{"slug": "rwandan-genocide", "label": "Rwandan genocide", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131297", "qid": "Q131297", "description": "1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in which 800,000 were killed", "entries": 14, "years": 8, "span": [1994, 2020], "span_label": ["1994 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 7}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Rwandan Genocide"], "related": [{"slug": "rwanda", "label": "Rwanda", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "burundi", "label": "Burundi", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hutu", "label": "Hutu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zaire", "label": "Zaire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi President Cyprien Ntaryamira die when a missile shoots down their jet near Kigali, Rwanda. This is taken as a pretext to begin the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 - The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down by Hutu extremists as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide in Rwanda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368046821#April", "title": "1994 in Burundi", "revid": 1368046821, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – The airplane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it prepared to land in Kigali. This was the major cause for the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322141932#April_6", "title": "1994 in Rwanda", "revid": 1322141932, "section": "Events › April 6"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – The Rwandan genocide begins in Kigali, Rwanda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#April", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#July", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Rwanda executes 22 Hutus, including Froduald Karamira, for their roles in the 1994 genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#April", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September", "text": "Jean Kambanda is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#September", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – To avoid connotations with the Rwandan genocide, the government of Rwanda adopts a new national flag for the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#October", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Augustin Bizimungu is arrested for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#April", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 - Two Rwandan men wanted for their role in the 1994 genocide are arrested in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311390940#July", "title": "2007 in Rwanda", "revid": 1311390940, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Théoneste Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentences them to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#December", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 - At least six people die and at least twelve others are injured after a boat sinks in Lake Kivu while carrying people to commemorations to mark the 16th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267491159#April", "title": "2010 in Rwanda", "revid": 1267491159, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – Félicien Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman responsible for supporting the Rwandan genocide, is arrested in Asnières-sur-Seine, France, after 26 years as a fugitive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#May", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 31", "text": "31 August – Rwandan genocide: Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the 1994 movie Hotel Rwanda, is arrested on terrorism charges.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370818951#August", "title": "2020 in East Africa", "revid": 1370818951, "section": "Monthly events › August"}}]}