{"id":47836,"date":"2023-04-10T06:52:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwandans-in-sweden-remember-victims-of-genocide-against-the-tutsi\/"},"modified":"2023-04-11T06:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T06:11:22","slug":"rwandans-in-sweden-remember-victims-of-genocide-against-the-tutsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwandans-in-sweden-remember-victims-of-genocide-against-the-tutsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwandans in Sweden remember victims of Genocide against the Tutsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event held as Rwanda commemorates Genocide against the Tutsi for the 29th time, was organized by Ibuka-Sweden in partnership with Rwanda&#8217;s embassy in Nordic countries and the Rwandan diaspora in Sweden. <\/p>\n<p>Josine Kanamugire, the President of Ibuka Sweden, expressed her gratitude to the organizers of the event. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always remember because our relatives memories are engraved on our hearts and we must restore their dignity, strive bring to public attention Genocide history, avoid reoccurrence and trivialization,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we see and hear in the neighbouring country committed against Rwandophones, reminds us what we went through before our relatives were killed. <\/p>\n<p>We spent years experiencing oppression and torture with the silence of the international community. That is why we should not overlook and sit idly amidst actions fuelling genocide,\u201d added Kanamugire.   <\/p>\n<p>At the event, Muheto shared her testimony of persecution and how she and her family fled from Rulindo to Kigali in 1992, where they were living when the Genocide against the Tutsi occurred. Other testimonies were also delivered through poems and works of art.<\/p>\n<p>A group of women survivors spoke about their experiences of torture and the loss of their loved ones during the genocide. They praised the Inkotanyi soldiers for rescuing them and giving them hope for a new life after the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>The Rwandan embassy in Nordic countries provided comfort and support to the Rwandan community, encouraging them to avoid despair and stand united in healing each other&#8217;s wounds. <\/p>\n<p>The embassy reminded Rwandans to be proud of their country, which values everyone regardless of their innate characteristics, and to strive for a prosperous and safe future for all generations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47296 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_02_pm_1_-b7cc5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47297 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_02_pm_2_-2736a.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47298 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_02_pm-f74fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47299 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_03_pm-f0413.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47300 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_04_pm-fe260.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47301 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_05_pm_1_-3efdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47302 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_05_pm-98ea5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47303 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-09_at_10.22_06_pm-2eb90.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Rwandans in Sweden have commemorated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The commemoration event, held in Stockholm on April 8th, 2023, was characterized by a walk to remember, commemoration talks, and a moment of silence to honour the victims of the genocide.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"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-47836","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\/47836","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47836"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47836"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}