New Evidence on Rwanda's Genocide Puts France Back in Spotlight
French online publication, Médiapart, has reportedly seen a document that reveals how, during the genocide against the Tutsi 27 years ago, instead of arresting ring leaders of the mass murders, French troops helped them flee. According to the publication, it was already known that French military did not arrest the interim government leader in the Operation Turquoise area and that a top politician, Hubert Védrine, actually disapproved of the idea. The genocide occurred between April 7 and July 15, 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of 100 days, between 500,000 and 800,000 members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu, were slaughtered by armed militias.
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Rwanda:
New Evidence Puts France's Role in 1994 Genocide Back in the Spotlight
RFI, 15 February 2021
According to a diplomatic cable, the authorities in Paris helped suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to escape while under French military protection. The revelation has rekindled… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Fresh Details Emerge on How France Helped Genocide Masterminds Escape
New Times, 15 February 2021
A French newspaper has seen a document that reveals how, during the Genocide against the Tutsi, 27 years ago, instead of arresting ring leaders of the mass murders, French troops… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Anger As France Delays Trial of Genocide Suspect Muhayimana
New Times, 19 January 2021
France-based Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), which works to see Genocide suspects living in France brought to book, has expressed anger and shock after a trial… Read more »
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Rwanda:
Rights Group in France Pushes for Kanziga Trial
New Times, 19 November 2020
A rights group in France says it is still baffled by the manner in which Agathe Kanziga Habyarimana, the widow of former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, who is a… Read more »
InFocus
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Felicien Kabuga, suspected of having helped to finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been moved from France to The Hague to stand trial on charges of genocide, a UN tribunal has ... Read more »
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The French government has declared that April 7 will be a date on which, every year, they commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. A commemoration ceremony will be ... Read more »
Mourners at a commemoration event at Murambi Genocide Memorial (file photo).