Western powers bear "criminal responsibility" for Rwanda's 1994 genocide because they did not attempt to stop it. Someone even helped the Hutu militia behind the scenes. France was aware of preparations for the genocide and helped train the ethnic Hutu militia perpetrators.
France backed Rwanda's Hutu government with political, military, diplomatic and logistical support. The French military was also directly involved in the genocide itself; they assassinated Tutsis and Hutus accused of hiding Tutsis and they committed several rapes on Tutsi survivors.
The French forces did nothing to challenge checkpoints used by Hutu forces in the genocide.
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France was behind the scenes
Western powers bear "criminal responsibility" for Rwanda's 1994 genocide because they did not attempt to stop it. Someone even helped the Hutu militia behind the scenes. France was aware of preparations for the genocide and helped train the ethnic Hutu militia perpetrators.
France backed Rwanda's Hutu government with political, military, diplomatic and logistical support. The French military was also directly involved in the genocide itself; they assassinated Tutsis and Hutus accused of hiding Tutsis and they committed several rapes on Tutsi survivors.
The French forces did nothing to challenge checkpoints used by Hutu forces in the genocide.