Since yesterday, the children and allies of the individuals that perpetrated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, mostly those living in Europe and North America, have been jubilating that “Agathe Kanziga – the widow of Habyarimana – has been “absolved of crimes of genocide.”
They have been busy spreading pathetic dangerous claims.
They argue that because Agathe Kanziga has been “absolved” by a court in Paris, the entire idea that the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was planned and carried out by the Habyarimana regime should also be dismissed.
It’s this wild.
In these careless and offensive arguments, they suggest that “the story of the Genocide against the Tutsi during which over one million people were slaughtered, should be rewritten. Imagine such disdain for the victims!
Obviously, their aim is to deny, as usual, one of the most horrific crimes of the 20th century, using one European court’s decision as a tool to distort the facts of the Genocide, and insult the memory of victims.
The Genocide against the Tutsi is not a matter of opinion. It is a matter of record. The United Nations established the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which investigated and confirmed that the genocide was systematically planned and executed by Hutu extremists within the Habyarimana government. That court found overwhelming evidence—written orders, propaganda campaigns, trained militias, and lists of people marked for death. The judgments handed down were based on facts, not politics.
After the work of the ICTR, the United Nations took another step by declaring April 7th as the ‘International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda’. This official recognition by the UN is not symbolic—it is a global commitment to remember the victims and to fight denial. The day reminds the world that the genocide happened, and that it was preventable.
UNESCO also took action by listing four major genocide memorials—Kigali, Nyamata, Murambi, and Bisesero—as ‘World Heritage Sites’. These sacred places stand as undeniable evidence of the horror that unfolded in 1994. Their recognition sends a message to all humanity that the genocide is not a myth, not a theory, and not a subject for revision by exiled apologists.
So who are these genocide deniers to pretend otherwise? Who are they to discard decades of investigation, justice, and remembrance simply because one of their own escaped legal punishment? Their campaign is not about truth; it is about hiding their shame. But history will not be erased. The truth stands firm—written in blood, carved in memory, and guarded by those who survived.
The effort to defend Agathe Kanziga is equally being led by the same political figures in France who supported the Habyarimana regime during the genocide. These are the people from François Mitterrand’s circle, who helped arm and protect those who committed these crimes. Today, they are trying to clean their names by blaming Rwanda and hiding the truth.
Rwandans do not need lessons from foreign courts.
They know their own history because they lived through it. They lost their families, rebuilt their country, and stood firm against denial. No ruling from Paris can erase what happened. The genocide was real. It was planned. And it must never be forgotten.
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