30 Years Later, Rwanda Genocide Shows Consequences of U.S. Refusal to Prevent Mass Killing
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Rwanda is holding a week of commemorations to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a period of around 100 days in which up to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu militias while powerful countries, including the United States, stood by and refused to stop the mass killings. Shortly after the genocide, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame took power and has since ruled Rwanda with an iron fist, leading a harsh crackdown on the press and opposition groups. We look back at the 1994 genocide and discuss the country's trajectory since then with two guests: Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch and now a visiting professor at Princeton, and Noël Zihabamwe, a survivor of the genocide whose parents were killed during the violence in 1994 and whose brothers were disappeared by the Kagame regime in 2019. Zihabamwe now lives in Australia and runs the African Australian Advocacy Center.
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The West/NATO decides who is worthy of life and who is worthy to be protected immediately. As a former Bosnian/muslim child I'm sad and outraged at the same time.
Please post links to the events and dynamics you consider truthful to inform all of US!!!
@@Hands2HealNow you trying to get him banned? the NATO bombings of civilians are still not allowed. Madeline Albright "we think it was worth it" is all the proof you need.
You got that right.😢
UN forces stepped in and saved your asses from the Serbians. Are you now whining about it? You people are never satisfied.
@@janmortimer1758 no one cares
In memory of the victims of the Rwandan Genocide
Well America also has a history of Genocide, but suffers a lapse in historical memory!
And slavery of Africans...
@@michaelrmurphy2734 That is part of the history of genocide. Mostly cultural genocide, but also when it came to the systematic destruction of black towns by raiding mobs and the terrorism of sundown towns.
That’s the story of smallpox mostly
@@michaelrmurphy2734Africans were enslaved and sold by other Africans
@@AdrianCarroll-fj5ce Have you a new definition for this word? Because it seems the opposite happened.
Gaza is the new Rwanda 24.0 .....
in Rwanda at-least people get the chance to escape the Genocide
but in Gaza , you are in Cage........... No way To Escape the Death.
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”
― Mark Twain
I’m sorry but you can’t compare Gaza to Rwanda. The Gaza regimes butchered people in Israel on October 7, and as a result Israel retaliated. But in Rwanda, Tutsis were murdered for no reason. Get your facts right. RIP to those dying in Gaza and Israel
🤑💩🇮🇱@@jimpodolski7871
@@jimpodolski7871the Apartheid regime called israel also participated in killing israelis on Oct 7th
I remember the first time I saw 'Hotel Rwanda' when I was 15... I cried so hard I had to stop the movie, but I knew it was an important story so I had to watch the rest the next night. Truly heartbreaking what people do to each other.
P.S. It's also sad that I'm afraid to use the "G" word because I'm afraid of my message being purged.
The US doesn't want to help in chaos but benefits helping. These emphy words are sickening and disgusting
I'm getting used to it. Starting to like being sarcastic, short, and not having to expand on comments, for it will all go to waste anyways and nobody will see
People make comments about genocide constantly. Stop being weird
@@taylormajors5677 You do realize that they have a neural network system that checks comments based on parameters of the comment, other comments you've posted, channel you're commenting on, etc, etc. If you describe the horrors in detail they will definitely delete more comments... And then that leads to lesser comments also being deleted.
I have respectful comments about economics that just get deleted meanwhile bots are everywhere. I'm not being paranoid or weird it's called Google being "advertiser-friendly".
@@taylormajors5677 lol, the irony... I literally just tried replying to you but it got removed in under 10s
I remember being a child and hearing my father yell at the tv talking about Clinton and the gov being worthless and not doing anything. I had no idea the extent of evil he was yelling at.
It’s not up to the west to police the whole world
I remember watching this on the news as a teenager. I was shocked at the brutal attacks on people in such a savage manner. Between then and now watching gaza I realize that the UN and international courts mean nothing. Nobody stepped in. Nobody helped. The world just stood by while violent acts were perpetrated on innocent people. After it ended the world said NEVER AGAIN, yet here we are again with gaza, sudan, ukraine, and worse are the powers aiding, abetting and weaponising these acts of war. Ruwanda is a stain on mankind. Acts that were so terrible it still makes my blood run cold. One of the most heinous attrocities of modern times. NOW GAZA TOO!!
