Event
Bisesero, 27 to 30 June 1994
French troops found Tutsi refugees in the Bisesero hills on 27 June and returned three days later.
- Dates
- 27–30 Jun 1994
- Place
- Bisesero
Connections 3
involved
- Jean-Rémy Duval led the first French reconnaissance Primary record 1
- Eric Nzabahimana spoke for the survivors Scholarship & press 2
part of
- Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 27–30 Jun 1994 Bisesero, 27 to 30 June 1994
Proof 2 sources
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France, Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide (1990-1994): Report submitted to the President of the Republic on 26 March 2021 (English translation; the French version is the reference), Research Commission on the French archives related to Rwanda and the Tutsi genocide, 26 Mar 2021.
Primary record
Reconnaissance of the Bisesero sector east of Gishyita for 6 km
The Bisesero massacres perpetrated by extremist Hutu militias against Tutsi civilians taking refuge on a hillside
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A Foreseeable Genocide: The Role of the French Government in Connection with the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Levy Firestone Muse LLP, for the Government of Rwanda, 19 Apr 2021.
Scholarship & press
whose fluent French had made him a kind of spokesperson for the survivors on both occasions
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