By Sue Horton
The 1994 genocide is never far from anyone’s mind in Rwanda. But for some Rwandans it’s a constant horror. (more…)
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Journey to Rwanda: Genocide and horrifying survivors’ testimony
Posted: November 14, 2011 in NewsTags: genocide, Rape, Rwanda, Suffering, Tutsi
War is over, battles rage on: Support group is working to bring soldiers home — in every way
Posted: November 14, 2011 in NewsTags: Afghanistan, Canadian Forces, Canadian Soldier, Department of National Defence, Emotional Scars, genocide, Operational stress injury, Post Traumatic Stress, Rwanda, Stigma
By: Randy Turner
The former soldier is pacing in circles in a small office in the bowels of a nondescript, tan brick building at 17 Wing. (more…)
Mitterrand le cagoulard, fasciste et “très probablement terroriste”
Posted: November 14, 2011 in NewsTags: Contradictions, François Mitterrand, France, histoire officielle, l oréal, miser, Parti Nazi, Pierre Péan
La page sombre de l’histoire de François Mitterrand, très tardivement ouverte, a été vite refermée par des admirateurs de l’ancien président : ils ont pris à bras le corps le sujet pour mieux enterrer la polémique. (more…)
Rwandans challenge Lantos Foundation, as one of the real heroes speak out
Posted: November 11, 2011 in NewsTags: genocide, Hotel Rwanda, Paul, Rwanda
By Tom Godfrey
TORONTO - Genocide survivors in the Toronto-area are outraged and protesting humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, an inspiration behind the hit movie Hotel Rwanda, who is receiving a top U.S. award for human rights. (more…)
The Science of Genocide: When Love Becomes Hate, Silence is a catalyst
Posted: November 10, 2011 in NewsTags: genocide, Genocide Denial, Hate, Rwanda, Science
By Greg Marinovich
Last night I attended a talk by Dr Charles Mironko at Johannesburg’s Vega college. Moronko is a Rwandan anthropologist who specializes in genocide. (more…)
Shoah archive expanding to include testimonies of Rwandan genocide
Posted: November 10, 2011 in NewsTags: genocide, Holocaust, Shoah, Tutsi
The USC Shoah Foundation Institute is expanding its visual history archive to include video recordings of testimonies about genocides other than the Holocaust, starting with a collection of 50 testimonies by survivors of the 1994 genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda. (more…)
By Mike Cohen
MONTREAL – More than 100 school teachers from across Quebec – most of whom are not Jewish – took part in an a day-long professional development conference here presented by the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre. (more…)
Dutch Court Approves Transfer of Victoire Ingabire Evidence
Posted: November 6, 2011 in NewsTags: Dutch, Evidence, genocide, Ingabire, Justice, Rwanda
The petition to block the transfer of documents incriminating Victoire Ingabire was yesterday dismissed by a Dutch court ending a long standing tug-of-war between the prosecution and Ingabire’s husband, Lin Muyizere. (more…)
Netherlands may send Ingabire documents to Rwanda
Posted: November 6, 2011 in NewsTags: Justice, Rwanda, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
By Saskia Houttuin The Netherlands has been granted permission to send documents of the imprisoned Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire to Rwanda for the purpose of her trial in Kigali. (more…)
