General information

Call No.:

392-2-1:3/1

Part of series

HU OSA 392-2-1 Video Recordings of WITNESS: WITNESS Partners' Raw Footage: Association for the Defense of Human Rights

Located at

DVD-ROM #3 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 392-2-1_003

Date of production

1996-06

Date

1996

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

French

Duration

39 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Raw material

Contents Summary

Footage of the infamous Masisi Massacre of June 22, 1996, obtained by members of Congo/Zaire's leading human rights group, the African Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADHO). An ASADHO member travels with the Zairian security forces as they attempt to launch Operation Kimia (Peace). Zairian security forces claim that the massacred bodies are of Tutsi villagers killed by Hutu refugees. Human rights groups, including ASADHO, claim that the killings were actually by Rwandan Tutsi insurgents and the victims were Hutu refugees. According to ASADHO, the Mobutu regime publicized erroneous reports of "well-armed Hutu rebel belligerents" in order to allow the continued revenge upon the Hutu refugees by forces of the newly formed Rwandan Tutsi government (Rwandan Patriotic Army) and the ADFL (Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire). Interview.

Context

Associated Names

WITNESS (Copyright holder, Producer)

ASADHO (Copyright holder, Producer)