Rwanda report blames France for ‘enabling’ the 1994 genocide
Associated PressPARIS — The French government bears “significant” responsibility for “enabling a foreseeable genocide,” a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France’s role before and during the horror in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered in 1994. Authors say they found “no evidence that French officials or personnel participated directly in the killing of Tutsi during that period.” This finding echoes the conclusion of the French report that cleared France of complicity in the massacres, saying that “nothing in the archives” demonstrates a “willingness to join a genocidal operation.” The Rwandan report also addressed the attitude of French authorities after the genocide. But things may be changing, the Rwandan report says, mentioning “hopeful signs.” On April 7, the day of commemoration of the genocide, Macron announced the decision to declassify and make accessible to the public the archives from 1990 to 1994 that belong to the French president and prime minister’s offices. Macron’s office said the French government is committed to provide the “necessary means” to allow the “intensification” of legal proceedings against alleged perpetrators of the genocide.
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