Journey to Rwanda: Genocide and horrifying survivors’ testimony

By Sue Horton

The 1994 genocide is never far from anyone’s mind in Rwanda. But for some Rwandans it’s a constant horror.

Shoah archive expanding to include testimonies of Rwandan genocide

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.

In 1994 “There were bodies in every street in Rwanda”

At four years old, Yannick Tona saw people being hacked to death with machetes, women raped in the streets, and was hunted by people trying to kill him.

‘I had no idea if I was Hutu or Tutsi’–Rwandan genocide survivor brings message of hope to students

By KIRSTEN GORUK Herald-Tribune staff
When Yannick Tona first heard that people in Rwanda had starting killing the Tutsi members of the population, he thought that Tutsis were some kind of animal.

Keith Harmon Snow: A virulent Tutsi and Jews hater

By Tom Ndahiro

Genocide deniers have the same discourse.

Rwandan genocide survivor speaks at Midland Park High School

BY REBECCA GREENE FOR SUBURBAN NEWS

Jacqueline Murekatete knows what a toll harassment, intimidation and bullying can take.

Are Colleges and Universities in North America Unwittingly Providing a Platform to a Tutsi Genocide Revisionist?

Since 2004 in the United States and in Canada, Paul Rusesabagina, the man upon whom Don Cheadle’s character in Hotel Rwanda is based, has been celebrated as the Oskar Schindler of the Tutsi genocide.

‘The pierced, disfigured Christ looks like me’

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.

Preserving Memory to Honour Victims and to Deter Genocide Deniers

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.

Jallow challenges Gatete’s non conviction of conspiracy to commit genocide

Arusha, May 6, 2011 (FH) – The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hassan Bubacar Jallow, has lodged a notice of appeal against the judgement of the Tribunal for not convicting of conspiracy to commit genocide former Rwandan Director in the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs, Jean-Baptiste Gatete.