Kigali — An unprecedented public inquiry into France's role in the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda held hearings in Kigali last week, where the French army was accused of complicity in the massacre of Tutsi and moderate Hutu.
The seven-person examining commission is hearing testimonies from 20 survivors, some claiming serious human rights abuses, including rape and murder, by the French military. The commission is also examining Operation Tur-quoise; the 1994 French military intervention that was ostensibly aimed at saving Rwandan lives.
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