Thread by @TheGreatLakesE1

1) Genocide against the Tutsi was planned, not accidental
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Preparations were in many forms. They all worked to put in place the killing infrastructure. #Kwibuka27

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2) According to CNLG, the genocidal regime proceeded to episodic massacres of the Tutsi in different parts of the country, distributed weapons, and created an extremist newspaper called Interahamwe. In addition, it launched the extremist political party called CDR #Kwibuka27

3) Strangely, at the same time,the regime was participating in the Arusha peace negotiations to give the impression that it was interested in peace. This was an illusion because while talks were ongoing, it also carried out massacres in some areas of the country, notably Bugesera

4) They started with the killings of the Bagogwe pastoralists in the north-west part of the country. The CNLG report indicates that “on the night of Feb 4,1991,Ex FAR soldiers from Bigogw camp fired into the air overnight to make it seem like it was an assault by RPF troops

5) This masquerade was prepared to provide a credible pretext for the massacres that were to follow. The next day, soldiers invaded Tutsi homes, massacred many after torturing them in Kanzenze Sector,& claimed to have killed RPF combatants while they were innocent Tutsi civilians

6) Another 277 Tutsi in the former prefectures of Ruhengeri and Gisenyi were massacred, in January 1991, according to the international commission of enquiry by FIDH. It was found that these massacres had taken place in different communes of Gisenyi and Ruhengeri prefectures.

7) The massacres which took place between 1990 and 1994 were trials aimed at testing reaction both nationally and internationally. They also served another purpose, that of trial to see how to efficiently carry out large-scale massacres. #Kwibuka27

8) Each time, the government and the killers felt emboldened and planned more. That is why, when Genocide was eventually launched, it was fast and devastating. Another aspect of the preparation of the Genocide was the training of the youth militias and the distribution of weapons

9) The CDR party was instrumental in mobilizing the Hutu to join forces to exterminate the Tutsi. The idea to create the CDR was born from different meetings held at the National University of Rwanda, Nyakinama camps, between October 22, 1991, and January 17, 1992. #Kwibuka27

10) Genocide revisionists, including the Brussels-based @jamboasbl, an association that comprises children of well-known genocide fugitives, should stop peddling falsehoods. #Kwibuka27