Rwandan parliament passed a resolution calling on its government to ban a BBC documentary on Rwanda and charge the producers with genocide denial, on Friday.
The BBC has denied that any part of the programme constitutes to “a denial of the genocide against the Tutsis.”
The documentary, “Rwanda's Untold Story”, contained allegations that Kagame and his then RPF armed organisation had shot down the Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana, sparking the genocide which killed some 800,000 people.
Rwanda's president, earlier this month accused the documentary of "further emboldened the génocidaires, all their supporters and those who collaborate with them."
A BBC spokesperson earlier said,
“The BBC strongly refutes the suggestion that any part of the programme constitutes a ‘denial of the genocide against the Tutsi’. There are repeated references to the mass killings of Tutsis by Hutus in 1994 and that this constituted genocide. The programme also includes an interview with the Director of the Genocide Museum at Murambi, a Tutsi and genocide survivor, and a convicted Hutu genocidaire who spoke of his part in the killing of thousands of Tutsis.”
Rwandan president accuses BBC of 'genocide denial' (15 October 2014)
BBC accused of giving voice to genocide deniers by Rwandan survivors groups (11 October 2014)
The BBC has denied that any part of the programme constitutes to “a denial of the genocide against the Tutsis.”
The documentary, “Rwanda's Untold Story”, contained allegations that Kagame and his then RPF armed organisation had shot down the Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana, sparking the genocide which killed some 800,000 people.
Rwanda's president, earlier this month accused the documentary of "further emboldened the génocidaires, all their supporters and those who collaborate with them."
A BBC spokesperson earlier said,
“The BBC strongly refutes the suggestion that any part of the programme constitutes a ‘denial of the genocide against the Tutsi’. There are repeated references to the mass killings of Tutsis by Hutus in 1994 and that this constituted genocide. The programme also includes an interview with the Director of the Genocide Museum at Murambi, a Tutsi and genocide survivor, and a convicted Hutu genocidaire who spoke of his part in the killing of thousands of Tutsis.”
Rwandan president accuses BBC of 'genocide denial' (15 October 2014)
BBC accused of giving voice to genocide deniers by Rwandan survivors groups (11 October 2014)