Editing Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (section)

{{Evil Organization
|Box title = Evil Organization
|Image = RTLM Monogram.png
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|fullname = Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines
|alias = RTLM<br>One Thousand Hills Free Radio and Television<br>Hutu Power Radio
|origin = Rwanda
|foundation = July 8, 1993
|dissolution = July 31, 1994
|headquarters = Kigali, Rwanda
|commanders = [[Felicien Kabuga]]<br>[[Ferdinand Nahimana]]<br>[[Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza]]
|agents = [[Georges Ruggiu]]<br>[[Simon Bikindi]]<br>[[Valérie Bemeriki]]<br>[[Kantano Habimana]]<br>[[Noël Hitimana]]<br>[[Hassan Ngeze]]
|skills = 
|goals = Aid in the Rwandan Genocide (failed)
|crimes = [[Propaganda]]<br>[[Hate Speech|Hate speech]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]
|type of villains = Propagandists|type of villain=Propagandists}}
{{Quote|The voice of the radio station was almost like the voice of God because that was the only type of communication.|[[wikipedia:Roméo Dallaire|Roméo Dallaire]]}}
'''Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM)''', also known as '''[[Hutu Power]] Radio''', was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda Rwandan] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_station radio station] which broadcast from July 8, 1993, to July 31, 1994. It played a significant role during the April–July 1994 [[Rwandan Genocide]].

The station's name is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French] for "One Thousand Hills Free Radio and Television", deriving from the description of Rwanda as ''"Land of a Thousand Hills"''. It received support from the government-controlled Radio Rwanda, which initially allowed it to transmit using their equipment.

Widely listened to by the general population, it projected [[Xenophobia|xenophobic]] [[propaganda]] and [[Hate Speech|hate speech]] that [[Demonization|demonized]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutsi Tutsis], moderate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium Belgians], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] mission [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNAMIR UNAMIR]. It is widely regarded as having played a crucial role in creating the atmosphere of charged racial hostility that allowed the [[genocide]] to occur. A study by a Harvard University researcher estimates that approximately 9.7% of the participation in the genocidal violence was due to the broadcasts. The estimate of the study suggests that approximately 50,000 deaths were caused by the station's broadcasts.