Rwanda Genocide
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Обновлено: 8 дек 2018
Timeline of the Rwanda Genocide and everything leading up to it.
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Created byLexis Greene
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События
Tutsi Migrate
to RwandaGermany
Colonizes
Rwanda"Belgian
Forces
Occupy
Rwanda""Belgians
Assume
Control
Over
Rwanda"Belgium
Governs
RwandaIdentification
Cards
DistributedRwanda
becomes UN
Trust TerritoryGenocide Declared
as a CrimeHutu Manifesto
ReleasedThe Hutu people rebelled against the Tutsi and
the Belgians, forcing thousands of Tutsi into exile."Rwanda Procaimed
A Republic""Rwanda gains its independence""About 20,000 Tutsis killed following an incursion
by Tutsi rebels""Juvénal Habyarimana takes control of Rwanda
in a bloodless coup.""Some 50,000 Hutu refugees
flee to Rwanda from
Burundi following ethnic
violence there."Forces of the rebel, mainly Tutsi, Rwandan
Patriotic Front (RPF) invade Rwanda from
Uganda.New multi-party
constitution promulgated."RTLM (Radio Télévison
des Milles Collines)
begins broadcasting
and spreading hate.""The Arusha Accords are
agreed upon, opening
government positions
to both Hutu and Tutsi.""Rwandan President
Juvénal Habyarimana is
killed when his plane
is shot out of the sky. This
is the official beginning
of the Rwandan
Genocide.""Hutu extremists begin killing their political opponents, including the prime minister.""Massacre at Gikondo -
hundreds of Tutsis are
killed in the Pallottine
Missionary Catholic
Church. Since the killers
were clearly targeting
only Tutsi, the Gikondo
massacre was the first
clear sign that a
genocide was occurring.""Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic
Church - thousands of Tutsi are killed, first by
grenades and guns and then by machetes and
clubs.""An estimated 12,000 Tutsis are killed after
sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi.
Another 50,000 are killed in the hills of Bisesero.
More are killed in the town's hospital and
church.""Approximately
250,000 people,
mostly Tutsi, flee
to neighboring
Tanzania.""The RPF takes control
of the presidential palace.""The French establish
a safe zone in the
southwest corner
of Rwanda.""Approximately one
million people,
mostly Hutu,
begin fleeing to Zaire""The Rwanda Genocide
ends when
the RPF gains
control of the country."
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