Mediagazer: BBC should face criminal action over Rwanda documentary, says inquiry (Dugald Baird/Guardian)

2:35 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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Dugald Baird / Guardian:

BBC should face criminal action over Rwanda documentary, says inquiry — Rwandan committee claims it has ‘serious evidence of criminal offences’ relating to a controversial film that questioned official accounts of the 1994 genocide — An inquiry in Rwanda has urged its government …

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