2. Tutsis were being accused by the death of
President Habyarimana, a Hutu.
Habyarimana’s death sparked the Genocide
Ethnic competition between Tutsi and
Hutu
Belgians gave them all the leadership
positions
Extremist leaders from the Hutu majority
started to murder the Tutsi minority.
The Tutsis held the most power and land.
The perpetrators were Hutu.
Tutsis killed because the Hutus militants
made people believe ,they were the enemy .
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda.html
3. Belgians colonists divided Rwanda’s unified
population into groups: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa
The perpetrators were Hutu and the Tutsis were
the group targeted
Belgians influenced racist ideas, said the Tutsi
were superior group because were more “white”
looking.
Colonists believed Tutsi were rulers, they put
Tutsis into positions of authority , discriminated
against Hutus .
1986 Paul Kagame, Tutsi become head military
intelligence in Ugandan army, founded the RPF.
1991, radio station broadcasting RPF
propaganda from Uganda was established by the
RPF .
(Tutsis started the propaganda “battle”, but the
Hutus took it much further.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm
4. Hutu’s put roadblocks on the roads and
check the people’s identification cards
-Killed all who were Tutsi
Most of the killing was done with
machetes, clubs, or knives, and other
weapons
Some Tutsis were been starved, burned
and tortured before being killed.
Hutu militia used constant propaganda
to incite their followers.
Used the radio to broadcast that the
Tutsis were cockroaches and devils.
Used the radios and speakerphones to
tell the location of fleeing Tutsis.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide.htm
5. Tutsi bodies were thrown into
rivers, lakes, and streams
Tutsi women were raped
Others were kept as sex slaves
for weeks
Sexual violence against women
and girls during the Rwanda
genocide included:
Rape , gang rape , sexual
mutilation
Pregnant women weren’t spared
from sexual violence and many
occasion victims were killed
following rape.
Over 20,000 children had been
born as products of rape during
the Rwandan genocide.
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm
6. The Western and First World Countries
did nothing to help this situation.
UN did not respond to reports of the
Hutu plans.
UN member states refused to answer
UNAMIR's requests for increased troops
and money.
French troops were dispatched, but
they were only able to evacuate foreign
nationals.
The genocide continued zones occupied
,high-profile Hutu criminals escaped
RPF though French-controlled areas.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3246291.stm
7. One million people, mostly Hutu, begin
fleeing to Zaire
Tutsi rebel groups under Paul Kagame
entered Rwanda pushed extremist militias
government out country.
July 1994 , Tutsi RPF captured Kigali.
In July - August 1994, two million Hutu
civilians fled Rwanda, joining one million
already exile.
Defeated army , militias, drove remnants
army ,government into Zaire, control capital
Kigali, declaring ceasefire.
United Nations aid workers and troops
arrived to maintain order and bring back
basic services.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm
8. International Criminal Tribunal in
Arusha, Tanzia.
In 1997 the trials against the suspected
genocide perpetrators begin.
Those convicted are sentenced to death:
Jean Paul Akayesu, Francois
Bizimutima,Frodouald Karamina,
Virginia Mukankusi,Venuste Niyonzima
Israel Nemeyimana, first defendant to be
found not guilty, because of lack of
evidence.
Georges Rutaganda was sentenced to life
in prison.
http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/africa/Mo
