Rwandan genocide survivors welcome Pope’s apology. Survivors hope Pope Francis’s Monday statement will help secure arrests of fugitive clergy implicated in 1994 violence. By Ivan Nganwa, Anadolou Agency. KIGALI, Rwanda. Survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide have welcomed an apology … Continue Reading »
Category: Memory
AERG/GAERG
Genocide survivor groups exude hope for the future. By The New Times. Yesterday began the AERG-GAERG Week, when young survivors of the Genocide embark on a countrywide string of social activities. Among them is to show gratitude to the few … Continue Reading »
Denial
Youth urged to use online platforms to fight Genocide denial. By Remy Niyingize, The New Times. Student survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have been urged to use the resources available to them to be catalysts of a … Continue Reading »
Conservation
CNLG Starts Conservation of Artifact of Genocide Victims. By Michel Nkurunziza, The New Times. The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG) has begun conserving clothing worn by Genocide victims. With the help of nearly $87,000 from the US … Continue Reading »
HMD 2017
Today, January 27th, marks the 72nd Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. How can life go on? is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2017. As the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust comments: “The aftermath of … Continue Reading »
Extradition
Rwanda: Extradition Hearing for 5 Genocide Suspects Starts in UK. By Jean D’Amour Mbonyinshuti, The New Times. The High Court in London has begun the appeal hearing in a longstanding case concerning extradition of five Rwandans suspected of participating in … Continue Reading »
Gacaca Archive
Rwf5 billion to complete Gacaca digital archiving. By Eugene Kwibuka, The New Times. With a fraction of Gacaca archives already digitised, it will require about Rwf5.5 billion to complete digitalisation of some 60 million copies of the archives, officials at … Continue Reading »
Sexual Violence
In the September 2016 edition of the Clinical Psychology Forum journal, SURF Clinical Psychology, Dr Jemma Hogwood has co-authored (with Dr Khadj Rouf), a paper on Genocide and Mass Sexual Violence: Psychological Support for Women Survivors in Rwanda. The paper, which … Continue Reading »
Kabarondo
Rwandan genocide survivors hope for justice from Paris trial. By Stephanie Aglietti. Kabarondo (Rwanda) (AFP) – Twenty-two years after the Rwandan genocide, Jean-Damascene Rutagungira still cannot bear the sight of the Catholic church in the eastern village of Kabarondo, where his … Continue Reading »
IBUKA Interview
Despite Challenges, Genocide Survivors Feel More Hopeful Today – Ibuka Chief. Interview by Eugene Kwibuka, The New Times. Rwandans and friends of Rwanda across the world last week started a week-long commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In … Continue Reading »