1. Biruk Esayas
Glenna Vasquez
Christine Dela Paz
Jorycel Bayna

2.  Tutsis were being accused by the death of
President Habyarimana, a Hutu.
 Habyarimana’s death sparked the Genocide
 Ethnic competition between Tutsi and
Hutu
 Belgians gave them all the leadership
positions
 Extremist leaders from the Hutu majority
started to murder the Tutsi minority.
 The Tutsis held the most power and land.
The perpetrators were Hutu.
 Tutsis killed because the Hutus militants
made people believe ,they were the enemy .
http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_rwanda.html

3.  Belgians colonists divided Rwanda’s unified
population into groups: Hutu, Tutsi, Twa
 The perpetrators were Hutu and the Tutsis were
the group targeted
 Belgians influenced racist ideas, said the Tutsi
were superior group because were more “white”
looking.
 Colonists believed Tutsi were rulers, they put
Tutsis into positions of authority , discriminated
against Hutus .
 1986 Paul Kagame, Tutsi become head military
intelligence in Ugandan army, founded the RPF.
 1991, radio station broadcasting RPF
propaganda from Uganda was established by the
RPF .
 (Tutsis started the propaganda “battle”, but the
Hutus took it much further.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm

4.  Hutu’s put roadblocks on the roads and
check the people’s identification cards
-Killed all who were Tutsi
 Most of the killing was done with
machetes, clubs, or knives, and other
weapons
 Some Tutsis were been starved, burned
and tortured before being killed.
 Hutu militia used constant propaganda
to incite their followers.
 Used the radio to broadcast that the
Tutsis were cockroaches and devils.
 Used the radios and speakerphones to
tell the location of fleeing Tutsis.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/rwandangenocide/a/Rwanda-Genocide.htm

5.  Tutsi bodies were thrown into
rivers, lakes, and streams
 Tutsi women were raped
 Others were kept as sex slaves
for weeks
 Sexual violence against women
and girls during the Rwanda
genocide included:
 Rape , gang rape , sexual
mutilation
 Pregnant women weren’t spared
from sexual violence and many
occasion victims were killed
following rape.
 Over 20,000 children had been
born as products of rape during
the Rwandan genocide.
http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm

6.  The Western and First World Countries
did nothing to help this situation.
 UN did not respond to reports of the
Hutu plans.
 UN member states refused to answer
UNAMIR's requests for increased troops
and money.
 French troops were dispatched, but
they were only able to evacuate foreign
nationals.
 The genocide continued zones occupied
,high-profile Hutu criminals escaped
RPF though French-controlled areas.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3246291.stm

7.  One million people, mostly Hutu, begin
fleeing to Zaire
 Tutsi rebel groups under Paul Kagame
entered Rwanda pushed extremist militias
government out country.
 July 1994 , Tutsi RPF captured Kigali.
 In July - August 1994, two million Hutu
civilians fled Rwanda, joining one million
already exile.
 Defeated army , militias, drove remnants
army ,government into Zaire, control capital
Kigali, declaring ceasefire.
 United Nations aid workers and troops
arrived to maintain order and bring back
basic services.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1288230.stm

8.  International Criminal Tribunal in
Arusha, Tanzia.
 In 1997 the trials against the suspected
genocide perpetrators begin.
 Those convicted are sentenced to death:
 Jean Paul Akayesu, Francois
Bizimutima,Frodouald Karamina,
Virginia Mukankusi,Venuste Niyonzima
 Israel Nemeyimana, first defendant to be
found not guilty, because of lack of
evidence.
 Georges Rutaganda was sentenced to life
in prison.
http://www.voanews.com/policy/editorials/africa/Mo