Preventing hate speech not an option, but a necessity

Editor, Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it, said George Santiyana. Were Rwandans to ignore the role of the media in propagating hatred for a section of our population and therefore indoctrinating the other section of the population to not only accept but celebrate mass murder of the designated victims, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi would never have been possible.
Prime Minister Habumuremyi opening a media forum on hate speech in Kigali last week. (File)
Prime Minister Habumuremyi opening a media forum on hate speech in Kigali last week. (File)
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