“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. […]
Uwakatiwe n’urukiko Gacaca witwa Murahoneza Lewis wo mu kigero cy’imyaka 37, uba mu gihugu cy’ububiligi aherutse kwitabira ibikorwa by’inama y’igihugu y’umushyikirano yasojwe ku itariki ya 7/12/13. Amakuru dukesha abaturage bo mu murenge wa Gitega, Akagari ka Kagarama ari naho Bwana Lewis Murahoneza uzwi cyane ku izina rya ‘’Kigurube’’ […]
Photo/insightonconflict.com An expert in peace building and reconciliation in post-conflict Rwanda, Guinea Bissau, Burundi and Timor-Leste Jean-Paul Mugiraneza, discusses why the victims of the Tutsi Genocide are still struggling to receive financial compensation for their physical and material loss 20 years on, and asks, can there […]
Genocide inmates Gacaca Photo/Internet As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi in April 2014 questions about justice and reconciliation become ever more relevant. Rwanda’s restorative justice process enacted by gacaca (community courts) sentenced thousands of perpetrators of genocide to pay their victims […]
Today, August 28th, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the famous speech of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) in 1963- ‘I have a dream’. The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address. MLK called for […]
Nyuma y’iyicwa ry’umupfakazi wa genocide Nyiramajyambere wo mukarere ka Musanze kuri uyu wa kabiri w’icyumweru gishize, Undi mupfakazi wa jenoside Mukabaziga Dativa w’imyaka 60 nawe yarishwe mu ijoro ryo kuwa gatatu itariki 21/08/2013. Ibyerekeye urupfu rw’uyu mubyeyi byamenyekanye ku wa gatandatu le 24/08/2013 ahagana saa kumi z’umugoroba. Mukabaziga […]
Genocide widows concerned over post-gacaca compensation After the gacaca courts were officially closed last year, Genocide widows have expressed concerns over the challenges they are facing in receiving compensation form seized properties of convicts. This ruling was to be implemented after the official closing of the courts. Last […]
Nyuma itangazo rihuriwe n’impande za Sosiyete sivile na IBUKA, risaba ko hashyirwaho itegeko rigena indishyi ku barokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, Minisiteri y’Ubutegetsi bw’igihugu iratangaza ko ishyigikiye umushinga wo gushyiraho itegeko rigenga izo ndishyi. Alvera Mukabaramba, Umunyamabanga wa Leta ushinzwe imibereho myiza y’abaturage muri MINALOC, yatangarije IGIHE ko hakwiye […]
From Igihe.com Yanditswe kuya 7-05-2013 – Saa 05:14′ na James Habimana Nyuma y’aho Inkiko Gacaca zisoje imirimo yazo mu mwaka wa 2012, bamwe mu bari baremejwe ko bagomba kurihwa imitungo yangijwe muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, bakomeje kwinubira uburyo ibyavuye muri Gacaca bitahawe agaciro, ahubwo abari baratsinzwe bakaba barahisemo […]
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