{"id":35964,"date":"2017-10-02T14:18:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rusizi-genocide-perpetrators-reconcile-with\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T14:17:59","slug":"rusizi-genocide-perpetrators-reconcile-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rusizi-genocide-perpetrators-reconcile-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Rusizi Genocide perpetrators reconcile with survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to the congregation, former genocide perpetrators said that they were relieved from shame of crimes they committed against humanity.  <\/p>\n<p>Gratien Nyaminani said that seeking for forgiveness helped him fully re-integrate into the society.  \u201cI asked for forgiveness from God and Rwandan community. I\u2019m well integrated in the society. We now unconditionally share with other members of the community,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Bertha Yamfashije, a genocide survivor whose husband was killed by Nyaminani affirmed that she was relieved from sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the government forgave genocide perpetrators, we were also convinced to move forward and forgive them individually. Before approaching me for forgiveness, none could greet another,\u201d she said adding that today they live in harmony. <\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary for the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC), Fid\u00e8le Ndayisaba said that forgiveness is a good approach to building sustainable peace.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21943 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/reconciliation11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21944 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/reconciliation22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21945 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/reconciliation33.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21945 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/reconciliation33.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten perpetrators of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi from Mushaka Catholic Parish were pardoned and reconciled with survivor families in Rusizi District following a mass healing prayer organized by Father Ubald Rugirangoga of Mushaka Parish in Cyangugu Diocese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","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":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35964","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35964"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35964"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}