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Hutu
Rwandan Military
"Hutu Power" was a
movement of radicals
who believed they
should drive out all
Tutsi
RPF
Rwandan Patriotic
Front
was a group of refugee
that invaded Rwanda
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BUT HISTORY DOES MATTER THERE IS A LINE
CONNECTING THE ARMENIANS AND TH
BOSNiANS.
AND TH CAMBODI
AND"E S.
MORE, BUT, kÉAL
CAN ONE SE
BOHJALIAN
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"PERHAPS SOMEONE
OUTSIDE THE SITUATION
LIKE YOU
CAN'T UNDERST AND THAT
STRANGENESS
OF MIND"
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"Thereare no
devils left
thp missionary
all
in Rwanda."
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There is also a natural and very, very strong
empathy with the underdog, with people who
have suffered, people who have been pushed
around by foreigners in particular, but also by
their own people.
(Lakhdar Brahimi)
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"When a Tutsi comes across
a herd of cows, he sees
"A genocide is
good fortune.
a poisonous bush
that grows When a Hutu comes across
from a tangle
of roots
Claudine, survivor
cows, all he sees are
hooves and hassle"
Claudine
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"A genocide begins with
the killing of one man—not
for what he has done, but
because of who he is."
—Kofi Annan
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"You will never see the source ofa genocide.
It is buried too deep in grudges, under an accumulation
of misunderstandings that we were the last to inherit.
We came of age at the worst moment in Rwanda's history:
we were taught to obey absolutely, raised in hatred, stuffed with slogans.
We are an unfortunate generation."
JoseplFDesire, killer
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There were beatings, rapes and
murders. Rwandan intelligence
distributed Kalashnikovs to municipal
authorities in selected villages They
gathered Wth ruling party militants,
most Of carried staves, clubs
and machetes... they went from field
to field in search of Tutsis, killing
thousands...
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"the
graves are
not yet
full"
SLOGAN BROADCAST ON RTLM
RADIO DURING THE GENOCIDE
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don't tell me
nsorry...
we didn't know. "
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BETWEEN 250,000
& 500,000 WOMEN
WERE RAPED
DURING THE 1994
GENOCIDE IN
RWANDA.
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#StealTheseStats
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Never again' is the rallying cry for all who believe
that mankind must speak out against genocide.
(Jon Corzine)
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don't believe the problems in this world
an be solved by political or economic
means alone. They will be resolved by spirit,
by people who want to make a differenc
- Liz Walker
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not leave him in this St$e. I tried to lite
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'Of Other ments of death Jero-
ran
tof he
se a man got
burgomaster's car to kill me.
He finished Jéröme off.
I saw this when I looked back to see if anyone had followed me. I
will never forget the way Jérbme•s face was filled with desperation.
Whenever I think about it,
I cry all day long.
Eric, 13
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"If you must remember,
remember this...
The Nazis did not kill
six million Jews...
nor the Interahannce kill
a million Tutsis,
they killed one and then another,
then another...
Genocide is not a single act of
murder,
it is millions of acts of murder."
Stephen De Smith, Executive Director€ Aeøs Trust. 2004
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Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect. Votes: 3

Stephen Kinzer
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In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars. Votes: 1

Lakhdar Brahimi
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The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this nation is being asked put this mass slaughter behind them. Votes: 1

Dinaw Mengestu
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Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide. Votes: 1

Immaculee Ilibagiza
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Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation. Votes: 1

Wole Soyinka
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Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda. Votes: 0

Jacqueline Novogratz
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I think the only value of 'Hotel Rwanda' is the fact that it keeps the Rwandan genocide alive, but as far as content, it's Hollywood. Votes: 0

Romeo Dallaire
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Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated genocide army to campaign freely for power. Votes: 0

Stephen Kinzer
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The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen. Votes: 0

Samantha Power
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My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and coming back with amazing stories. So telling stories for a living made sense to me. Votes: 0

Patrick J. Adams
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I promised never to let the Rwandan Genocide die because I knew the Rwandans didn't have much power internationally and certainly didn't have the resources. I felt it was my duty having witnessed it, and having stayed to witness it, that I had to talk about it and keep it going. Votes: 0

Romeo Dallaire
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Genocide (247 quotes)

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. Votes: 6 Andrea Dworkin

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