{"id":1465,"date":"2012-01-03T00:38:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandan-diaspora-committed-against-genocide\/"},"modified":"2012-01-03T00:43:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T00:43:28","slug":"rwandan-diaspora-committed-against-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandan-diaspora-committed-against-genocide\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandan Diaspora Committed Against Genocide Deniers"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A team of leaders from various Rwandan Diaspora committees have requested the National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide (CNLG) to visit them in their foreign territories to sensitize diaspora members unaware of genocide history or the country\u2019s progress after the 1994 Tutsi genocide.}}<\/p>\n

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Jean De Dieu Mucyo the CNLG executive secretary hailed the idea saying it would complement the commission\u2019s efforts of sensitizing the world about the Rwanda\u2019s history. <\/p>\n

He added that they want to cooperate more with the Diaspora particularly during the genocide commemoration period that lasts for 100 days starting from April.<\/p>\n

Activities will include exhibitions and dialogue about the war, its causes and how to avoid similar killings in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to change the belief that genocide survivors are favoured a fact that makes others afraid to return. This is a common belief by those who have relatives implicated in the genocide cases while some are misinformed about Rwanda\u2019s progress,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Sylvester Matata the vice president of Rwanda Diaspora Global Network (RDGN) in Canada\u2019s Ontario state noted that Rwandans living abroad have shown the will to fight those trying to defame the ethnic killings.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know that some of the deniers are dangerous people and are connected to militias but be assured we won\u2019t be intimidated, the truth will always be told. We can\u2019t fear forever and we will advocate for formation of laws that prevent genocide ideologies in our respective territories,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Aimable Ndayambaje a Diaspora leader in Belgium noted that telling about the country\u2019s progress has helped change the mindset of his two friends who fled the country during the genocide. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs we speak the two are in Rwanda where they also enjoyed the festive season with their families they hadn\u2019t met for long,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Mucyo adds that the Diaspora will help spread the truth and weaken genocide deniers. \u201cWe not only want the genocide never to happen in Rwanda but also to the rest of the world. That\u2019s why we need to stand up as one and show the effects of the war,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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