Rwandan genocide denial

Rwandan genocide denial refers to someone thinking that the Rwandan genocide did not happen or was not as bad as it was. 



  Around the world, figures from across the political spectrum have engaged in Rwandan genocide denial. During the Rwandan genocide, around 800,000 Rwandans, mostly Tutsis, were murdered within 100 days. 



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  The murderers were Hutu nationalists.

Timeline

Two notable deniers were David Peterson and American economist Edward S. Herman (1925–2017). In two of their books, they accused the Western media of "selling" the Rwandan genocide as a genocide in order to promote the "economic and intellectual agendas of the U.S." However, what is the fact is that Western media did not pay much attention to the Rwandan genocide.

Edward S. Herman published several books arguing that the Rwandan genocide should not be called a genocide.  He also questioned the confirmed death toll of the Cambodian genocide 

  and Bosnian genocide, 







  which drew criticism.

2020s

In December 2024, French-Cameroonian writer Charles Onana was convicted of downplaying the Rwandan genocide. 

  He was ordered to pay €8,400, while his publisher had to pay €5,000, because French laws ban the denial of any genocide recognized by the French government.

Related pages

 Holocaust denial
 Holodomor denial
 Bosnian genocide denial
 Armenian genocide denial
 Cambodian genocide denial

References

Category:Racism
Category:Disinformation
Category:Genocide denial
Category:Conspiracy theories