By Alice Kagina, The New Times The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) could have done better to protect and support and offer protection to witnesses in court cases following the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, experts have said. This was … Continue Reading »
Author: David Russell
AERG to mark 25 years anniversary
By Bertrand Byishimo, The New Times The Association of Genocide Survivors Students (AERG) will on Saturday, November 6, mark 25 years’ anniversary of its existence, coinciding with 18 years’ anniversary for the Graduates Genocide Survivors Organization (GAERG). With a theme, … Continue Reading »
The Imputability of Belgium
In a new paper in the American Journal of International Law, Tom Ruys writes on the landmark case of “Mukeshimana-Ngulinzira and Others v. Belgium and Others”: On April 11, 1994, approximately two thousand men, women, and children were brutally murdered … Continue Reading »
The Tutsi and Jewish Experience
In a new paper in the Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice, Noam Schimmel writes on “Personal Reflections on Shared Identity and Contemporary Relationships of Mutual Support and Intersectional Solidarity of Rwandan Tutsi and Jewish Human Rights Advocates”: This article … Continue Reading »
The Media and Paul Rusesabagina
A guest post by Dr. Wolfgang Reinhardt of Iriba Shalom International It is scandalous, that the majority of the international press has been giving a misleading and naïve reporting of the trial and verdict against the so-called “hero” of the … Continue Reading »
International Day of Older Persons 2021
1st October marks the International Day of Older Persons, the theme of which this year is Digital Equity for All Ages, on which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres comments: Staying connected with loved ones. Attending a religious service. Taking a stance. … Continue Reading »
Craft-making
By Lydia Atieno, The New Times After the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Beatrice Bazayirwa was left with injuries that affected her arms, making them weak to a point where she can’t do any strenuous work. Bazayirwa, who is 59-years-old, … Continue Reading »
Survivor’s Mental Health
By Nasra Bishumba, The New Times A collaborative report released on Thursday, September 2 has revealed that while 44 percent of the survivors aged over 45 years experience recurrent depression, 22 percent of the perpetrators who have served their sentence … Continue Reading »
Kiziguro Memorial
By Jean de Dieu Nsabimana, The New Times Genocide survivors and the leadership of Gatsibo District on Saturday, August 29 laid to rest 5,269 victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, in the upgraded memorial site of Kiziguro. Many of … Continue Reading »
Foundation Rwanda
Continuing our series of articles from our Annual Report 2019/20, we outline here our work on our Foundation Rwanda programme. Through funding from Foundation Rwanda, Survivors Fund (SURF) is currently addressing the education and counselling needs of young people conceived … Continue Reading »