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'Statelessness' and the Batutsi refugee's invasion of Rwanda 1990-1994

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TLets271174

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'Statelessness' and the Batutsi refugee's invasion of Rwanda 1990-1994

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Nyakabwa, Rose Kabahenda.

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University of London

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2002

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Ph.D.

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University of London

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2002

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Among the interpretations of the Rwandan genocide of 1994, those stressedwithin this dissertation have received little emphasis in previous analyses. Ethniccleavages between the Hutu and the Tutsi resulting from colonial policy, or earlierhistory, or both; the racialization of the Tutsi as an alien people; the role ofinternational actors and the withdrawal of the UN protection on the eve of genocide;the economic and political difficulties caused by structural adjustment programmes(SAPs)-all these been stressed strongly by analysts.Here two other interpretations are stressed: the statelessness of Batutsirefugees in the asylum countries of Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Zaire, are givengreater salience in explaining why the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) invadedRwanda in October 1990 and how this invasion itself indirectly contributed to thesubsequent genocide of April - July 1994.For the preceding 30 years, the Batutsi refugees had been denied the right toreturn to their country of origin as rightful citizens while those remaining inside it hadbeen subjected to discrimination. The government of Gregoire Kayibanda (1961-1973) purged Batutsi who had not fled from earlier pogroms from all positions ofauthority in the political, civil, and educational sectors of the Rwandan government.The regime of Juvenil Habyarimana (1973-1994), stepped up the policy of systemicdiscrimination against Batutsi under the policy of ethnic proportionality.In addition to harassment, intimidation, expulsion and persecution in theircountries of asylum, particularly in Uganda and Zaire, Batutsi refugees became pawnsin the internal politics of these countries. This study considers the RPF's invasionadditionally as an armed response to these problems. The invasion and the RPF'simminent success fuelled extremist tendencies inside Rwanda, which, in turn,masterminded and executed the genocide of between 500,000 and 800,000 Batutsiand Bahutu moderates.

Political science

Nyakabwa, Rose Kabahenda.

University of London

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