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Observers are fearing the worst for South Sudan, which may very well become the next Rwanda. Much like the ethnic cleansing of over 800,000 people by warring tribal factions the Hutus and Tutsi's, there is a growing "ethnic tone" attributed to the political violence in South Sudan, where mass graves and indiscriminate killings have marred the young country's delicate future.

On Tuesday the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to bring in an additional 5,500 troops on top of the 6,800 currently stationed to help protect civilians vulnerable to the roving gangs and party faction massacres. Despite a sizeable increase in forces, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon fears that they will not be able to protect every civilian in South Sudan from rivaling party violence.

"The parties are responsible for ending the conflict," Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in a less than optimistic statement.

With the U.N. struggling to put a damper on South Sudan's violence, U.S. Marines have been working to evacuate Americans living in South Sudan after U.N. officials declared that there had been a severe "breakdown in respect for the most basic rights of people".

Two mass graves had been discovered earlier this week, one grave in Bentiu containing 14 bodies, and one adjacent to a riverbank containing another 20 bodies. Officials say other reported graves were found in Juba, and more bodies may have been burned.

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay weighed in on the human rights abuses, sayng that South Sudan is experiencing a "serious and growing" problem, one which the U.N. can hardly tackle alone.

This comes after only a brief two year existence for South Sudan, which separated from the north after loyalists to Sudan's rejected vice president, Riek Machar, attempted a coup against President Salva Kiir. Forces loyal to Machar and Machar himself deny there was ever such an attempt.

Sudan's oil-rich and south contained a majority of the separitists, and after succeeding in 2011, the south has experienced "sporadic violence".

The growing numbers of casualties and blatant disregards for human life bring the "sporadic violence" to a new level of ethnic conflict says officials.

In a new wave of fighting, Sudanese forces had taken control of the South Sudan city of Bor until Tuesday, when after a six-hour fight, the military had retaken control of the city.

In a statement, South Sudan's President urged for a peaceful reconciliation with the north, and a means to end the fighting between the once united nation.

Trying to escape the escalating violence, thousands have fled to U.N. supported shelters, where rations and supplies are running low. Some come with varying afflictions, ranging from gunshot wounds to infectious diseases. Officials say they are doing all they can to manage the influx of injured civilians.

The U.N. says despite the tough road ahead, it will continue it's efforts to protect South Sudan's people from harm.

"The U.N. stood with you on your road to independence," said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. "We will stay with you now... The U.N. will stay with you."

Until then U.N. officials are doing all they can to make sure South Sudan doesn't become the next Rwanda.

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South Sudan the Next Rwanda? · Guardian Liberty Voice

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Observers are fearing the worst for South Sudan, which may very well become the next Rwanda. Much like the ethnic cleansing of over 800,000 people by warring tribal factions the Hutus and Tutsi's, there is a growing "ethnic tone" attributed to the political violence in South Sudan, where mass graves and indiscriminate killings have marred ...

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Background Information - In 1994, Rwanda's population of 7 million was mainly composed if 3 ethnic groups. The Hutu (85%), Tutsi (14%), and Twa (1%), between April and July of 1994, at least 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were killed when a Hutu extremist-lead launched a plan to murder the county's entire Tutsi population and any others that defied the government's policies.
Response From the Other Countries - After the clashes between the three minority groups within Rwanda, many people across the globe deemed the situation as an internal conflict within the country. Little of the population knew about the genocide within the country and was mostly ignored. Soon after the killing started, United Nation’s General requested support, however, he was rejected and the UN threatened to remove current troops from the country. The country was left without any support from other more powerful countries, international support left after the large killings, few aid supports stayed.

Similarities to Holocaust - In 1994, Rwanda's population of 7 million was composed of three ethnic groups: Hutu , Tutsi and Twa. Between April and July 1994, at least 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus were executed when a Hutu extremist-led government launched a plan to murder the country's entire Tutsi minority and any citizens who opposed their policies. This is eerily similar to the annihilation of Jews by the German dictator Adolf Hitler, when about 160,000 to 180,000 German Jews were terminated, and fewer than 20,000 Jews remained in Germany.

