Senate to disseminate research findings on Genocide denail in diaspora across the country

On Monday, the Rwandan senate started a three-day campaign of disseminating the findings of research about the different strategies to counter forms denial and minimization of the genocide against the Tutsi in foreign countries. In various universities and higher learning institutions all over the country.

The Vice President of the senate in charge of Parliamentary affairs Nyirasafari Esperance says that the three-day campaign's main objective is to make known all the subjects and results of the research to students, researchers, academicians, and staff of these higher learning institutions as well as urge them to participate and engage in the fight against genocide ideology, denial, and minimization of the genocide against the Tutsi.

This sensitization campaign comes as a result of a research conducted by the senate about how Rwandans and non-Rwandans abroad deny that the genocide against Tutsis happened as well as minimizing its consequences. According to the research conducted, the press is one of the tools being used to fuel the denial and negation of the genocide against Tutsis.

The vice president points out that this denial ideology frustrates the efforts of unity and the positive transformation of the country. She further explains that they are working to see that other governments enact laws that punish these genocide deniers accordingly.

Genocide denial is often committed through published books, radio, television, social media magazines, public speeches and sometimes even open conferences.