the government through stunning, chemical weapons, executions, and more. Truly a sad event in history to occur.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/38303230

http://stopgenocidenow.org/actions-3/2016/12/listen-alarm-bells/

• Listen to the Alarm Bells
• People have been focused on Aleppo, with a good reason. But while their eyes are focused on Aleppo, South Sudan is on the edge of genocide and no one is watching. “A steady process of ethnic cleansing inderway in several areas of South Sudan include starvation, gang rape, and the burning of the villages,” according to the UN commission on South Sudan. The world’s youngest country is hidden with the forgotten conflicts, just in the shadows and set out to be worried about later. 70% of women from the Civilian Protection Camps have reported of being raped, and 78% had been forced to watch the violent sexual attacks. It’s far worse than “things might get bad in South Sudan.” It’s already bad enough, and it’ll get a whole lot worse. 1,263,681 refugees have fled the violence, according to The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). 3,500 have fled each day, during the month of October, and the death toll is rising. Many of them worry that once the rainy season stops, the situation would only get worse.