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'''Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines''' was a Rwandan radio station during the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. It 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]]. | {{Quote|You find they look hidious with their bushy hair and beards infested with fleas. They look like animals. Actually they are animals.|An RTLM broadcast}}'''Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines''' was a Rwandan radio station during the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. It 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. | 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism racist] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda propaganda] against [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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide 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. | Widely listened to by the general population, it projected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism racist] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda propaganda] against [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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide 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. | ||
==Prior to the Genocide== | ==Prior to the Genocide== | ||