{"id":39741,"date":"2019-07-26T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/seventeen-nyamasheke-genocide-perpetrators\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:01:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T10:01:22","slug":"seventeen-nyamasheke-genocide-perpetrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/seventeen-nyamasheke-genocide-perpetrators\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventeen Nyamasheke genocide perpetrators apologize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The remorse expressed yesterday as part of ongoing reconciliation and healing efforts in the Mwezi Parish, Karengera sector of Nyamasheke district, Western Province.<br \/>\nAndr\u00e9 Bavugamenshi, one of the perpetrators said his heart was relived expressing the apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was scared and had no right to Eucharist sacrament.  My heart feels free after receiving forgiveness and will call upon others to take a step of apologizing,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nVenansia Nyirambarubukeye who lost all children said she had no peace of mind before forgiving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no peace of mind before but I have healed and regained peace after forgiving,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Father Ubald Rugirangoga who lost relatives in the parish said a genocide perpetrator can\u2019t have peace of mind unless he\/she apologizes. <\/p>\n<p>The Executive Secretary of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC), Fid\u00e8le Ndayisaba said seeking forgiveness and forgiving do heal. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe courage to forgive is a form of treatment bringing pacification.  Forgiveness also heals wounds and is a vaccine against hatred and genocide ideology,\u201d he observed. <\/p>\n<p>The apologies followed a heart healing training undertaken by a group of 23 of whom 17 completed. <\/p>\n<p>Findings in the RGB Citizen Report Card 2018   indicate that Rwandans\u2019 unity and reconciliation efforts are paying off at a rate of 92.5%.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30983 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abayobozi_batandukanye_bari_baje_kwitabira_iki_gikorwa-309fd.jpg\" alt=\"The remorse expressed yesterday as part of ongoing reconciliation and healing efforts in the Mwezi Parish\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30984 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abakirisitu_bafatanyije_n_abasasarido_kubaramburiraho_ibiganza-4af32.jpg\" alt=\"The apologies followed a heart healing training undertaken by a group of 23 of whom 17 completed.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30985 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abaseridoti_batandukaye_babaramburiyeho_ibiganza-261ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30986 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umunyamabanga_nshingwabikorwa_wa_komisiyo_y_ubumwe_n_ubwiyunge_fidel_ndayisaba_yari_yaje_kwifatanya_na_bakirisitu_ba_mwezi-ca58a.jpg\" alt=\"The Executive Secretary of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC), Fid\u00e8le Ndayisaba said seeking forgiveness and forgiving do heal.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have apologized to 10 families whose relatives they participated in killing in Nyamasheke district. <\/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-39741","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\/39741","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=39741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39741"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39741"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}