{"id":53208,"date":"2025-03-02T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/ibuka-netherlands-chairperson-christine-safari-passes-away\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T14:08:13","slug":"ibuka-netherlands-chairperson-christine-safari-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/ibuka-netherlands-chairperson-christine-safari-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Ibuka-Netherlands chairperson Christine Safari passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda&#8217;s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, announced her passing on Sunday, March 2, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am heartbroken by the untimely passing of Ms. Safari Christine, Chairperson of Ibuka Netherlands. I offer my deepest condolences to her husband, L\u00e9on, and to her children,&#8221; Minister Nduhungirehe wrote in a heartfelt message on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christine, you fought a good fight for memory, reconciliation, and against genocide denial. As a former Ambassador of Rwanda to the Netherlands, who had the privilege to work with you, I will forever be grateful for your friendship, your courage, your perseverance, and your tremendous achievements,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;May your soul rest in eternal peace, together with that of our loved ones you dedicated your life to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Through collaboration with the Embassy of Rwanda in the Netherlands and Ibuka in the country, Christine played a huge role in initiatives such as commemorating the Genocide against the Tutsi, supporting vulnerable genocide survivors, and advocating for justice.<\/p>\n<p>Ibuka-Netherlands has been instrumental in identifying and bringing to justice those responsible for the Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Christine championed efforts to secure the Dutch government\u2019s support for constructing a Genocide memorial to serve as a site for remembrance.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of her advocacy, on April 19, 2023, a memorial for the Genocide against the Tutsi was inaugurated in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, she emphasized the significance of the memorial for herself, fellow genocide survivors, and anyone concerned with this history, highlighting its global importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis memorial will help counter genocide denial and serve as an educational resource. It will be a place where we can find solace and remember our loved ones,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a major milestone for Ibuka-Netherlands. The Netherlands was the last country in Western Europe without a memorial for the Genocide against the Tutsi, despite having significantly contributed to justice efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-82859 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg\" alt=\"Through collaboration with the Embassy of Rwanda in the Netherlands and Ibuka in the country, Christine Safari played a huge role in initiatives such as commemorating the Genocide against the Tutsi, supporting vulnerable genocide survivors, and advocating for justice.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-82857 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/glbdxigwuaazvhr.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Safari, pictured here with Rwanda&#039;s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Olivier Nduhungirehe, played a pivotal role in the inauguration of the first memorial for the Genocide against the Tutsi in the Netherlands on April 19, 2023.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-82858 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/glbdxjfxkaa55vp.jpg\" alt=\" Located in Amsterdam&#039;s Beatrix Park, this memorial serves as a place for survivors and the broader Rwandan community in the Netherlands to remember and honor the victims.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine Safari, the chairperson of Ibuka in the Netherlands (Ibuka-Holland), has passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000082860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-53208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000082860,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/whatsapp_image_2023-04-20_at_16.58_32-96a05-2a71c.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53208","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000082860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53208"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=53208"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=53208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}