Ignoring slaughter The most intense massacres had already taken - TopicsExpress

Ignoring slaughter The most intense massacres had already taken place in April and May, Latil says, and French authorities knew but ignored what was going on after April 7. She said French troops engaged in another operation, Amaryllis, in April to evacuate Europeans but did not care to help end the slaughter in Kigali. On Wednesday, Survie lawyer Eric Plouvier was quoted by the French news agency AFP, as saying the demand for truth, 20 years after what happened, must take precedence over the need for secrecy. According to AFP, in a message to the French armed forces in April, Minister Le Drian defended the “exemplary transparency” of his administration by declassifying more than 1,100 documents. The French NGOs, however, say that the transparency was “far from complete.” This comes as a delegation of French youth leaders and their European colleagues are now in the country for a weeklong tour over the same issue. On Wednesday, they reiterated the need for the truth on the role played by some French leaders in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. After touring Murambi memorial site in Nyamagabe District, where 50,000 Tutsi were killed, Benjamin Abtan, the head the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement, said it was regrettable that individuals within France’s leadership were involved in the Genocide but continue to remain silent. “What is important for us, the people of France, is to make sure that these individuals answer for their acts before the public, and why not before justice?” Abtan wondered. newtimes.co.rw/news/index.php?i=15766&a=77929