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Paul Kagame blames “you” and free speech on the 16th anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide


On April 7th, 2010, in his address at the Kigali Memorial Center, Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed “you,” a conveniently flexible and expandable category, and all those calling for political space and press freedom, for the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, in which a million Rwandans died.
This is the English language section of his English and Kinyarwanda address particularly concerned with press freedom.

Listen to the entire English language section of Kagame's address

One week after this address, on April 14, 2010, Kagame’s “High Media Council” shut down the independent African language newspapers that most Rwandans depend on. See: Rwanda shuts down independent press ahead of presidential elections .

Listen to Kagame's full address in Kinyarwanda and English

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