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Rwanda accuses France over 1994 genocide
Rwanda has formally accused senior French officials of involvement in its 1994 genocide, including former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and late President François Mitterrand, calling for them to be put on trial.
Rwanda has officially accused France of playing an active role in the African country’s 1994 genocide.
A 500-page report released on Tuesday by the Rwandan Justice Ministry slams 13 French politicians and 20 French military officers for their alleged role in the events and demands that legal action be taken against them.
The late President Francois Mitterrand and the former French prime ministers Edouard Balladur and Dominique de Villepin are a few of the French politicians accused by the report.
The UN estimates that some 800,000 Rwandans died in the 1994 genocide, in which extremist members of the Hutu majority massacred minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The report alleged that France was aware of preparations for the genocide, contributed to planning the massacres, and actively took part in the killing.
"French forces directly assassinated Tutsis and Hutus accused of hiding Tutsis... French forces committed several rapes on Tutsi survivors," said a justice ministry statement released after the report was presented in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.
The statement said that France’s military and humanitarian Operation Turquoise, conducted between June and August 1994, abetted the killings perpetrated by extremist Hutu groups, a claim denied by Paris. Indeed, France maintains its forces helped protect people during a UN-sanctioned mission in Rwanda at the time.
Questioned on the report's conclusions on Tuesday, the French defence ministry referred reporters to its official position as set out in a February 9, 2007 statement, which claimed the inquiry had "no guarantee of independence or impartiality." France's foreign ministry refused to comment, according to the AFP.
The Rwanda report – two years in the making - was compiled by a special commission probing France's role in the genocide. Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwandan minister of information, told FRANCE 24 that it “was the product of a commission based on auditions in different places, including France.”
“We expect and hope for a good level of cooperation both from the French state and the individuals implicated in this report,” she added.
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protesting about the arrest of madam Rose Kabuye
To arrest Madam Rose Kabuye is continuing give life to genocide ideology. She is innocent, she must be free as soon as possible. France and German must arrest the Genociders who are in their countries. WE, AS Rwandans we need JUSTICE.
French is two faced
Western hypocrisy and French arrogance
look what France did The 500-page report alleged that France was aware of preparations for the genocide, contributed to planning the massacres and actively took part in the killing.
It named former French prime minister Edouard Balladur, former foreign minister Alain Juppe and then-president Francois Mitterrand, who died in 1996, among 13 French politicians accused of playing a role in the massacres.
just few years ago
Rwanda and not forget Algeria
and France was so quick to point a finger to Turkey,and accuse them of genocide.
people who lives in glass houses should not cast a stone
France is the number one perpetrator of mass killings they just good in covering up just like they invented the perfume to cover up the stink they radiate
A fake report
This is a fake report written by people appointed and paid by Kagame himself to divert the public attention to the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the dictator Paul Kagame. Who was providing Kagame with arms and ammunitions to invade Rwanda from Uganda and kill Rwandan people who were living in a peaceful country. Kagame hopes that the report will remove all charges against him.