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| Rwanda MPs condemn BBC Untold Story programme on genocide | Rwanda MPs condemn BBC Untold Story programme on genocide |
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| Rwanda's parliament has condemned the BBC for broadcasting a documentary which questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide in the country. | Rwanda's parliament has condemned the BBC for broadcasting a documentary which questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide in the country. |
| It approved a resolution calling on the government to ban the BBC in Rwanda and to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial. | It approved a resolution calling on the government to ban the BBC in Rwanda and to charge the documentary-makers with genocide denial. |
| At least 800,000 people died in the genocide. | At least 800,000 people died in the genocide. |
| The BBC has denied that any part of the programme constitutes a "denial of the genocide against the Tutsi". | The BBC has denied that any part of the programme constitutes a "denial of the genocide against the Tutsi". |
| Those killed in the genocide are generally believed to be mostly members of the minority ethnic Tutsi group, and Hutus opposed to the mass slaughter. | Those killed in the genocide are generally believed to be mostly members of the minority ethnic Tutsi group, and Hutus opposed to the mass slaughter. |
| The BBC programme Rwanda, The Untold Story, includes interviews with US-based researchers who say most of those killed may have been Hutus, killed by members of the then-rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which has been in power since 1994. | The BBC programme Rwanda, The Untold Story, includes interviews with US-based researchers who say most of those killed may have been Hutus, killed by members of the then-rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which has been in power since 1994. |
| The programme also included interviews with former aides of RPF leader President Paul Kagame, accusing him of plotting to shoot down the presidential plane - the act seen as triggering the slaughter. | The programme also included interviews with former aides of RPF leader President Paul Kagame, accusing him of plotting to shoot down the presidential plane - the act seen as triggering the slaughter. |
| He has consistently denied previous such accusations. | He has consistently denied previous such accusations. |
| Punishable crime | Punishable crime |
| The resolution was approved at a rare joint sitting of Rwanda's two houses of parliament. | The resolution was approved at a rare joint sitting of Rwanda's two houses of parliament. |
| About 150 protesters had earlier delivered a letter at the BBC office in the capital Kigali for its Director General, Tony Hall. They said the documentary was an attempt to revise the history and facts of the genocide, and disrespected the memory of those who had died. | |
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| The resolution said the programme's producer and presenter, as well as those interviewed for the documentary, should be charged with genocide denial - a punishable crime in Rwanda. | The resolution said the programme's producer and presenter, as well as those interviewed for the documentary, should be charged with genocide denial - a punishable crime in Rwanda. |
| In a recent statement, the BBC said it had a duty to investigate difficult and challenging subjects and believed the programme was a valuable contribution to the understanding of the tragic history of the country and the region. | In a recent statement, the BBC said it had a duty to investigate difficult and challenging subjects and believed the programme was a valuable contribution to the understanding of the tragic history of the country and the region. |
| The BBC also said several attempts to get the Rwandan government to respond to the allegations for the programme had not been taken up. | The BBC also said several attempts to get the Rwandan government to respond to the allegations for the programme had not been taken up. |
| Mr Kagame comes from the minority Tutsi group. | Mr Kagame comes from the minority Tutsi group. |