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Note
Rwanda's trial of 'flame fanning' journalists Two
journalists have been jailed for life and a third was jailed for
thirty-five years for 'fanning the flames' of the genocide that
resulted in the murder of 800,000 Rwandans - men, women and
children. Two
of the journalists were founding members of RTLM [Radio Television
Libres des Mille Collines] and one was the owner and editor of the
extremist newspaper, Kangura. Together
they fanned the flames of ethnic hatred and encouraged and
applauded the murders of the hapless victims through the venom and
poison of their broadcasts and articles. The
Rwandan Prosecutor- General said after the conviction " Those
who spread the message through the media and told the ordinary
people to kill are far worse than people who followed their
orders." Certain
local media practitioners and talk show hosts should take serious
note of this landmark case and abandon their irresponsible
attitudes and comments which they make, and stop trying to spread
and sow hatred in the Guyanese society, who are largely a
peace-loving people.
Manning's
GID award acceptance against protocol This
is what has been disclosed in a letter to the editor by one Terry
Singh in the Chronicle newspaper of December 10. It
boggles the mind that any such thing could happen, and maybe the
spokespersons for Mr. Manning will soon disabuse our minds that
any such thing has or will occur. According
to the letter by Terry Singh the partisan, U.S.-based Guyana
Institute for Democracy or [GID] led by the Opposition PNC/R
activist Rickford Burke and which is actively engaged in attacking
the legitimately-elected Government of Guyana, locally and
overseas has or is attempting to inveigle the Trinidad and Tobago
Prime Minister to be so 'honoured.' The
thought is so outrageous and such action is against all protocol,
that an early response from the Trinidad Government is needed.
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