human rights groups say rpf fighters killed thousands of hutu civilians as they took back power. government has said... distant gunfire. i remember being in a state of shock as i was forced to leave my home and search for safety. and as we rwandans feared for our lives, the world looked on in horror. this is the catholic church in nyamata, where hundreds of people were killed. i met with two people who were there that day. 0ne hutu, the other tutsi. they agreed to speak to me, but they didn't want to be filmed. jean—claude was a police officer at the time of the genocide. we started the killing using firearms and grenades with civilians using machetes and other traditional weapons. the killing went on for many days. that day, claudette was one of the many seeking refuge in the church. they came slashing people, starting with the parents, the adults who were at the entrance. they kept on cutting through the people until they found me. in another doorway, they were using guns, shooting. they couldn't open the door. they struggled because there were so many dead bodies in front of t

the rpf leadership took over, they had a vision, and they have implemented that vision.rsity of california professor scott strauss has written extensively about rwanda. >> much of that is pretty amazing. let's lead people to change the way they think about who they are. they should invest in development, they should forget about hutu and tutsi, they should think about themselves as rwandan. fred: the rpf banned the designation hutu and tutsi, instituting a combination of restorative justice and reconciliation efforts. economic growth has been robust and social welfare indicators have improved markedly: in literacy, public health and female participation in government and the economy. quiet -- >> i think the flip side for kagame, and for the leadership around kagame, is that effectively, it's a dictatorship. fred: kagame won praise globally for bringing stability and development to a desperate nation. but he has increasingly ruled with an iron hand. amending the constitution to extend his tenure and cracking down hard on journalists and political opponents. >> the critics