We are told that the media must always strive to be objective; that they have to ensure that both sides to the story are told in equal measure. (more…)
Archive for the ‘Comment’ Category
In the Media, Moral Consciousness Is Everything
Posted: November 7, 2011 in CommentTags: genocide, Holocaust, Media, morality, Rwanda
Rwanda genocide survivor shares experience, perspective
Posted: October 28, 2011 in CommentTags: Carl Wilkens, genocide, Rwanda
For Carl Wilkens, genocide is a word that carries different types of significance. (more…)
Why Rwandan Refugees Don’t Need Cessation Clause to Return Home
Posted: October 24, 2011 in CommentTags: Millions, Paul Kagame, Refugees, Rwanda, UNHCR
By James Munyaneza
Rwanda has repatriated more than 3.3 million of its citizens since 1994, with just about 70,000 still regarding themselves refugees in various countries. (more…)
Letters from Africa: A test of faith
Posted: May 30, 2011 in CommentTags: Opportunity, Professionalism, Rabbi, Rwanda, Shalom
By Dau Jok and Zack Rosen–May 27, 2011
Editor’s Note: In this space, Penn teammates Dau Jok and Zack Rosen will provide a series of blog updates on their trip to Africa and Dau’s work to start up the Dut Jok Youth Foundation to help his native Sudan. (more…)
‘The pierced, disfigured Christ looks like me’
Posted: May 20, 2011 in CommentTags: Catholic Church, genocide, Jesus Christ, Rwanda, Tutsi
By Révérien Rurangwa
Révérien Rurangwa was a devout Catholic until the Rwandan genocide left his body scarred and his faith shattered.
Like many Rwandans, Révérien Rurangwa was brought up in a staunchly Catholic family. His village, Mugina, on the main road south from the capital, is dotted with one-room churches and a convent. In 1994, at the time of the genocide, there were 30 nuns living close by, and two Spanish priests. (more…)
Preserving Memory to Honour Victims and to Deter Genocide Deniers
Posted: May 16, 2011 in CommentTags: Academia, Armenian Genocide, Ban Ki-moon, Dignity, genocide, Genocide Denial, Holocaust, Hutu, Memory, Tutsi
By Tom Ndahiro
There is a saying that only love beats milk. In our language, Kinyarwanda, the month of April is called Mata. Amata is milk. In April, 1994, Rwanda was soaked in the blood of the Tutsi.
The memories and lessons from the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda live with us. Despite the fact that these recollections are painful, they must be maintained by everyone who cares. This is the only way that humanity will be able to prevent similar genocides from ever happening again. (more…)
Rwanda – from obsession to forgiveness
Posted: May 2, 2011 in CommentTags: Church, genocide, Hutu, Interahamwe, Rwanda, UN Security Council
FLORENCE RADULL
Correspondent
Seventeen years ago this month the systematic and calculated massacre of an estimated one million Tutsi’s and moderate Hutu’s took place in Rwanda, in a matter of only 100 days. (more…)
World needs to get proactive on genocide, says museum executive
Posted: May 2, 2011 in CommentTags: Committee on Conscience, Darfur, Holocaust, Holocaust museum, Mike Abramowitz, Rwanda, Tutsi
By Dan Pine Thursday, April 28, 2011
To Mike Abramowitz, the Shoah was one shoah too many. That’s why the former Washington Post reporter now heads the Committee on Conscience, established by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. His mission: alert the world to emerging crimes against humanity, wherever they may take place. (more…)
Rwanda genocide revisited at the AFI Fest Presented by Audi
Posted: November 10, 2011 in CommentSome films such as documentaries are intended to educate. Others are purely for entertainment purposes and occasionally there’s a film that combines the educational value of documentaries with the entertainment value of feature films thus producing edutainment. (more…)