Scream Bloody Murder
They share a deep sorrow: an idealistic American who tried to protect the Kurds of Iraq, a Canadian general who refused to follow orders in Rwanda, a French priest who fought for the soul of Cambodia.
Each one tried to focus the world's attention on the world's most heinous crime: genocide. Each time, they were shunned, ignored or told it was someone else's problem. They spoke the truth when no one would listen.
To understand why, CNN's Christiane Amanpour traveled to the killing fields of Europe, Africa and Asia for a two-hour documentary, "Scream Bloody Murder."
"In Our Words" is a behind-the-scenes online video that chronicles the making of that documentary.
Having reported on mass atrocities around the world, this time Amanpour traced the personal accounts of those who tried to stop the slaughter, the heroes who protested evil and lived to tell their stories.
December marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N.'s Genocide Convention, when -- in the aftermath of the Holocaust -- the nations of the world pledged to prevent and punish future attempts to eliminate ethnic, religious and national groups.
The yearlong CNN investigation found that instead of using that U.N. treaty outlawing genocide as a springboard to action, political leaders have invoked reason after reason to make intervention seem unnecessary, pointless and even counter-productive.
Hence:
1970s: Cambodia
1980s: Iraq
1990s: Bosnia
1994: Rwanda
2003: Darfur
CNN's "Scream Bloody Murder" premieres December 4 at 9 p.m., and also airs December 6 at 8 p.m., December 7 at 3 a.m. and 8 p.m., and December 8 at 3 a.m. (All times ET).
Length: 8:23
VIEW: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/11/20/sbm.overview/#cnnSTCVideo
SEE ALSO:
SCREAM BLOODY MURDER:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/scream.bloody.murder/
WITNESS TO TORTURE (Video):
In this segment from "Scream Bloody Murder," we are introduced to Nusreta Sivac, who witnessed horrific torture and rape while imprisoned in a Bosnian concentration camp. Though she is among the survivors, she is haunted daily by her nightmarish experience. For her, the war never ended.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/11/26/sbm.nusreta.sivac.witness.cnn
CNN PRESENTS:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/presents
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