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Friends of evil (Chapter 14): A Final Appeal and Conclusion

Posted: August 28, 2013 in Book
Tags: Denial, genocide, Israel Charny, NGOs, Rwanda

Israel Charny rightly reminds us of a very important concept: personal interests can ultimately lead many people who are not initially bigoted or violent into participating in the actual commission of genocide. (more…)

Same Racist Script, African Cast: The Film “Hotel Rwanda”

Posted: November 6, 2011 in Uncategorized
Tags: Belgium, Christian, Denial, France, genocide, God, Paul Rusesabagina, Racism, Rwanda

By Dr. Wandia Njoya[1]

Rwandans are remembering the genocide of Tutsis 14 years ago, which was the culmination of a racist script written in Europe and then rehearsed in the continent for over 100 years with an African cast. (more…)

Genocide against the Tutsi: Analysis of forms and expressions of its denial

Posted: March 19, 2011 in Genocide Denial
Tags: Bernard DEBRE, Bernard NTAGANDA, BIZIMANA Jean Damascène, BRUGUIERE, Charles Onana, Church, Colonel BAGOSORA, Denial, Dominique DE VILLEPIN, Eugene Ndahayo, Filip Reyntjens, France, genocide, Gerard Gahima, Hutu, ICTR, Jean Kambanda, John Philpot, Joseph NGARAMBE, Kayumba Nyamwasa, Marie-Roger BILOA, MERELLES, MITTERAND, MUCYO Commission, Nkiko Nsengimana, Patrick DE SAINT EXUPÉRY, Patrick Karegeya, Peter Erlinder, Power, Robin PHILIPOT, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, Tutsi, UN Mapping Report, Victims, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

By BIZIMANA Jean Damascène, LL.D–12 March 2011

It is an established fact: every time genocide is committed, it is followed by its denial.[1] With regard to the genocide against the Tutsi, denial is characterized by two specific aspects. First, it intensifies as each annual commemoration day draws near; then, it takes on changing and innovative forms depending on the times. (more…)

GENOCIDE-LAUNDERING: HISTORICAL REVISIONISM, GENOCIDE DENIAL AND THE ROLE OF THE RASSEMBLEMENT RÉPUBLICAIN POUR LA DEMOCRATIE AU RWANDA (RDR)

Posted: September 10, 2010 in Genocide Denial
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By: Tom Ndahiro

Introduction

Between April and July 1994, the world tried to ignore the annihilation of Tutsi in Rwanda. Today, it is impossible for anyone to forget the genocide. In particular, for survivors – those I call “living victims” – the genocide is a daily reality: it stole their friends and relatives, their plans and aspirations, and continues to haunt them. Raphael Lemkin argued that genocide is coordinated plans to destroy the essential foundations of the life of a group so that it withers and dies like a plant that has suffered blight. Genocide is a crime against all of humankind; against all notions of human civilisation. But it is also a deeply personal crime committed against individuals who re-live the memories of the genocide like a vicious, recurring nightmare. Survivors remain victims of the perpetrators, many of whose ongoing preoccupation is to alter or erase the world’s memory of the genocide. (more…)

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