6th May 1995 Hutu child prisoners inside Gikondo Prison in Kigali, Rwanda.
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Gikondo Prison, Kigali, Rwanda.More information:
The prison was originally designed to house 1500 inmates and at this time there were 8000. Many had as yet not been charged with any offence. The Rwandan genocide, known officially as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a genocidal mass slaughter of Tutsi in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority government. An estimated 500, 000 to 1, 000, 000 Rwandans were killed during the 100-day period from April 7th to mid-July 1994, constituting as many as 70% of the Tutsi and 20% of Rwanda's total population. The genocide and widespread slaughter of Rwandans ended when the Tutsi-backed, heavily armed RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front) led by Paul Kagame, took control of the country. An estimated 2, 000, 000 Rwandans, mostly Hutus, were displaced and became refugees. Many fled to neighbouring countries such as Burundi and Zaire, but many too were subsequently rounded up and imprisoned without charge.