"This is a fascinating, sickening book with some profoundly depressing implications as to the integrity of our political institutions."

James Urquhart
Daily Telegraph

The Perfect Crime

The Rwandan genocide was triggered by the killing of the country’s president in April 1994. The identity of the assassins remains one of the great mysteries of the 20th century. Now a new witness has emerged, alleging French involvement.

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Linda Melvern is a widely published investigative journalist and author.
She is an Honorary Professor in the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Most recent publication: Conspiracy to Murder. The Rwandan Genocide.

Verso, April 2006
Paperback. Revised and updated
ISBN: 1-84467-542-4

This book is an account of how the 1994 genocide in Rwanda was planned and perpetrated. It contains a reconstruction of events to explain how the genocide happened. Linda Melvern had exclusive access to an extensive collection of documents abandoned by the conspirators and she obtained a full confession of the Prime Minister whose government presided over the genocide.

The book is fully sourced and referenced.

Listen to Linda Melvern's Reflections on Ramadan and the United Nations for the BBC.

Read a Special Feature Article from a Presentation, July 2006, at Doughty Street Chambers, London.