Coalition for the Defence of the Republic

Coalition for the Defence of the Republic
Coalition pour la Défense de la République
FoundersMartin Bucyana, Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza, Jean Shyirambere Barahinyura[1]
Founded1992 (1992)
Banned1994 (1994)
NewspaperKangura
Paramilitary wingImpuzamugambi
IdeologyHutu Power
Political positionFar-right
Slogan"Mube maso!"
(English: "Watch out!")
Party flag

The Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (French: Coalition pour la Défense de la République, CDR) was a Rwandan far-right Hutu Power political party that took a major role in inciting the Rwandan genocide.[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Gérard Prunier (1995) The Rwanda Crisis, 1959–1994: History of a Genocide, Hurst and Company, p128–129.
  2. ^ Scherrer 1998, p. 83.
  3. ^ Dina Temple-Raston (2005) Justice on the Grass: Three Rwandan Journalists, Their Trial for War Crimes and a Nation's Quest for Redemption, Simon and Schuster, p170.
  4. ^ Raymond Verdier, Emmanuel Decaux, Jean-Pierre Chrétien (1995) Situation judiciare au Rwanda" by Alphonse Marie Nkubito, Rwanda, un génocide du XXe siècle, Editions L'Harmattan, pp223.
  5. ^ Monique Mas (1999) Pour un génocide en Afrique - Lunettes coloniales, politique du sabre et onction humanitaire, Editions L'Harmattan, p469
  6. ^ Jean-Pierre Chrétien (1995) "Rwanda: les médias du génocide", Reporters without frontiers, p130 (note #85 at the bottom of the page describes the CDR as fascist).

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