France Genocide Database

Information Letter no 1

July 7, 2017

Goal Rwandans, the concept of Tutsi’s era- A search engine dication has been introduced by Eu- FgtDb like France Genocide ropeans. The implementation of the A search engine at the url http: Tutsi Database is a database about genocide which began on 1959, would //78.217.242.2 allows to select do- France’s part in the Tutsi’s geno- have been nurtured, allowed, encoura- cuments published on the web site by cide in in 1994. An ex- ged by Europeans. To test that hypo- author, date, persons cited or places tract is published on the web site thesis imply to accept contradictory cited and keywords. Several criteria http://francegenocidetutsi.org. data. The criterium is that they bring may be combined by logical and. These documents have been collec- factual information. The author-cards are accessed sho- ted since 2001 in order to write the The main part of documents are wing particularly the origin of the book La France au cœur du géno- pdf files containing fac-similes or documents. The search engine is in cide des Tutsi (France in the heart transcripted texts. Movies are present french or english according the prefe- of the Tutsi’s genocide), published in the database (mainly TV news re- rences set in the web browser. in 2010 whose pdf version allows corded by INA) but are not published to access the documents through because their size and copyrights. Tes- hypertext links activated when the timonies are also present but in small Statistics computer is connected to Internet. number. The book can be downloaded here : An other goal is to make memory On July 7, 2017, the web site http://francegenocidetutsi.org/ of this indicible event which happened contains 2,889 documents splitted as FranceCoeurGenocideTutsi-IP. in 1994. such : pdf. Before, the documents - 93 before 1990 were on the site http://www. - 345 from 1990 to 1993 francerwandagenocide.org/ - 1,248 in 1994 documents/ which is left at present. A web site - 1,103 after 1994 Since 2010, a lot of new documents have been found which exceed widely It is made of documents and html The main sources are : the scope of this book. An author pages. The documents are texts in pdf - 223 TPIR card is written for each document. files or pictures or geographical maps - 172 Archives Mitterrand-Carle The systematic publication of ar- in jpg or png files. - 129 ONU chives funds (French parlementary in- The html pages give access to do- - 90 MIP formation mission – MIP –, United cuments sorted by date, author, ar- - 82 Le Monde Nations, Senate, Mitterran- chives fund or source, theme, etc. - 78 Libération d’s archive of Françoise Carle, ICTR, Themes are like « The French and mi- - 76 French Embassy, Belgium justice, newspapers like Le litiamen’s training », « The attempt of - 74 Quai d’Orsay Monde, Libération, press agencies like April 6, 1994 »... Under the menu item - 45 AFP AFP, Reuters, declassified documents « Analysis », documents are commen- - 43 African Rights of US DOS, archives of Monique Mas ted, for example « France has allowed - 42 CORBIS SYGMA of RFI, etc.) is underway. genocide ». - 41 US DOS One of the main goal of this work A dropdown menu allows to jump - 40 Belgium Senate is to test the hypothesis that, even easily from one item to another. An - 40 Reuters if the genocide has been executed by english presentation is on the way. To note the sale or supply of arms to Rwanda story (September 30, 2004). in violation of Resolution 918 (1994). Védrine’s confession The main report is published on Agathe Uwilingiyimana’s March 14, 1996. The role in the tran- An extract of Hubert Védrine’s saction of Banque nationale de Pa- murder hearing at the National Defence and ris – BNP – (National Bank of Pa- Forces armies Commission (National On April 20, 1994, Yvon Le Moal ris) appears only in an addendum on Assembly, April 16, 2014) is showed reports the slaughter of the Prime mi- January 22, 1998. Would this bank on the first page of the web site under nister witnessed by two United Na- be unaware of the destination of this the title « L’Aveu » (The Confession). tions volunteers. payment ? The BNP’s account of the In this video, the ancient general se- Rwandan military attaché, Sébastien cretary of Élysée recognizes that the Ntahobari, remains open. The De- Rwanda’s History supply of weapons to the Rwanda go- fence minister, Augustin Bizimana, vernemental forces (RGF) has conti- Uploaded on this site, one find the feeds this account (June 17, 1994). nued during the genocide. At the same Rwanda’s history written by french On July 5, 1994, Ntahobari pays a date can be seen the exact transcrip- priests, Albert Pagès (1933) and Louis company « Robert Martin » which tion of Védrine’s words and the official De Lacger (June 6, 1961). Symmetri- provides mercenary services (Augus- account where his confession has been cally, one can find of Alexis Kagame, tin Bizimana, September 13, 1994 ; deleted ! « Un abrégé de l’ethno-histoire du Augustin Bizimungu, September 29, Rwanda » (1972) et « Un Abrégé de 1994.) l’Histoire du Rwanda de 1853 à 1972 » Weapons deliveries in 1994 (1975). A report of lieutenant Nees of Planning the genocide Pursuing his analysis of hidden UNAMIR on January 22, 1994 and a archives of White fathers, Stefaan telegram of Willy Claes, Belgium Fo- The major of RGF, Charles Ntam- Minnaert explains in « Musinga et reign Office minister, on March 11, bazi, commander of the transport les Pères Blancs : Rapport politique 1994 show that France continues to company in Kanombe camp, reveals confidentiel du 24 Mars 1918 » that, supply weapons despite the prohibi- on August 9, 1994 at Dar Es-Salaam, far from an alleged secular oppression tion by the Arusha’s agreement which that two companies of the para- of by Tutsi, it is the confron- french leaders claim they do support. commando battalion (around 300 sol- tation between colonial powers, espe- diers) were transfered at beginning cially Belgians and Germans, which Seychelles arms for Rwanda of April 1994 to the Presidential is the main determinant of Rwandan guard camp in Kimihurura, in front of history at the beginning of the XXth The arms sale in June 1994 by CND building where the RPF battal- century. In « Les Pères Blancs et la colonel Bagosora and Willem Ehlers lion was stationned. Confirming other Société Rwandaise durant l’Époque of South-Africa has been denounced testimonies at the lawsuit at ICTR Coloniale Allemande (1900 - 1916) » by an opposition party of Seychelles of Aloys Ntabakuze, commander of (The White fathers and the Rwan- and a newspaper « Regar ». The paras-commando, (Judgement Bago- dan Society during the time of Ger- United States embassy has warned sora and al., December 18, 2008, en- man Colonization (1900 - 1916) pu- Washington (Malott, June 24, 1994). glish version, section 746, p. 188), this blished on September 18, 2008, he The Lettre de l’Océan Indien for- tactic – of which major De Saint- lets us know that the to-be bishop wards the news (no 630, July 2, 1994). Quentin, Ntabakuze’s adviser, was ne- Léon Classe fought down with guns In May 1995 the report of Human cessary aware – has been likely orde- at Rwaza in 1904 the natives who re- Rights Watch, Rwanda/Zaire, Rear- red to attack RPF, who has been the fuse to work for the building of the ming with Impunity quotes the fact. target of shoots during the April 6-7 mission and that testimonies about fa- Consequently, the Security council re- night. Philippe Gaillard, ICRC dele- ther Loupias murder (1910) have been quests the Secretary-General to esta- gate, who was that evening in CND, improved to write the holly story of blish a commission of inquiry about will describe that night in a terrific Rwanda’s evangelization.