The pre-genocide government army (FAR) were very instrumental in the planning and execution of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Refugees’
Friends of evil (Chapter 1): Refugees’ Camps under the Military
Posted: August 28, 2013 in BookTags: Army, Evil, genocide, Goma, Refugees, Rwanda
The Paradox of Early Warning
Posted: January 30, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Early warning, Foreign policy, genocide, Hutu, James Miskel, New York, paradox, Paris, Refugees, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, Tutsi, UNHCR, Violence, Warning, Washington
By James F. Miskel, July 4, 1997
The horror that has in recent months re-engulfed the region along the Rwanda-Burundi-Zaire (RBZ) border ought to be an icy splash in the face of advocates of early warning systems for humanitarian emergencies. Why? Because even though the idea of an early warning system seems to have been widely accepted as conceptually sound, early warning data about the RBZ crisis has been largely ignored. (more…)
The roots of war in eastern Congo
Posted: January 4, 2011 in Genocide DenialTags: Bukavu, Chris McGreal, Democratic republic of Congo, Exodus, FDLR, genocide, Goma, Hutu, Mobutu Sese Seko, North Kivu, Refugee camps, Refugees, Rwanda, South Kivu, The Guardian, Tutsi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
By Chris McGreal May 16, 2008
To the outside world it has become as known as Africa’s First World War with its foreign armies and invasions, and ceaseless killing and dying that seems to achieve nothing. (more…)
A week in Goma
Posted: January 4, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: Armenian Genocide, Cholera, Concern Worldwide, Europe, genocide, God, Goma, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Hutu, Interahamwe, Juvenal Habyarimana, Médecins Sans Frontières, Refugees, Robert Block, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front, The Independent, Tutsi, Zaire
By Report by Robert Block Sunday, 31 July 1994
THE slaughter in Rwanda may have been an expression of the bestiality of man, but what is happening in the refugee camps in Zaire today is surely the wrath of God. Epidemics of biblical proportions sweep the land. Water is poison. (more…)
Responding to the crisis in Congo-Zaire: Emergency feeding of Rwandan refugees, May-July 1997
Posted: December 28, 2010 in Genocide DenialTags: Alex de Waal, Failure, France, Genocidaires, Refugees, Rights, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Nations, Zaire
Alex de Waal of Africa Rights was asked to comment on Susanne Jaspars’ article. He wrote the following letter as a response. (more…)
UNHCR and Rwandan Refugees in Zaire (1994-1997)
Posted: December 28, 2010 in Genocide DenialTags: 1994, 1997, Hutu, Interahamwe, NGOs, Refugees, Refugees Protocol, Rwanda, Sreeram Chaulia, Tutsi Genocide, UNHCR, United Nations, Zaire
The genocide and war in Rwanda
Posted: December 19, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: Belgium, France, genocide, Hutu, Interahamwe, Refugees, Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations, Zaire
Between half a million and a million people out of Rwanda’s total population of 8 million, died in a few weeks between April and June 1994. This article gives a brief account of how, and why and what role Western governments played. (more…)
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Why Rwandan Refugees Don’t Need Cessation Clause to Return Home
Posted: October 24, 2011 in CommentTags: Millions, Paul Kagame, Refugees, Rwanda, UNHCR
By James Munyaneza
Rwanda has repatriated more than 3.3 million of its citizens since 1994, with just about 70,000 still regarding themselves refugees in various countries. (more…)