100 Days of Murder: The Rwandan Genocide, April 6 - June 22, 1994.

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100 Days of Murder: The Rwandan Genocide, April 6 - June 22, 1994

The Origins the Rwandan Genocide The Kingdom of Rwanda: Tutsis and Hutus 1890Germany awarded Rwanda Rwanda under the Belgians: Constructing Ethnic Divisions, Racism, and New Hatreds 1959Hutu Emancipation Movement 1962 Rwandan Independence, Hutu Nationalism, 20,000 Dead Tutsis 1964/1974 Pogroms against Tutsis 1990 Rwandese Patriotic Front (Tutsis) Invades Preparation for Genocide: Racist Propaganda and the Interahamwe Hutu Militias January 1994UN Commander learns of genocide plans; UN, USA, France, Russia, and China refuse material aid.

Timeline of Genocide (1994) April 6 Hutu President’s Jet Shot-Down - Signal for Murder Hutu Militia’s round up and kill Tutsis and Hutu political opponents; UN Soldiers unable to prevent escalation of violence. April-July ,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered (equals Auschwitz efficiency); machetes weapon of choice; United Nations and “Great” Powers Do Nothing. April 29 UN concedes that “acts of genocide may have been committed; 500,000 Rwandans killed. June 22 French intervene, do little to stop killing July Tutsi Rebels of RPF defeat Hut government and end genocide; Millions of Hutus, fearing retribution, flee to Congo, provoking a new war that leads to 3 million more deaths and continues today President Bill Clinton travels to Rwanda and apologizes for American inaction during the Genocide American troops could have saved 400,000 lives.

The Interahamwe: The Killers

The Murdered

Counting the Dead

Orphans of the Genocide

Hutu Refugees

A Century of Mass Murder: CountryYearsApproximate Toll Soviet Union (Stalin)1930s-50s10-20 million Mao Tse Tung1950s-1960s20-30 million The Holocaust (Hitler) million Japan in China million Cambodia (Pol Pot) million North Korea (Kim il Jung) c. 1-2 million Armenia (Turkey) million Ruanda ,000 East Timor ,000 Darfur (Sudan)Ongoing250,000 & Counting

Darfur, Sudan (Today)