Supporting Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda |
By Michel Nkurunziza, The New Times Over Rwf 80 million (around £75,000) has been provided by sponsors to help genocide young survivors and widows to recover assets that were misappropriated during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. At least 2,000 … Continue Reading »
Today marks the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the start of the 100-day commemoration in Rwanda which runs through to July. 25 years on from the genocide, it is as important … Continue Reading »
We are proud to confirm details of the screening of our new film, 25 Years On, which will be at Rich Mix on 11am, Sunday 7th April, the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in … Continue Reading »
On the news this week that Denmark has extradited genocide fugitive Wenceslas Twagirayezu to face trial this week, as noted below, we hope that this will influence the UK Government to extradite the five genocide suspects in the UK to … Continue Reading »
With Andrew Sutton and Rachel Collingwood of Central Studios, we have been in Rwanda filming an array of the projects of Survivors Fund (SURF) and our partners over the course of the past week. We will be editing these over … Continue Reading »
The New Yorker recently published a powerful article, Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors, by Jina Moore highlighting the very concerning issue of the early release of convicted convicts. The full article is online here, an extract which we publish: … Continue Reading »
Founder and President of Genocide Survivors Foundation, Jacqueline Murekatete, has made a formal submission to Judge Theodor Meron opposing the early release of genocide convicts. Appended below is an extract of the letter… Dear Honorable Judge Meron, I am writing … Continue Reading »
A guest post from Jacqueline Murekatete, Genocide Survivors Foundation. The United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) which was put in place to finish the tasks left incomplete by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the … Continue Reading »
By Kelly Rwamapera, The New Times Parents work hard to have their younger children realise that which themselves were not able to achieve. Children, in the same manner, struggle to live the visions of their parents and pass them over … Continue Reading »
By Eugène Kwibuka, The New Times Government should devise new strategies to execute thousands of Gacaca judgments about property looted or destroyed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that are yet to be implemented so that the offenders can … Continue Reading »