Citation
Mr. DIENG (International Commission of Jurists) a rencontré Habyarimana le 2 avril p. 6
Gillet FIDH p. 7
22. The killings perpetrated by the Rwandese authorities and the armed
militias of the two parties close to the Government had been the culmination
of a strategy followed since the outbreak of war with the FPR in October 1990,
whereby the entire Tutsi ethnic group was described as accomplices of the FPR
and Hutus favourable to power-sharing with the Tutsis were called enemies of
the nation. Several massacres, especially of Tutsis, had already taken place,
in the north-west of the country in February 1991, in Bugesera in March 1992,
and later in Kibuye, Cyangugu, Kibungo, etc. p. 7
Mr. ZACHARIAH (Médecins sans frontières) p. 9
Des Forges p. 15
Thus the people
who had the power to end the killings should be named and challenged to do so:
they were the party officials (Matthieu Ngirumpatse, President of the MRND,
and Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, head of the CDR), those with posts in the
self-proclaimed Government (Theodore Sindikubwabo, Jean Kambanda,
Augustin Bizimana, Justin Mugenzi and Eleazar Niyitegeka) and the
military officers (General Bizimungu, Colonel Bagosora, Colonel Nkundiye,
Colonel Mpiranya and Captain Simbikangwa). The Rwandese Patriotic Front had
also been accused of massacring civilians, but her organization had found no
evidence of large-scale massacres. It was not unlikely, however, that the FPR
had summarily executed some individuals accused of being militia leaders.