What people should remember about this is the huge number of ordinary men and women who willingly participated in it.
Many of them are walking around free living a normal life. Super scary thought.
Why is it that we dont call out the crimes immediately.
Why is it that it takes 30 years to reflect and make an apology.
Because they want it to happen
Many did, just as is happening in Gaza now. And just like with Gaza, the players who could have made a difference did not intervene because of the optics. The US did not want another Black Hawk Down scenario and did not want to be morally obliged to get involved in Bosnia, which a Rwanda intervention would have made difficult to avoid.
All the tone deaf comments here on how the US shouldn't meddle in other countries (certainly true) miss the point that Rwanda was the rare occasion when it would have been of immediate benefit.
@@seansmith3058Well except that for Gaza, the US is the SPONSOR of the Genocide. Butcher Biden can stop it in 15 minutes with one phone call. But instead he lies and lies and send in more weapons, because it helps with his reelection. PURE EVIL.
Hey DN! Here in Canada, retired Cdn. Lt.-General Romeo Dallaire, who headed-up the U.N forces in Rwanda, has been making the rounds in the media reminiscing on the conflict. The biggest takeaway seems to be that, despite all the lessons learned in Rwanda, the world has totally failed to utilize those lessons in the many conflicts and genocides happening around the globe today.
He tried to get into politics afterwards if I remember correctly, did he ever get anywhere with that?
@@seansmith3058 You're memory is clearly better than mine!😂 I just checked...he was a Senator from Quebec from 2005-2014.
A great man and a great Canadian. Who I have met. Twice. A little known fact is his family
were immigrants from Belgium. So not a Canadian by birth but a Canadian by choice!
@@seansmith3058 He was a senator. Now he is the director of the (anti) Child Soldier
program at the university here. I'd sign up for a class if he were teaching it!
@@michaelrmurphy2734 Yes, knew that he was Belgian (home of the French Fry), but am so jealous that you got to meet him! His good work was an inspiration as to how military know-how can benefit society in a way other than solely-active-combat. (Gen. Russell Honore in Post-Katrina New Orleans was another.) It saddens me that Canada's formerly leading role in this area has declined so precipitously in the 21st century.
I remember being eleven years old, watching this unfold… it broke my heart and still does…
This should never happen again
It is, right now, today in Gaza
Who financed the HATE RADIO??? THERE IS EVERY LIKELYHOOD IT WAS FINANCED THROUGH CIA!!!
But it is...
@@sharongaskell This time, No One can claim "we didn't know"......
And we all know that tge US,UK and Germany supports it.
Shun israel. Now!
@@unggrabbthis is happening in some stage in many different places in the world right now
Just like in Gaza
😢😢😢😢😢😢The Je Wish people didn't want any other tragedy to be called a Genocide because they wanted to be the only Genocide in history and didn't want to share a tragedy with no other people
That’s because they don’t consider anyone else in history has suffered as much as them. Yet look at the suffering they have perpetuated since entering Palestine.
@@user-wt8fz6ww4wJews also murdered millions of Russians and Ukranians under Bol-shevism. Yet you will never hear it from the media.
@@user-wt8fz6ww4wThe Je Wish people also killed millions of people in Russia and Ukraine under Bol-shevism. But you'll never hear about it.
talk about playing victim and zero empathy
You people are nuts.
"Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda " not the Rwandan genocide⛔
Thank you for sharing these valid perspectives and experiences.
The West is playing the same gaem now in Gaza, they just practiced in Rwanda,
Gaza is different. Israel has so much power and influence in US politics that nothing can be done on the inside of US politics to change it.
