{"id":24504,"date":"2016-04-10T10:39:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-10T10:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/raped-genocide-widows-call-for-reparations\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T06:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T06:41:43","slug":"raped-genocide-widows-call-for-reparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/raped-genocide-widows-call-for-reparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Raped genocide widows call for reparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Genocide widows in Mandela and  Gatoro villages of Ntarama sector, Bugesera district,   who were raped during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, have expressed the need to get reparations as part of restoring their dignity.}<\/p>\n<p>Kankuyo Esperance, 62, is one of widows who told IGIHE with much chagrin as she remembered bad memories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were tortured, the dead bodies of relatives eaten by dogs. They cut me with a machete and bled profusely. They had raped me with a 19-year young girl who was later taken away and killed. I didn\u2019t request compensation since perpetrators are jailed and have no financial means. We request the government to take care of us and provide compensation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Other than the psychological wounds that often  haunt them, they say that they meet other challenges in daily lives including their getting destroyed by rainstorms with no any form of support going their way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have cried for help but received no assistance,\u201d said Fran\u00e7oise Ingabire a 39 year old widow.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Bugesera district, Emmanuel Nsanzumuhire says that matters of these widows are known adding that they are seeking for means of building houses for those who are living in old houses built in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding request for compensation, the mayor says that it requires to bring rape cases to courts adding that they can help in the implementation of courts\u2019 decisions.<br \/>\nHe  requested residents to avoid genocide ideology and support genocide survivors in addition to providing information on location of remains of genocide victims so they can be accorded decent burial.<\/p>\n<p>The umbrella organization of  Tutsi genocide widows (AVEGA-Agahozo) says that 1,599 of 20,000 members are HIV\/AIDS positive, infected during the genocide rapes with 1,122 children born out of rape. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-11574 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bg_yanyuze_mu_bihe_bikomeye-3.jpg\" alt=\"Kankuyo Esperance\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Genocide widows in Mandela and Gatoro villages of Ntarama sector, Bugesera district, who were raped during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, have expressed the need to get reparations as part of restoring their dignity.} Kankuyo Esperance, 62, is one of widows who told IGIHE with much chagrin as she remembered bad memories. \u201cWe were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-24504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24504"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=24504"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=24504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}