For the UK and US , like France before them , Genocide denial is a means to an end
Lionel Manzi
On 28 April 2020 , the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations , Valentine Rugwabiza , wrote to the UN Secretary-General in response to the US and the UK ’ s position on the tragic events that unfolded in Rwanda in 1994 that the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ( ICTR ) had ruled to be a “ genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group …. beyond any dispute and requiring no proof .” Despite this judicial notice , upon which the subsequent UN Resolution to that effect , the US and the UK insist that the terminology “ 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ” is a political decision of the government of Rwanda that “ paints an incomplete picture of the dark part of history ” and that it fails to honor “ other victims .” Clearly , this is a stance that serves no purpose beyond an attempt to exert political control over an African government .
As highlighted by Ambassador Rugwabiza in the aforementioned letter , “ Rwanda devotes 13 April to the remembrance of politicians and others who , although not part of the targeted group , were killed for having opposed the extermi-
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