Israel does genocide in Gaza (more than 15000 children are killed by Israel!) with support of US and Europe! As a German I feel very ashamed for what happens in Palestine and I pray for peace, independence(!) and a free Palestine after 75 years of occupation, land robbery, oppression, arbitrariness, injustice etc! Free free Palestine ☝🏽🇵🇸
Rwandans are responsible for Rwanda
@@mogznwaz
Europeans created the conditions that led to genocide and backed the government that was responsible for the genocide.
@@pianoandguitarlover2773 I totally agree, however I am talking abut spreading hate through simple propoganda. Imagine if they didn't whisper Arab hate in Israeli ears for 80 years!
Clinton and his US presidential companions remind me of Louis XIV of France. Before he died he admitted that he had instigated many wars. Very many people had died to fight for his pleasure and glory, in the end much of what had been gained in conquered land had been lost again.
We nowadays often don't understand, that this is exactly the expression of sovereignty! Louis XIV was an absolutist monarch and he could literally decide about the lives of his subjects. The US presidents are the very same! They decide by a telephone call, if the genocide in Gaza procedes or not. This is the very proof of being a SOVEREIGN!
This is the very thing that should have been overcome by the American revolution and the French revolution. Both did they fail. Oh boy, how did they fail.
The modern war criminals are highly revered, never taken to justice, which serves them anyway, and never made responsible for their individual 'learning experiences'.
Having this all brought back into the frame for the anniversary is making it all the more shocking and inexcusable that my government in the UK would (*still*) even begin to condone using Rwanda as our external location for processing and then housing refugees and asylum seekers that we apparently can’t be bothered to deal with on our own shores; after just unilaterally declaring with a legal statement that it’s a “safe” country. Absolutely no shade on Rwandan people or society for any of this, but it’s absolutely gross on the part of the UK.
Didn't France create that mess??
Belgium, not France.
And Germany originally
It's like y'all don't listen
The supposed differences between Hutu and Tutsi were very much a European creation.
The Huthus and Tutsi already existed in Ruanda before any European ever saw the place. Later Germany copied what they saw in British imperialism in India, and in that systematically elevated one group in Ruanda above another as a means of local control. Belgium annexed Ruanda out of WW1 and greatly enforced systematic discrimination. France was there during the genocide and explicitly refused intervention.
So important to learn about rwanda. I remember being a hs student and hearing about it, not understanding that the world did nothing. I remember that summer when clinton finally spoke about the topic. 😢 may everyone find justic and healing.
This Noel is not a survivor. Most likely a son of a perpetrator. He is incoherent.
You're right. He must be a son of a survivor
These people are masters at legalities that favor their motives.
The horor moved to congo by the same people and you still refused to stop M23 and PK the killing of congolese , hypocrites
They are doing the same in Gaza
The sooner the better, the US stops being the world hegemony and tries something new.
"I Did Not... Have... Relations with that Woman... Ms. Lewinsky" - Bill Clinton ( An American Legend )...
> This is not Israel's first genocide nor will it be its last.
Israel also participated in the genocide against the Mayans in Guatemala during the genocide in the 1980´s. Israel sold the government the weapons and also trained their soldiers and provided military advice. They killed over 200,000 Mayans just so they could steal their lands.
Israel also provided weapons for the genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia and Myanmar.
Israel is presently selling weapons, technology and providing intelligence and military training to Sudan.
They have also provided weapons and training to the Colombian paramilitaries and the Death Squads in El Salvador.
Who will they wipe out next?
The paramilitaries was training by Israel? Pure garbage, because Israel doesn’t have training for fighting in mountains!
And now here are these same nations expounding their beautiful words of regret and remorse over not having done anything to stop the Genocide in Rwanda Supliying arms to GENOCIDAL ISRAEL and standing with their arms crossed behind them as if they are unable to stop what is happening in Palestine/gaza
Thank my sister
History has a tendency to repeat itself. If you don't learn from the mistakes of the past, you a complicit in the actions of the present.
Well spoken Kenneth Roth. All those opportunities to prevent all these deaths, the destruction and human suffering have been frittered/talked away since 6 months ago. This is just SAD ! In this assault on Gaza it is really Old Men talking and children dying !
