{"id":37587,"date":"2018-05-30T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/remains-of-900-genocide-victims-given-decent\/"},"modified":"2018-05-30T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T12:29:52","slug":"remains-of-900-genocide-victims-given-decent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/remains-of-900-genocide-victims-given-decent\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains of 900 genocide victims given decent burial in Ruhango"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ceremony was attended by families of the deceased, Ruhango residents, local government leaders, Survivor\u2019s Umbrella Association (IBUKA) President, Prof. Jean Pierre Dusingizemungu and the Minister of Sports and Culture, Julienne Uwacu. <\/p>\n<p>The remains had previously been buried in a mass grave in 1995 from where they were exhumed for a decent burial in newly constructed Mbuye Genocide Memorial Centre. <\/p>\n<p>The representative of survivors in the region, Charles Habonimana said that having their fallen families buried in a dignified place relieves their hearts.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe are happy to see our family members who had been buried in mass graves are now buried in a memorial site. It will facilitate post-genocide children learn the history of this region contrary to how it was hidden,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>IBUKA President Dusingizemungu called genocide perpetrators to reveal where they dumped victims during the genocide for them to be given decent burial.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt is not God that will tell killers to reveal whereabouts of the remains of our family members; it is their conscience that will push them to. They should change mindsets and reveal those places so that they help survivors. Doing so, would facilitate perpetrators to reconcile with survivors,\u201d he said adding that remembrance will continue.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Uwacu said that refusing to reveal whereabouts of remains of genocide victims should be considered another crime. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cShielding genocide history and refusing to reveal location of remains is a crime. People should not fear to be punished once they reveal them. They should do so to help survivors get relieved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25539 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/imibiri_yabonetse_isaga_900_yashyinguwe_mu_cyubahiro-3dc0a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remains of 900 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi have been accorded decent burial in Mbuye Genocide Memorial Site, Ruhango District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"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-37587","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\/37587","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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37587"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37587"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}