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  • News & Events

    Posted on December 6th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    conviction, genocide

    “Genocide Banker” sentenced to 30 years in prison

    “Genocide Banker” sentenced to 30 years in prison

    The Hirondelle News Agency reports that the Assize Court of Brussels unanimously sentenced Ephrem Nkezabera, dubbed the ‘genocide banker’, to 30 years in prison for war crimes including murder and rape during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

  • News & Events

    Posted on October 8th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    genocide, intervention

    Senior bureaucrats ignored warning of genocide in Rwanda

    Senior bureaucrats ignored warning of genocide in Rwanda

    The Toronto Star reports on how diplomat Robert Fowler’s memo on the Rwandan genocide was ignored by Ottawa bureaucrats during the killings. He and others are now calling on the federal government to overhaul the way it prepares for and responds to emerging humanitarian catastrophes and state-sponsored ethnic violence.

  • News & Events

    Posted on April 15th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    commemoration, genocide, genocide ideology, ICTR

    ICTR prosecutor urges “negationists” not to distort the truth of the 1994 genocide

    ICTR prosecutor urges “negationists” not to distort the truth of the 1994 genocide

    During a commemoration of the 15 years since the genocide, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda stated that it is an indisputable legal fact that genocide took place in Rwanda in 1994 and dismissed negationists who try to describe the tragic event otherwise.

  • News & Events

    Posted on April 9th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    commemoration, genocide, media

    “The Men Who Killed Me” features on radio, TV and print

    “The Men Who Killed Me” features on radio, TV and print

    In the days leading up to the 15 years since the Rwandan genocide, Anne-Marie, Sandra and Samer have participated in interviews in Canada and the Netherlands discussing the sexual violence during the genocide, and the ongoing impact it has had on the survivors.

  • News & Events

    Posted on April 9th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    commemoration, genocide, media

    Trying to get past 1994: Globe and Mail op-ed

    Trying to get past 1994: Globe and Mail op-ed

    Fifteen years after she was gang-raped, beaten and left for dead near a river in southern Rwanda, Pascasie Mukasakindi still struggles to put the pieces of her life together. The militia responsible for the genocide “killed what I would have become,” she told us in Kigali when we met while working on a project documenting sexual violence.

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 31st, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    Church, genocide, Politics, Rwanda

    The sins of the Christian Church

    The sins of the Christian Church

    Gerald Caplan, author of The Betrayal of Africa and Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide, writes about the Christian Church’s complicity during the Rwandan genocide. In his view, the “Catholic hierarchy in Rwanda, mostly Hutu by 1994, failed to condemn its Hutu extremist friends who were carrying out this African holocaust.”

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 25th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    genocide, ICTR, post-genocide, prosecution

    Rwandan imprisoned for 20 years for involvement in genocide

    Rwandan imprisoned for 20 years for involvement in genocide

    A court in The Hague sentenced Joseph Mpambara, a former Interahamwe member, to 20 years imprisonment for his role in killing two Tutsi mothers and at least four children during the 1994 genocide. Mpambara was also convicted of torturing a German doctor, his Tutsi wife and their two-month-old son.

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 17th, 2009

    Written by Anne-Marie

    Tags

    commemoration, genocide, photography, Samer, testimonial, Tilburg, Toronto

    Commemorative Book Launch: April 7, 2009

    Commemorative Book Launch: April 7, 2009

    15 years after the beginning of the Rwandan genocide, there will be a commemorative launch of the book “The Men Who Killed Me” and exhibitions in Canada and the Netherlands featuring photos of survivors whose testimonials are featured in the book. During the commemoration, excerpts from testimonials featured in the book will be read.

  • News & Events

    Posted on March 6th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    commemoration, genocide, post-genocide, rape, review, survivors

    Lucid Magazine profiles “The Men Who Killed Me”

    Lucid Magazine profiles “The Men Who Killed Me”

    Lucid Magazine’s inaugural issue features an article on survivors of sexual violence of the Rwandan genocide and interviews with Anne-Marie, Sandra and Samer.

  • News & Events

    Posted on February 18th, 2009

    Written by Sandra

    Tags

    Congo, genocide, ICTR, Politics, Rwanda

    Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Alison Des Forges

    Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Alison Des Forges

    It is with enormous sadness that Human Rights Watch announces the death of our beloved colleague Dr. Alison Des Forges, who was killed in the crash of Flight 3407 from Newark to Buffalo on February 12, 2009. Des Forges, senior adviser to Human Rights Watch’s Africa division for almost two decades, dedicated her life to working on Rwanda and was the world’s leading expert on the 1994 Rwanda genocide and its aftermath.

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