By Jolyon Mitchell Prologue Not long ago I found myself in the back of a battered old car, juddering down a long bumpy road in Rwanda. It was dusty and hot. The journey was longer than expected. We were in search of one particular building. When we finally arrived at the small village of Ntarama, [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Remembering the Rwandan Genocide: Reconsidering the Role of Local and Global Media
Posted: December 31, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 1994, Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, Christian Ethics, France, Genocide 1994, Genocide Denial, Gospel, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, Hotel Rwanda, Hutu, ICTR, Interahamwe, John Paul II, Jolyon Mitchell, Media, Radio, RTLM, Rwanda, The Washington Post, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations, University of Edinburgh
Genocide
Posted: December 31, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, Filip Reyntjens, France, Genocide 1994, Genocide convention, Genocide Denial, Holocaust Denial, Hutu, ICTR, Interahamwe, International Criminal Court, Peter Erlinder, Raphael Lemkin, Rummel, Rwanda, Tutsi, Tutsi Genocide, United Nations
By R.J. Rummel SUMMARY: 1. Introduction. 2. What is genocide? 3. Jurisdiction over the crime of genocide. 4. What is the origin of the term? 5. History of the crime of genocide. 6. Genocide as a sociological concept: a) the legal definition; b) the common definition; c) the general definition. 7. Genocide in history. 8. [...]
In order to prevent genocide, we need to learn about it
Posted: December 31, 2010 in Genocide DenialTags: Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, genocide, Genocide Denial, Holocaust Denial, Hutu, ICTR, Interahamwe, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Paul Rusesabagina, Rwanda, Tutsi, Tutsi Genocide, United States of America
By Alan Whitehorn, The Kingston Whig-Standard, 14 January 2008 Over the past two years, there has been considerable research, discussion and debate about a Grade 11 course being developed for the Toronto District School Board. The course is to deal with the painful yet crucial topic of genocide. The proposed outline seeks to draw upon [...]
“Rwanda is a mark of shame on the UN and the world”
Posted: December 31, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: Concordia University, Dehumanisation, Elie Wiesel, genocide, Holocaust, Hutu, Interahamwe, Jews, Nazis, Peter Erlinder, Rwanda, Shame, The Link Newspaper, UN Security Council, United Nations
In the 65 years since Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust, there has been no end to ethnic cleansing, genocide and mass murder on a global scale.
Politics shouldn`t be a hideout for the fugitives
Posted: December 29, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: Felician Kabuga, ICTR, Martin Ngoga, Politics, RICHARD MGAMBA, Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide, Tanzania, The Guardian
BY RICHARD MGAMBA–The Guardian 1st October 2010 Rwanda`s Chief Prosecutor, Martin Ngoga was in Dar es Salaam this week, among other things, to gather evidence on some prominent figures who have been wiring money to Hutu rebels in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwanda: “Genocide” Not a Fabrication!
Posted: December 29, 2010 in Genocide DenialTags: Alloys Mutabingwa, genocide, Genocide Denial, Hutu, Rwanda, Tutsi
By Alloys Mutabingwa, Deputy Secretary General, East African Community. The genocide committed against Tutsis in Rwanda was planned and systematically executed. The genocide plan was known especially to those whose troops were deployed in Rwanda for the futile peacekeeping mission.
Not forgiven, not forgotten
Posted: December 29, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 1994, Chris McGreal, genocide, Hutu, Interahamwe, Kayishema, kibuye, Killers, Rwanda, Tutsi
In 1994, 800,000 people were massacred when Rwanda’s Hutu majority turned against the Tutsi community. Chris McGreal talks to the survivors – and the killers living among them.
Rwanda, ethnic identity, genocide-what can we learn?
Posted: December 29, 2010 in Evidence MaterialTags: Armenian Genocide, Catholic Church, Filip Reyntjens, France, French, genocide, Genocide Denial, Holocaust Denial, Hutu, ICTR, Interahamwe, Rwanda, United Nations
I’m in Rwanda, mostly observing and trying to learn all that I can about the challenges and opportunities for Rwanda in these days with the 1994 genocide of Tutsis now almost exactly 16 years in the past. I’ve been reading all kinds of accounts of the genocide and watching documentaries and movies and I just [...]
