Jean Marie Higiro

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Jean Marie Higiro born c. 1950 was the head of Television and Radio broadcasting in the Republic of Rwanda.

[edit] Early life

Doctor Higiro was born in Rwanda during the French Colonial Period. He matriculated at the National University of Rwanda. Later, he studied abroad in North America.

[edit] Rwandan Civil War

During the Civil war Doctor Higiro was targeted for his "moderate beliefs" and his enemies plotted to murder him. He end up escaping with his immediate family.

[edit] Post Civil War

Doctor Higiro settled in Massachusetts and became a communications lecturer at Western New England College, in Springfield, Massachusetts. Doctor Higiro's time in the U.S. has not been uneventful. In the late 1990's, his enemies attempted to murder him in the U.S., but they did not succeed.

Was Dr. Higiro involved as a perpetrator in the genocide? No one knows for sure. But he was in charge of the state television and radio communication network during the genocide. How did not not know what about to happen happen and that a million tutsis would be exterminated under his stewardship of of all media outlets in the country?

Dr. Higiro was the man responsible for all radio stations the government run TV station before and during the genocide. Many questions certainly remain unanswered as to his innocence in the genecide.