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Background: it started as an uprising against the government but they responded with mass killings. Most atrocities have been against the Sunni Muslim majority, but civilian lives have not been considered in their attempt to maintain power. During the chaos, the self proclaimed Islamic state seized land and also started to kill people that didn't fallow there extreme Islamic beliefs.
Response: The security of the world and the region was in danger. The extremist forces in Syria threatened the US interests. In response to the threat by the IS to Iraq, the US and several Arab states began a bombing campaign.

Similarities: Similarities between the Holocaust and Syria are that in both situations citizens were cast aside and treated like nothing. Also Multiple countries are involved in both conflicts. Religious extremist killed anyone of the opposite religion in both Germany and Syria.

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Tens of thousands citizens were killed by bombings and improvised explosive devices  in the months and years following the Hussein regime’s fall. Minorities  were often caught in the middle of the conflict, which resulted in even more deaths. Those attacks by extremists continued for over a decade, resulting in around 500,000 deaths. The attacks revealed the inability and unwillingness of the Iraqi government to respond to provide adequate physical protection to civilians, regardless of their ethnic or religious identity. ISIS took advantage of the country’s instability, appealing to the Sunnis while also recruiting foreign fighters. ISIS uses genocide and ethnic cleansing as tools for establishing an Islamic regime in Iraq and Syria. In ISIS occupied areas, the commission of mass atrocities, including murder, kidnapping, and enslavement of women, is permissible. This is similar to the Holocaust because many people lost their lives. The United States government has responded by sending our military to Iraq and Syria to help regulate the crisis.

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After WWII, from 1992-1995, in Bosnia, the Bosnian Serb forces were killing the Bosnian Muslims. It was the largest genocide since the Holocaust. Though the UN did create a safe-haven, it was bombed by the Serb. Victims trying to obtain basic resources were often shot by the Serb, and many Muslims were tortured.

The world was slow to respond because of the threat confrontation would pose to peace. The Dayton Accords helped end the war and create two state bodies joined by a weak government, the Serb Republic and the Bosnian Federation. Though NATO worked to end the conflict, they didn’t have the permission to act on their plans. The UN and other leaders feared that confrontation would be damaging to peace therefore didn’t do everything in their power to help. The international community didn’t help even after it was evident the attacks were being planned. Because the two groups were viewed as “warring parties” rather than an aggressive Serb force and their victims, help was mostly limited to humanitarian aid. It wasn't until the UN safe-haven was bombed that the international community became more involved.

The causes were similar to those of the Holocaust, which was ethnic cleansing. Though they were targeting Muslims, other groups were also harmed. The massive amount of death was another similarity to the Holocaust; though the Holocaust was larger in scale, the genocide in Bosnia was the largest since then.

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Background Info
The Rohingya are a Muslim minority that live in Rakhine State. They are not recognized as a ethnicity in Burma which denied them the right to citizenship. They have been persecuted in multiple ways such as limits on the right to marry or have children, forced labor, and denial of due process etc..

Response From the World
The UN Human Rights Council put together a mission in 2017 to find information about the crimes in Burma but the Burmese government chose not to cooperate or allow investigators to go into areas where the massive crimes supposedly happened.
Similarities To the Holocaust
Burma's Muslim Rohingya minority has faced severe discrimination as well as persecution similar to what occurred to the Jews during the Holocaust.
Map of Burma

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First realized as genocide in around 1950, Sudan still battles Genocide even though they reached a 'peace agreement' in 2005. The Arabic-speaking and Arabized people in the capital Khartoum insist that they are supreme over the nation's more culturally, religiously, and linguistically diverse populations of the country. This has caused mass killings because of the thought that the North and South can never be equal. After violence in Darfur, anti-genocide movements sparked around the world, including the US. When the violence continued there was a genocide emergency issued in 2004. This event is like the Holocaust because the Sudanese government targeted only Fur, Zaghawa, and Masalit ethnic tribes. The tribal people were displaced, plus put in torture and rape camps similar to Concentration Camps.