{"id":49946,"date":"2024-02-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/president-andrzej-duda-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial-reflects-on-devastating\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T10:50:29","slug":"president-andrzej-duda-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial-reflects-on-devastating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/president-andrzej-duda-visits-kigali-genocide-memorial-reflects-on-devastating\/","title":{"rendered":"President Andrzej Duda visits Kigali Genocide Memorial, reflects on devastating impact of hatred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi, President Duda paid his respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi which took lives of more than 1 million victims. In the memorial&#8217;s guest book, he expressed profound sorrow for the events that unfolded in Rwanda in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>In his written statement, President Duda conveyed that the people of Poland stand in remembrance of the millions of innocent lives lost during the Genocide against the Tutsi. <\/p>\n<p>The visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial offered a poignant lesson on the dangers of divisive ideologies fueled by external influences that saw neighbors turning against each other, and the social fabric torn apart.<\/p>\n<p>President Duda emphasized the historical significance of the Genocide, pointing out that it serves as a universal lesson, illustrating that allowing hatred to fester can lead to the complete destruction of a nation.<\/p>\n<p>However, he commended Rwanda for its resilience, highlighting the remarkable role that justice and forgiveness played in the country&#8217;s reconstruction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63437\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg\" alt=\"President Andrzej Duda was accompanied by her wife as he visited Kigali Genocide Memorial.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63436\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-226.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63438\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2h6a0742-7a33a.jpg\" alt=\"In the memorial&#039;s guest book, he expressed profound sorrow for the events that unfolded in Rwanda in 1994.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63439\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2h6a0773-1b137.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-63440\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2h6a0814-0573f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi, President Duda paid his respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi which took lives of more than 1 million victims. In the memorial&#8217;s guest book, he expressed profound sorrow for the events that unfolded in Rwanda in 1994. In his written statement, President Duda [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000063435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-49946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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":{"id":2000063435,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/2h6a0710-da654.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49946","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=49946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000063435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49946"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=49946"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=49946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}