A day after the truce was brokered by French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Russia faced mounting criticism in the West for its continuing military offensive in Georgia, and US President George W Bush demanded that Russian troops withdraw from the country.

In one of the most graphic ads, a “dissident” - with his arms handcuffed behind him - is depicted having his head dunked in a swimming pool by two “policemen”. The poster carries the caption: “After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on.”

The report by the independant Rwandan commission accuses France of providing military and diplomatic support to ethnic Hutu leaders who instigated the slaughter of Tutsis. Among those named as being complicit in the genocide are the late French president Francois Mitterrand and former prime ministers Dominique de Villepin and Edouard Balladur.