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The accusation wasn't human rights abuses, the accusation was genocide.
The propaganda trick here is to throw out a henious story, completely fail to back it up with evidence, then gradually retreat to a far less damning accusation that's essentially impossible to disprove. The smear sticks with most people and you then see how much of the lie you can get away with depending on the crowd.