Today, on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I find myself in a contemplative mood, reflecting on the journey of my fellow survivors of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Being a survivor means that our most fundamental right – the right to life – was gravely threatened. We have come a long way since those harrowing days, but the journey to enjoy our full rights remains fraught with challenges.
I recently attended the wedding of a fellow survivor of the 1994 Rwanda genocide against the Tutsi. As I watched the radiant bride walk down the aisle, I was reminded of how even the happiest occasions can stir up memories of unimaginable loss. When she reached the altar, […]
The stories we often hear about genocide survivors are ones portraying uplifting tales of resilience – accounts of how survivors have been able to move forward and rebuild their lives with the help of the current government. However, behind these simplistic narratives lies a much more complex reality.
Umuryango Igicumbi Ijwi ry’abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi urabaza aho amamiliyoni y’amadolari byitwa ko yanyujijwe muri FARG yarengeye, mu gihe abarokotse bakiri mu ruhuri rw’ibibazo by’imibereho. Igicumbi kiribaza niba ahubwo gufungwa kw’ikigega FARG atari uburyo bwo guhisha ibitabo by’imari bya FARG ngo aho umutungo wayo warigitiye hatazamenyekana. Umuryango Igicumbi usanga abarokotse badakwiye gukomeza gushyirwa mu mwanya wo guhora bateze amaboko, ahubwo bagomba guhabwa indishyi nk’uburyo burambye bwo kubafasha kwifasha nyuma y’ifungwa rya FARG.
Nyuma y’ukwezi, Umuryango Igicumbi-Ijwi ry’abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi utangijwe, uyu muryango uratabariza bamwe mu barokotse jenoside bakomeje gukorerwa akarengane gatandukanye harimo kwicwa kuri bamwe, no kunyagwa imitungo ku bandi. Umuryango Igicumbi uratangaza ko aho akarengane gakorerwa abarokotse jenoside kageze atari ibyo gucecekwa.
Today, Lawyers for Herero and Nama people present argument in lawsuit demanding reparations for the first German- made Genocide. Think about this. Over 110 years since the Herero genocide by the Germans, descendants of the victims are still fighting for their right to justice in form of reparation. In comparison, It’s been only 24 years since the start of genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda. But our voices calling for reparation are becoming nearly silent than ever before. Read more to discover the incredibly long journey of Herero people seeking justice against all odds. Albert
The New Times Rwanda wrote today: Thousands of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are vulnerable, many of them elderly without relatives to look after them. Although the fund for support of Genocide survivors (FARG) has been doing a lot to see that vulnerable Genocide […]
Kambuguje w’ikigero cy’imyaka 70 yabwiye Umuseke ko aho ari ubu ntaho bitaniye no kuba hanze ndetse indwara ubu arwaye yazitewe n’imbeho nyinshi imusanga mu nzu. Uyu mukecuru aba mu gihande kimwe kitaguye cy’iyi nzu. Avuga ko yasasbye kenshi ubuyobozi ko bwamufasha gusana iyi nzu na mbere itaragwa ntabikorerwe. […]
Umugabo witwa Nshimiyimana Theophile utuye mu Kagari ka Nyarutarama mu Murenge wa Byumba mu Karere ka Gicumbi yishimira ko “Abubatsi b’Amahoro” bamufashije gusubirana n’umugore we yari yarirukanye amuhoye ubwoko bwe. Nshimiyimana avuga ko yashakanye n’umugore we witwa Muhimpundu Jacqueline mu mwaka w’1997 nyuma aza gucengezwamo amatwara na Mama […]
Regis Umugiraneza has emerged winner of this year’s Innovative Entrepreneurship Award organised by Survivors Fund, Youth Employment and Training Programme and Association of Student Survivors (AERG). Umugiraneza, who pitched a business idea about a sweet pasta project for producing spaghetti from sweet potatoes, beat other nine contestants to […]
Ikigega cy’igihugu gishinzwe gutera inkunga abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi batishoboye (FARG) bwatangaje ko hagikenewe imbaraga nyinshi mu gusana no kububakira bundi bushya amacumbi, igikorwa bwemeza ko gikeneye amafaranga y’u Rwanda asanga miliyari 36. Ikibazo cy’amacumbi y’abarokotse Jenoside asenyuka mu buryo budasobanutse, n’icy’abatarabona aho bakinga umusaya magingo aya, ni […]
Kagame speaks at the 12th National Dialogue. President Paul Kagame has directed the minister of justice to ensure that genocide victims be compensated as soon as possible. Kagame said those with the ability to pay, should not be given the choice to decide compensation period. “It’s upon the […]
The survivors of 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda descended upon The Hayden Creek Inn in Cooperstown, NY on September 5-7. It was a typical September weekend in Cooperstown, the weather was becoming cool and the landscape was rustic and calm. The story, however, was anything but […]
“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 […]
Summary He was preparing for new job as 1st secretary to Rwanda embassy (Senegal) Police is silent on his case, as mother seek answers Victims car discovered near Rwanda-Uganda border Kigali, Rwanda-It all started in the evening of Sunday February 19, 2014 after Olivier Maniraho, who was working […]
Mbarushimana on arrival in Kigali from Denmark earlier this month. He is accused of participating in the killing of Tutsi in Kabuye and surrounding areas. File. A Genocide suspect extradited to Rwanda by Denmark early this month, Emmanuel Mbarushimana, yesterday blocked his pre-trial hearing before the Nyarugunga Primary […]
A file photo taken on July 27, 1994 shows Rwandan former army chief Augustin Bizimungu sitting in a truck in near Goma (AFP Photo) The UN court for Rwanda upheld a 30-year jail term for former army chief AugustinBizimungu on Monday for his role in the 1994 genocide […]
Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994 yabaye Nyiransengimana Cristine afite imyaka itanu, avuka kuri ba nyakwigendera Kagabo Patrick na Mukandinda Speciose, yavukiye ahitwaga komine Mwendo (mu Birambo) hari muri Perefegitura ya Kibuye, ubu aba mu mujyi wa Korongi, ntarabona inzu yuzuye yo kubamo, agerageza kwirwanaho ngo abeho. Uyu mukobwa […]
STOCKHOLM—A Swedish court of appeal on Thursday upheld a life prison sentence for Stanislas Mbanenande, the first person in Sweden to be convicted of genocide, for crimes committed during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The 55-year-old Swedish citizen of Rwandan origin was first sentenced by a Stockholm district […]
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 […]
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