The same thing they are doing in Palestine
the west never learns, and never will.
It doesn't want to learn.
@@SuhailButt learn what? What have you learned?
this happening todays in Gaza palistine is same and Rwanda 1990-1994 when group of terrorist led by paul kagame atacking peacefull country and killing peoples of Rwanda even leader of rwanda killed by this group in full of supports of uganda and western incl Bill clinton tony Brair and Gen romeo from canada
but is so sad we only remember tutsis die 1994 to forget 3 milliones of hutu who killed since 1990 up to now USA knows every thing
the truth will come out
@@NgaboJeanvier-iw4yu Not from your mouth.
Ethiopia also too
Kigame feels entitled because he was the one that stopped the genocide. Now he has become a dictator.
>Complain bitterly that colonial rule is unfair
>Beg for European rule
We are literally arguing against "the West" intervening in Haiti right now. Why was it appropriate for Rwanda?
Because westerners want to maintain control over Haiti and remain as it is right now. Now they’re spooked a former police officer awakened by social injustice collaborated with gangs who are made of desperate people and victims of system.
Haiti it’s a special country bro don’t worry about us we will be just fine they all knows that about us they can persecuted us but they never convict us
Because the only consistent narrative for channels lile democracy now is to blame the US. Nevermind the fact that none of the other 195+ countries lifted a finger to help either.
And also remember the Armenian genocide!
Whenever and wherever there are some people that think and do like they are good ones so they can’t do no bad, thus there are others who are bad and can’t do no good. Humanity suffered, that is why despite our technological advancement, our civilization felt stuck and degraded. Because those advancement serve for those kind of peoples, not for betterment of humanity at large.
Ifthe US stayed we'd be sticking our nose where it dont belong if we left well you see what happens
Kagame invited Herzog for the commemoration v=89TegvMU4Mk I see and hear too many double tongued creatures with double standards going over their buisinesess, what noise
Its why Gen Dallaire called his book Shake Hands With The Devil. Read it to see how this happened.
What's the code for?
I didn't know that we were somehow responsible for you.
Noel, he's interahamwe living in Australia.
That's true!! I think he's parents were also killed by Hutus trying to spare Tutsi's.
They had the un there, are you say they wernt good enough?
/s?
They were useless. Read a book about it, unfortunately I can't remember the name of it.
Are you SERIOUSLY denying that the west completely disregarded and misbehaved during it? You’re a direct product of their propaganda. You’re proof that evil breeds evil. May Allah spare me.
Don't get involved.
Hate is the Anglo-Saxon way of life and wars! 😂😂😂
Boy! The USA hasn’t changed have they? Same as now in Palestine!
Give us a break!!
Just because you put a different flag on the American soldiers doesn’t mean they aren’t or were never there.
However, if the US had sent troops into Rwanda, would not many on the left have protested that intervention?
or how many of them would agree to send their kids to end the murders?
Not really. Unlike Bosnia which was happening at the same time this situation was clearly understood. I think Bosnia played an indirect role in why there was no intervention.
Rwanda and Burundi. That's Two Nation States where the Genocide occurred.
Not this particular massacre.
Horrific. Ppl should not be murdering one another...for any reason. Not then, Not now. But they do....in many different ways, for many different reasons. 🙏💖🌱
I respectfully suggest having the Rwandan guest on again… I understand and appreciate the connection being drawn between ‘94 Rwanda and Gaza, but I felt an odd disconnect between the framing of the story vis a vis Roth and the Rwandan guest, who it seems to me was there to discuss issues of Rwanda itself on this 30th anniversary and not as an addendum to the present Gaza conflict, which kinda muddled the narrative IMO.
Who cares about democracy??? Its all about interests and big business.
Black nations are uniting but not with America!
12 million Congolese killed by Kagame and Rwandans disguised as Kongolese. because of our coltan
Rest in peace my brothers N sisters. this shouldn't have happened 😡🤬 and other countries aswell...
