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general, frequently speaking and writing about both. In 2001, he was named by the United Nation's
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Dr. Gerald Caplan is a leading authority on genocide and genocide prevention. He holds his Ph.D. in
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I myself, some time later, gave a speech in which I stressed the negatives of RPF rule as much or more than the positives. I was instantly transformed from a warmly-embraced 'friend of Rwanda' into persona non grata. No one would talk to me, and almost no
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in the 1970s. After a period serving as co-ordinator of
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on what he says is the notorious role of the institution in setting the stage for, enabling and ultimately participating in the genocide in Rwanda.
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