Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
4 January 2008
The French writer-journalist Pierre Pean has been charged in court the for complicity to racial slandering and racial provocation and hatred following the publication in November 2005 of his book on the Rwandan genocide - "Noires Fureurs, Blancs Menteurs (Black Furies, White Liars)".
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Pean's work looks like pretty shoddy history, but the French should recall Voltaire's warning that "Il est dangereux d’avoir raison dans des choses où des hommes accrédités ont tort." M. Pean may not "a raison", but when "hommes accredites" can silence an author, historical inquiry is in serious jeopardy.