REDRESS, a non-governmental organization, contends that a witness protection scheme forced on Rwanda by the UN as a condition to transfer genocide suspects does not help genocide survivors recover – and instead creates lasting tensions on the hills across Rwanda.
Over 50,000 people suspected of having participated in the 1994 genocide are still at large in various African and European countries, according to the Rwandan Prosecutor General’s office. The Rwandan judicial authorities have only issued arrest warrants for 146 of these suspects but state they are working on the case files of the others.
Marie discusses her views on gacaca, the local courts in Rwanda. Marie participated in gacaca both as a judge and as a witness to testify against the individuals who murdered her family and the men who raped her. Her story is featured in “The Men Who Killed Me”.
Gacaca courts in Rwanda: 18 years after the genocide, is there justice and reconciliation for survivors of sexual violence? In January 2012, several years after we first met the courageous women and man featured in “The Men Who Killed Me”, we re-interviewed fifteen of those survivors of sexual violence to learn how their lives had unfolded since the book’s publication.
The District Court in The Hague, Netherlands, has ruled that genocide suspect Yvonne Ntacyobatabara Basebya should remain in custody while investigations in her case are still ongoing. Three judges ruled during a pre-trial hearing that the charges against her (which include murder and rape) “are the gravest in international law,” and that they therefore could not grant her temporary release to celebrate Christmas. The trial is scheduled to start next April.
In 2009, Joseph Mpambara was convicted in the Netherlands of murder and torture during the 1994 genocide. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. A Dutch court is now considering his appeal.
On 16 November 2010, after four months of hospitalization, Immaculée Makumi passed away at the age of 61. Among the loved ones Immaculée leaves behind is her beloved daughter Claudine. Immaculée had a hard life, having experienced many forms of discrimination. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994 she was raped and infected with HIV as a result.
After a visit to the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Centre, a mass grave in the city of Kigali, Rwanda, Governor General Michaëlle Jean apologized to Rwandan leaders for Canada’s “inaction” during the 1994 genocide in the African country.
Ibuka, the main organization of Rwandan genocide survivors, brought the question of survivors’ murders before both houses of the Rwandan parliament. According to Ibuka, twenty-six genocide survivors were murdered in 2009 in Rwanda. Nine women and several children are said to be among the victims.
The Hirondelle News Agency reports that Ibuka, the umbrella organization of genocide survivors in Rwanda, documented the murder of twenty-six genocide survivors in 2009 in Rwanda. Among those murdered are nine women and several children.
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