Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines

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Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM; dt . Free Radio-Television of a Thousand Hills and the French . Label Mille Collines is synonymous with the country name of Rwanda ), colloquially Hate Radio (dt. Hate Radio ), a Rwandan radio and television broadcaster that gained international fame for its role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide .

History of origin

The station went on air in July 1993 as the mouthpiece of the extremist Hutu power and was conceived as a voice against the RPF station Radio Muhabura or the more balanced radio Rwanda . The program consisted of an undemanding conversation underlaid with coarse street language, which was aimed primarily at target groups in the lower classes of society. The station soon enjoyed great popularity among these social groups.

One of the founders of the station was Georges Rutaganda, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for his active role in genocide . Ferdinand Nahimana, another founder and ideologue of the station, was also sentenced to life imprisonment in 2003. Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza (1950-2010) received a 35-year prison sentence.

The station was financed primarily by shareholders from the ruling Hutu party, in particular Félicien Kabuga . He also received support from development aid organizations, including Germany and Switzerland.

Role in genocide

Before the genocide in Rwanda, the station operated hate propaganda against Tutsi , moderate Hutus , Belgians (former colonial powers ) and the United Nations Support Mission for Rwanda . It was the main tool for propaganda and the dissemination of instructions to a largely illiterate population. The radio station Radio Mille Collines was instrumental in coordinating the massacres. Because of these completely uninhibited calls for violence and hatred, the station was given the title "Radio Machete" by some. Genocide propaganda stopped in July 1994 . Criminal proceedings have been opened against some of those responsible and moderators of the station before the International Criminal Court for Rwanda . One of those already convicted is Georges Ruggiu , a Belgian who was the only non-black person to present programs. Félicien Kabuga, head of the station until 1994, was arrested in France on May 16, 2020.

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  1. ↑ a b Radio in controversies , times.co.zm, October 15, 2017
  2. ↑ Life sentence for Rwandan genocide leader , theguardian.com, December 7, 1999
  3. ↑ a b Three Media Leaders convicted for Genocide , unictr.unmict.org, December 3, 2003
  4. ↑ Hate Radio: Rwanda ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , radionetherlands.nl, April 2004 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.radionetherlands.nl
  5. ^ Rwanda - The Voice of Genocide , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, April 22, 2014
  6. ↑ Arrested after more than 20 years of fleeing. daily news from May 16, 2020
  7. ↑ Bettina Schulte: badische-zeitung.de: "Hate Radio" shows the propaganda for the genocide in Rwanda . Badische Zeitung , April 21, 2012 (April 21, 2012)
  8. ↑ Jan Drees: Interview ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: der Freitag , on the occasion of the genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago, Milo Rau's play “Hate Radio” is now being shown as a film. The director tells about the broadcaster RTLM . April 8, 2014, accessed October 12, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.freitag.de
  9. ↑ wdr3.de ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wdr3.de
  10. ↑ badische-zeitung.de: "Hate Radio" receives radio play award . (June 19, 2014)