# Ferdinand Nahimana **Domain:** Media and mass violence **Doc Type:** Developed Person Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Ferdinand Nahimana** was a founder and ideologue of Rwanda's Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines. In the ICTR “Media Case,” he was convicted for crimes connected to media activity during the 1994 genocide; on appeal his sentence was set at thirty years. ## Significance The case shows broadcast media operating as an active component of organized violence and is often placed beside Streicher's Nuremberg case. Analysis must follow the judgments' specific findings rather than converting the case into a general rule that persuasion automatically causes violence. ## Sources - ICTR, [Nahimana et al. (Media Case)](https://unictr.irmct.org/en/cases/ictr-99-52) - ICTR, [Three Media Leaders convicted](https://unictr.irmct.org/en/news/three-media-leaders-convicted-genocide) ## Routes [[wiki/Julius Streicher|Julius Streicher]] · [[wiki/Participatory Propaganda|Participatory Propaganda]] · [[wiki/Democide|Democide]]