Another news clip making America look good in hindsight
Is this video talking about what happened in the Genocide or Paul Kagame ????
A Democrat was in the WH.
Good small minded point! but the military industrial complex/ or people who really run the world doesn’t see parties. They live only for profit and hate.
also, a Democrat in the WH now, assisting you in your genocide.
What's your point? There's a Dem in the WH now. What is he doing about a genocide?
It is not a two-party duopoly. It is a deep state, a hidden government that was exposed by the election of Trump.@@ArleeStarr
There's a Democrat in the WH at this time.
French Mercenaries trained the militias that carried out the Rwandan genocide. This was due to President Habyarimana's close relationship with Mitterand. The French government also purchased the machetes and many victims saw French soldiers at the killing barricades overseeing the killings. This is the truth that France refuses to admit.
Stop your denialism
It's genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda
Not rwandan genocide ❌
Please stop
The status quo wants no change. Who gets in the way matters not. It's up to me and you if we want change.
Free Jammu and Kashmir Insha Allah Jammu and Kashmir Issue exists on the UNO charter today also
Shame on you all it is too late for apologies they are all dead. You are doing exactly the same thing again .
I can't even understand hardly what he is saying!
Lots of genocides in Earths history. Usually for a raw material
This is the future they ment
All the corrupt men of the world how do you think they got to the top? Was it by being righteous?
It is sickening that it has taken 30 years and still they just talks. Nobody is hold accountable for these atrocities, just a bunch of fat cats sitting around talking. 😢
Can't you get better guests? The young man was rambling and was of absolutely no use.
Speaker is surely a son of a perpetrator, dude reciting his false asylum case😂
Horrifying!
Wrong host ,
We can't solve the world's problems.
If America can’t fix itself, they needn’t be tryna solve other country’s problems
The imperialist US is the most egregious terrorist state to ever exist. It does not solve the world's problems. It causes them!!!!!
What about problems you are creating in the world ?
@@journey-gm6sv The US has never solved problems in the world. I wrote the same earlier, but with a truthful description. It was removed. Go figure.
Edit: I'll try again. With 750+ military bases in 80 nations, 12 carrier strike groups (each one a city with an air base on it) doesn't it seem more likely to be causing the world's problems?
@@ArleeStarr The conflict in Bosnia was ultimately resolved ( I won't say solved) by the US, and there's that World War 2 stuff even though the Russians did the heavy lifting.
More fails than wins for sure, but there have been a few occasions when the outcome was better than not getting involved. So I wouldn't say never.
Thought our boy Musk wanted to rebuild Gaza?!
boost
Sounds a lot like today in Gaza. P.S. The U.S. never learns.
Because they are still brainwashed/controlled to not learn.
I believe the US is using Israel to start a war with Iran.
Tribalism
if schools taught their students about every heinous atrocity the US and West
has committed abroad the history books would be too heavy for anyone to carry.
“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”
― Hayley Williams
Nah
What should be taught about Rwanda is how is it possible to have a genocide where so many ordinary people participated.
Sounds like Pelosi😂😂😂😂😂
The Us is like a bad parent who repeiminds his child for his naughty behaviour, but the child knows they are empy threats and the parent will let them get away with murder (literally)
😊 Israel controlled all the people In Congress.
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Credit card interest rates are as much "out of control" as student debt interest rates and are equally in need of a federal rollback, not bailouts, as seen during numerous Wall Street crises.
American made
The majority of Americans are also/still awful, controlled, bots.
Rwanda was very much in the Francophone sphere of influence. The first few chapters of the book We Wish To Inform You Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families gives a detailed history.
Nonsense.
*"Ancient Africa & World History: 8th Century BC"* - *"The Whole History of the Earth and Life [Finished Edition]".* Documentary videos on RUclips.
intellectual disability (previously termed “mental retardation”) has been defined by significant cognitive deficits-which has been established through a standardized measure of intelligence, in particular, with an IQ score of below 70 ( Rwanda has 69 on average in lQ )