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PBS shows about the Uyghurs Genocide

PBS is accurate and began documenting the Genocide since 2014.

The US says China is committing genocide against the Uyghurs. Here's some of the most chilling evidence.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. and China are engaged in an increasingly intense confrontation over Beijing's human rights record – exchanging near-daily salvos over allegations Xi Jinping's government is committing genocide against the Uyghur people.

The Uyghurs & Islam in China

In the West, the Uyghur people are a scarcely known ethnic group. Located in the Xinjiang region of far west China, this primarily Islamic minority is increasingly misunderstood. As geopolitics continue to intertwine and fearfully react to the exploits of extremist, terrorists groups such as ISIS, it is crucial that misunderstandings of little-known peoples be clarified. This unit attempts to address both the cultural richness and current challenges of the Uyghur people.

Facing History: The Targeting of Uighur Muslims in China

The teaching ideas provide information and context to help students understand how China is repressing the Uighur minority and encourage students to consider the experiences of a religious minority group regarded with suspicion and targeted with discriminatory policies and incarceration.

Bosnian Genocide Webquest

Designed for students that are learning virtually, this webquest provides students with an overview of the Bosnian Genocide. Created by Texas Educator Rebecca Kidder

Human Rights Watch: Contemporary Updates

Current updates on Bosnia Herzegovina and contemporary conversations and issues in the region.

Reflections on Teaching Social Violence in an Age of Genocide

With an anthropological emphasis, this features structures of inequality and various forms of social violence. Genocide, racialization, and structural poverty are included.

History Channel Overview of Bosnian Genocide

In April 1992, the government of the Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia. Over the next several years, Bosnian Serb forces, with the backing of the Serb-dominated Yugoslav army, perpetrated atrocious crimes against Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) and Croatian civilians, resulting in the deaths of some 100,000 people (80 percent of them Bosniak) by 1995.

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda

This book is a memoir of General Romeo Dallaire. Dallaire was a Canadian peacekeeper sent by the UN as commander of the peacekeeping effort in Rwanda a few months before the genocide in 1994.  The book discusses the events of the Rwandan Genocide, the role of the United Nations, and failure of the world community to address the horrors in Rwanda. ISBN: 0786715103

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