Amy Goodman
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20 Years Later, Rwanda Commemorates Genocide the World Ignored
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April 7, 2014
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15:47Now PlayingRwanda is holding commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed. On April 6, 1994, Rwanda's extremist Hutu government and military began a campaign to exterminate the minority Tutsis. Men, women and children were massacred in an orchestrated preplanned campaign of genocide not seen since the Nazi Holocaust. The world claimed it was unaware of the magnitude of the slaughter, and United Nations peacekeeping force stationed in the country stood by helplessly and watched the massacre unfold. Today, Rwandan President Paul Kagame will light a flame that will burn for 100 days, the length of time it took government soldiers and Hutu militia to carry out the killings. France has pulled out of the events following accusations by Kagame that it participated in the mass killings. We are joined by two guestsJina Moore, international women's rights correspondent for Buzzfeed, reporting from Rwanda; JeanMarie Kamatali, a former dean of the National University of Rwanda School of Law.
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