Rwanda, Kibeho 1995, un massacre impensable
| Autor: | Jean-Hervé Bradol |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Socio, Vol 19, Pp 51-62 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2266-3134 2425-2158 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/12jav |
| Popis: | In April 1995, a year after the Tutsi genocide, the new Rwandan regime wanted to close the camps for internally displaced people. These camps, particularly Kibeho, in the South-West of the country, were home to hundreds of thousands of Hutus who had been framed by the perpetrators of the genocide. The existence of these camps constitutes a threat to the country's security, according to the government. After months of prevarication, the Rwandan Patriotic Army closed the Kibeho camp, home to 100,000 people, with a massacre of several thousand displaced persons. Hundreds of patients and dozens of Rwandans working with Médecins Sans Frontières were also killed. The killings took place in front of hundreds of Rwandan and foreign witnesses: diplomats, soldiers, journalists, human rights activists, humanitarian workers, local residents, etc. The new Rwandan authorities spoke of 300 dead, presented as members of a hypothetical “hard core” of genocidaires. The members of the international commission of enquiry set up agreed. In this way, the memory of a major event that helped to understand the place the regime intended to reserve for the use of violence was erased from the collective memory. |
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