“I don’t have to forgive people who never showed any love or respect for the lives of my loved ones, nor any sign of repentance. But I have to live with them, because I don’t have a choice.” Marie G., a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, is known […]
In a Symposium co-organized by the Permanent Mission of Rwanda and the Department of Public Information (DPI) at the UN headquarter in New York last week, Ms, Jacqueline Murekatete, a NY attorney, human rights activist and survivor of the Rwanda genocide discusses the achievements as well as significant […]
Photo: UK MP Jeremy Lefroy Jeremy Lefroy, MP for Stafford, calls to remember survivors and highlights the importance of reparation and justice in yesterday’s UK Parliamentary backbench business debate, agreeing on a motion related to the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. The full debate can be read […]
The faithful attend a service at St. Michel church. The Church is accused of not doing enough in reconciliation efforts. File. The attitude of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the country’s dark history that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and its role in helping to […]
Photo SURF/David Russell, in middle.In the UK, at a meeting at London’s King’s College, David Russell of the UK charity SURF (Survivors Fund) launched an appeal to the international community to support reparations for survivors of the genocide. He described how more than 300,000 survivors still face severe […]
Gerorina Nyirandutiye, survivor of the Rwandan genocide, sits on a bench at her house in Nyamigina village, Rwanda. Photograph: Jose Cendon The severity and pace at which the Rwandan genocide unfolded begs many questions. How does a country begin to recover after such an event? Yet Rwanda serves […]
The case against first category genocide suspect Senator Nzirasanaho, is currently about to be closed before the higher instance court of Nyarugenge in Kigali. This 20 year-old case has been one of the longest and obviously extremely dangerous dossier for several witnesses and survivors involved in the case. […]
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