Abstract
In a three months period from April to July 1994, more than one million Tutsi were killed in the genocide against the Tutsi. This genocide was systematically planned and executed by use of machetes, guns and other traditional tools. Today there is a strong denial of this genocide despite the tangible proof for its existence. The majority of genocide deniers claim to promote peace, human rights and true reconciliation. It is being denied in the speeches of conferences, in the media and academic debates and writings in the name of democracy, freedom of speech, academic freedom and reconciliation; which cruelly cut through the hearts of the survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi and nation as whole. Denying this crime inflicts psychological torture on the victims, thereby delaying their healing or permanently impairing the process.
Key Words: Genocide, Denial, Tutsi, Hutu, Rwanda