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1. Moammar Gaddafi

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.This a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and came in force from 3 January 1976.[1] It commits its parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to the Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories and individuals, including labour rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living. As of September 2018, the Covenant has 169 parties.[3] A further four countries, including the United States, have signed but not ratified the Covenant.

2. Human Rights Violations

3. Japanese Internment Camps

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.This a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and came in force from 3 January 1976.[1] It commits its parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to the Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories and individuals, including labour rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living. As of September 2018, the Covenant has 169 parties.[3] A further four countries, including the United States, have signed but not ratified the Covenant.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

4. (ICESCR) International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights

A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.This a multilateral treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and came in force from 3 January 1976.[1] It commits its parties to work toward the granting of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) to the Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories and individuals, including labour rights and the right to health, the right to education, and the right to an adequate standard of living. As of September 2018, the Covenant has 169 parties.[3] A further four countries, including the United States, have signed but not ratified the Covenant.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

5. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.President of Iran from 2005 until 2013 who was a conservative and antagonized western countries. He also closed down the media, banned or censored books and shut down public demonstrations. Told the United Nations in New York City that the Holocaust was 'fake news.'The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

6. ISIS

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, officially known as the Islamic State (IS) and by its Arabic language acronym Daesh is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognized proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Salafi doctrine of Sunni Isla.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

7. Executive Order 9066

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.2/19/42; 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps causing loss of homes & businesses, 600K more renounced citizenship; demonstrated fear of Japanese invasion. The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast.

8. Chlorine Gas

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. The second-lightest of the halogens, it appears between fluorine and bromine in the periodic table and its properties are mostly intermediate between them. Chlorine is a yellow-green gas at room temperature. It is an extremely reactive element and a strong oxidising agent: among the elements, it has the highest electron affinity and the third-highest electronegativity, behind only oxygen and fluorine.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

9. Rwandan Genocide

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The killing of more than 500,000 ethnic Tutsis by rival Hutu militias in Rwanda in 1994. The conflict between the dominant Tutsis and the majority Hutus had gone on for centuries, but the suddenness and savagery of the massacres caught the United Nations off-guard. U.N. peacekeepers did not enter the country until after much of the damage had been done.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

10. Hugo Chavez

A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.(1954-2013) Venezuelan political leader and president; he set out to eliminate poverty in his country, but his methods of doing so tended to turn his country away from democracy and toward a dictatorship and a Venezuelan politician who was President of Venezuela from 1999 to 2013. Chávez was also the leader of the Fifth Republic Movement political party from its foundation in 1997 until 2007, when it merged with several other parties to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), which he led until 2012.

11. Rohingya People

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.The Rohingya people are a stateless Indo-Aryan-speaking people who reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar. There were an estimated 1 million Rohingya living in Myanmar before the 2016-17 crisis. By December 2017, an estimated 625,000 refugees from Rakhine, Myanmar, had crossed the border into Bangladesh since August 2017.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

12. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Adopted August 26, 1789, created by the National Assembly to give rights to all (except women).A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

13. LGBT

14. Declaration of the Rights of Man

Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

15. Syrian Civil War, Refugee Crisis

Starts with Arab Spring, In Syria, March, 2011: pro-democracy protest, Syrian security forces fire on protesters, many are killed, more take to the streets - July, 2011: Protests all over Syria demanding al-Assad's resignation - Sparks Civil War throughout Syria - Estimates today: 450,000-500,000 people killed.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

16. Declaration of Independence

The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A document officially declaring that the American colonies were breaking away from Great Britain to form a new nation. Ideas from John Locke; Thomas Jefferson wrote and Franklin revised. The Declaration of Independence, 1776. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

17. Freedom House

An organization that studies democracy around the world and ranks countries on a 1 to 7 freedom scale, with countries given a 1 being the most free and those given a 7 being the least free.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

18. 13th Amendment (1865)

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.The 13th Amendment to the Constitution declared that 'Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.'

19. Habeas Corpus

Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Literally means to 'produce the body' is a court order to a person or agency holding someone in custody (such as a warden) to deliver the imprisoned individual to the court issuing the order and to show a valid reason for that person's detention.

20. Genocide

The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.

21. Protection of Human Rights

Right to self-determination - Right to privacy and dignity - Right to anonymity and confidentiality - Right to fair treatment - Right to protection from discomfort and harmViolations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.

22. Human Rights Watch (HRW)

An international non-governmental organization which monitors and reports on countries which breach human rights.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.

23. Arab Spring

A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.A revolutionary wave of protests and demonstrations overtaking dictators in the Middle East (2011). A series of pro-democracy uprisings that enveloped several largely Muslim countries, including Tunisia, Morocco, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain. The events in these nations generally began in the spring of 2011, which led to the name.

24. 19th Amendment (1920)

25. Kim Jong Un

A Libyan revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977, and then as the 'Brotherly Leader' of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but later ruled according to his own Third International Theory.The forcible relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans to housing facilities called 'War Relocation Camps', in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.Violations against people's civil rights and liberties by governments = massacres & genocides. Examples include the Armenian massacre, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, and the Hutus and Tutsis in Rwanda.A North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and Leader of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il (1941-2011) and Ko Yong-hui (1952-2004). The grandson of Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994, he is the first North Korean leader to have been born after the country's founding.

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