A People Betrayed

Events in Rwanda in 1994 are a landmark in the history of modern genocide. Up to one million people were killed in a planned public and political campaign. In the face of indisputable evidence, the UN Security Council failed miserably in its response.In this classic of investigative journalism, Linda Melvern tells the compelling story of what really happened. She reveals the scale, speed and intensity of the unfolding genocide, and she exposes the Western governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening if only they had chosen to act. What emerges is a shocking indictment of how Rwanda was ignored in 1994 and of how it is remembered in the West today-an indictment that renders all the more poignant Melvern''s accounts of the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the genocide, from volunteer peacekeepers to courageous NGO workers.Thirty years on from one of the darkest episodes in modern history, this revised, expanded edition of eople Betrayed includes copious new material reckoning with the information that came to light during the 2022 trial of Felicien Kabuga, the alleged financier of the genocide. This new evidence feeds not only into a revised chronology and a wholly new section on the build-up to the genocide, but also into a new appendix that lists the six major genocide memorial sites in Rwanda along with now-incontrovertible details of the massacres that occurred there.>

Autorentext
Linda Melvern, a British investigative journalist, has written regularly for the British press. For fifteen years she has investigated and written about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. A consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, (ICTR) her archive of documents on the planning and preparation of the genocide was a part of the documentary evidence used by the prosecution. She is an Honorary Professor in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

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The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi claimed the lives of one million people. Today, troubling questions remain about how, inthe face of indisputable evidence of the ongoing genocide, the governments on the UN Security Council failed to intervene. Following thirty years of research, including analysis of recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern's classic investigative journalism shows how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law--back cover.

Zusammenfassung
Following thirty years of research, including research into recently declassified government archives, this newly revised and expanded edition of Linda Melvern's classic of investigative journalism reveals how policymakers continue to refuse to properly acknowledge their responsibilities under international law. The new edition includes copious new material reckoning with the information that came to light during the 2022 trial of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged financier of the genocide. This new evidence feeds not only into a revised chronology and a wholly new section on the build-up to the genocide, but also into a new appendix that lists the six major genocide memorial sites in Rwanda along with now-incontrovertible details of the massacres that occurred there. Throughout it all, Melvern reveals in unmatched detail the scale, speed, and intensity of the unfolding genocide, and she exposes the Western governments and individuals who could have prevented what was happening if only they had chosen to act. What emerges is a shocking indictment of how Rwanda was ignored in 1994 and of how it is misremembered in the West todayan indictment that renders all the more poignant Melvern's accounts of the unrecognised heroism of those who stayed on during the violence, from volunteer peacekeepers to NGO workers.

Inhalt

Maps
Introduction to the 2024 edition
Introduction to the 2019 edition

1. Genocide, April 1994
2. The Past is Prologue: Rwanda 1894-1973
3. The Rwandan Patriotic Front
4. Akazu: The Oligarchy Ruling Rwanda
5. Peace in Rwanda? The Arusha Accords
6. Preparing the Genocide
7. The Hate Radio: Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines
8. New World Order and High Hopes for a UN Success
9. Peacekeepers: The UN Arrives
10. Peacekeepers in Trouble: February-April 1994
11. The UN Security Council: 5 April 1994
12. Four Days in Kigali: 6-9 April 1994
13. The Genocide Exposed
14. The Secret Meanings of the Security Council
15. Genocide Spreads
16. The World Shuts the Door
17. For Valour
18. Starting from Zero: 18 July 1994
19. The Genocide Convention
    Chronology
    Appendix
    Genocide Convention, 1948