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1. Rwanda
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teachers in Rwanda about the Holocaust, so that those teachers would teach their pupils, based on a ... similar format our Museum uses. “Why Rwanda?” I wondered. Twenty years ago genocide happened in Rwanda -
2. Rwanda
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Warning Project, estimates the risk of a new mass killing in Rwanda. Museum Statement on 25th Anniversary ... of Genocide in Rwanda “We have a moral obligation to ensure that we do not repeat past mistakes and -
3. Journey to Rwanda
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genocide in Rwanda. By Mike Abramowitz, director of the Museum's Center for the Prevention of Genocide, who ... genocide in Rwanda. Nearly 75 years ago, Margit Meissner fled Nazi-controlled France with her mother on -
4. The Rwanda Enigma
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Contemporary Rwanda is puzzling because it provokes a polarized reaction. Many observers laud ... Rwanda as one of Africa’s greatest developmental successes, but others warn that it remains -
5. Voices on Rwanda
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leading officials and eyewitnesses to the genocide in Rwanda. Georges Martres, Former French Ambassador to ... Rwanda Georges Martres was the French ambassador to Rwanda from 1990 to 1993. During his time there, he -
6. The Rwanda Genocide
In 1994, Rwanda’s population was composed of three ethnic groups: Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. Approximately ... . Rwanda was ruled by leaders of the Hutu majority from the time it gained independence in 1962 until the
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7. Reflections on Rwanda and Cambodia
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Nyamata Church, about an hour outside of Kigali, Rwanda, tell a vivid narrative, of terrified Tutsis ... as the "killing fields." But the Cambodian narrative isn't nearly as clear as Rwanda -
8. Top Rwanda Genocide Suspect Arrested
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extradited to Tanzania to face trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The head of ... intelligence and military operations at Rwanda's elite military training school during the genocide, Idelphonse -
9. Rwanda’s Genocide: 15 Years Later
to shape our future.” Rwanda’s progress over the last fifteen years has been marked by these two
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10. Video: Defying Genocide In Rwanda
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defy genocide. This film focuses on Damas Gisimba, director of a small orphanage in Rwanda that was -
11. Georges Martres, Former French Ambassador to Rwanda
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to Rwanda from 1990 to 1993. He left in April 1993, a year before the genocide started. During his ... post and his feelings as he left Rwanda. Transcript I must acknowledge I talked about -
12. Rwanda: The First Conviction for Genocide
United Nations established the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 1994
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13. Marking the 16th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda
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Joseline was 17 when genocide came to her village in Butamwe in central Rwanda in April 1994. As ... in Butamwe in central Rwanda in April 1994. As Hutu men and boys -- men and boys that Joseline had -
14. Grenade Attacks in Kigali, as Rwanda Looks to Elections
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Nyamwasa, who resigned as Rwanda's ambassador to India in late February and fled to South Africa in exile ... resigned as Rwanda's ambassador to India in late February and fled to South Africa in exile. Naymwasa -
15. Another Take on the Risk of Mass Killing in Rwanda
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rhetorically if state-led mass killing could happen again in Rwanda and answer with an unequivocal yes. In a ... state-led mass killing could happen again in Rwanda and answer with an unequivocal yes. The risk of -
16. Museum Statement on 25th Anniversary of Genocide in Rwanda
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STATEMENT ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-five years ago, the ... Assistance Mission for Rwanda, to UN Headquarters warning that Hutu extremists were stockpiling arms and -
17. Rwanda Media Trial Opens
The issue of free speech rights was at the heart of the Rwanda “Media Trial,” proceedings ... 1997, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) indicted three Rwandans for
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18. ICT for Rwanda Established
Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania. The ICTR delivered the first-ever
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19. Museum Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda
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WASHINGTON, DC—The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has sent a delegation to Rwanda in ... commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, in which as many as one million Rwandans -
20. Multi-Institutional Examination of Rwanda Genocide Reveals Flaws in International Decision Making
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countries today released extensive new documentation on the Rwanda genocide, drawing attention to flaws in ... with the 21st anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide in April 1994, today’s release includes a -
21. International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda 1990–94
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effectively respond to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and to explore whether and how the tragedy might have been ... averted. The conference, International Decision Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda 1990–94, was co -
22. Ferencz: International Criminal Tribunal, Rwanda
CNN, Diplomatic License: Rwanda ... international criminal tribunal for Rwanda. Participants include John Shattuck, US Assistant Secretary of State
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23. Turning Points
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UN peacekeeping forces in Rwanda, sent a cable to UN headquarters in New York, warning of the ... impending violence in Rwanda. This “genocide fax” has become a symbol of the failure of the international ... earlier warnings about the potential for mass violence in Rwanda from US, French, and UN sources, document -
24. Eyewitness Testimony
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"] Gen. Roméo Dallaire, UN Force, Rwanda General Roméo Dallaire from Canada was the commander of the ... United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda deployed in late 1993 as part of a peace accord between the ... worked on Rwanda for years before the genocide began. When violence started in April 1994, she focused -
25. Divided by Ethnicity
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In 1994, Rwanda’s population of 7 million ... the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups in Rwanda, even though they speak the same language, follow similar ... traditions and live side by side. During the colonial period in Rwanda, the ruling Belgians favored the
