KAGAME FUMES AS BBC OUTS HIS ROLE IN HABYARIMANA PLANE DOWNING The Rwandan government has expressed its anger over a BBC documentary on the countrys 1994 genocide and there have been calls in parliament and by genocide survivors to suspend the global media outlet from Rwanda. The documentary suggests that President Paul Kagame had a hand in shooting down the plane of former President Juvenal Habyarimana, an act believed to have sparked the genocide, which killed more than 800 000. Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said the documentary was an “attack on Rwanda and its people” and the government is considering taking action. The BBC said in a statement that the genocide raises extremely painful issues but it has a duty to investigate challenging subjects. The BBC denied any suggestion the documentary constitutes a denial of the genocide against ethnic Tutsis. The assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on the evening of 6 April 1994 was the catalyst for the Rwandan Genocide. The airplane carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda. The assassination set in motion some of the bloodiest events of the late 20th century, the Rwandan Genocide and the First Congo War. Responsibility for the attack is disputed, with most theories proposing as suspects either the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) or government-aligned Hutu Power extremists opposed to negotiation with the RPF. Source : AP
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 04:50:26 +0000
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