24 October 2014
Last updated at 16:29 GMT
There are numerous memorials around Rwanda to those killed in the genocide
Rwanda
has suspended BBC broadcasts in the Kinyarwanda language with immediate
effect because of a film questioning official accounts of the 1994
genocide.
The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (Rura) said it had
received complaints from the public of incitement, hatred, revisionism
and genocide denial.
At least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in the genocide.
The BBC has denied that any part of the programme constitutes a "denial of the genocide against the Tutsi".
On Wednesday, Rwandan MPs approved a resolution calling on
the government to ban the BBC and to charge the documentary-makers with
genocide denial, which is a crime in the country.
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.
Rwandan genocide:
- 6 April 1994: President Juvenal Habyarimana is killed when his
plane was shot down on returning from peace talks with Tutsi RPF rebels
- 7 April: It is not clear who is behind the shooting but it
sparks the systematic mass killing of mainly Tutsis by extremist Hutu
militia and military elements
- April-July: An estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus are slaughtered
- RPF denies accusations they killed thousands of Hutus as they marched through the country
- July: RPF captures the capital, Kigali
- July: Two million Hutus flee to Zaire, now DR Congo
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.
BBC news reports recall how the genocide unfolded
He has consistently denied previous such accusations.
Rura said it had established a commission of inquiry to
investigate the allegations it had received about the programme, after
which further action may be taken.
The cabinet is meeting next week to discuss parliament's recommendations.
The BBC broadcasts affected by the suspension are produced by
the BBC Great Lakes service, which was initially set up in the
aftermath of the genocide as a lifeline service.
Its first broadcast - BBC Gahuzamiryango, meaning "the
unifier of families" - was a 15-minute transmission aimed at bringing
together families who had been separated.
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Rwanda bans BBC over genocide film
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