Current location:Universal Update news portal > politics
Rwandans honor fallen politicians as genocide commemoration week ends
Universal Update news portal2024-05-21 07:33:58【politics】9People have gathered around
IntroductionKIGALI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Rwandans on Saturday paid tribute to politicians killed during the 1994
KIGALI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Rwandans on Saturday paid tribute to politicians killed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi after they opposed the genocide plan, as the 30th national commemoration week came to a close.
The event took place at the Rebero Memorial site in the capital of Kigali, where more than 14,400 victims of the genocide are interred. It was marked by a presentation on the life and struggle of the 21 fallen politicians.
Senior government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, families of the fallen politicians and representatives of survivors' associations attended the event and laid wreaths at the graves in honor of the victims.
Senate President Francois Xavier Kalinda, who presided over the ceremony, urged Rwandan political parties and politicians to "foster unity among Rwandans and avoid divisive politics" so as not to drag the country back to its dark past.
Abbas Mukama, spokesperson for the National Forum of Political Parties, said the politicians were killed because they stood against genocide, hatred, dictatorship and segregation.
As politicians, "we have the duty to continue to educate our party faithful and all Rwandans about peaceful co-existence, upholding unity, being exemplary and working toward good governance," he said.
The commemoration week began on April 7 under the theme "Remember-Unite-Renew," during which various commemorative activities were held throughout the country, including a "Walk to Remember" march in Kigali and night vigils.
The commemorative activities will continue until July 4, marking the 100-day calamity when about 1 million people, mostly of the Tutsi community and moderate Hutus, were killed in the genocide by Hutu extremists. ■
Address of this article:http://algeria.shellye-mcdaniel.com/content-34b099888.html
Very good!(1)
Related articles
- Liverpool confirms Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp's replacement
- JULIE BURCHILL: Why I spread rumours about Kate
- Ministry of Health calls staff meetings as job cuts loom
- Watch: Nicola Willis reveals economy has slipped further this year
- Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
- Global democracy rankings: Australia in top 10 nations
- Prince William's supporters reveal what he's really like behind the scenes
- What visitors on £100 Balmoral tours will see: Tourists can wander Drawing Room
- Brazil replaces injured goalkeeper Ederson in Copa America squad
- US targets Russia with hundreds of sanctions over Ukraine war, Navalny death
Popular articles
- Amir Khan's £11.5m luxury wedding venue finally hosts its first marriage: Bride arrives on horse
- Masterful meals: Masterchef 2010 champion Dhruv Baker's cherry and hazelnut chocolate roulade
- Inside Harry Kane's family life with devoted wife Katie Goodland after the couple's car crash scare
- Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
Recommended
Candice Swanepoel stuns in a form
Return to sender! Bizarre items that arrived in the post and left people terrified
Photographer at Prince Andrew's car
Space X: Rocket set to slam into moon wrongly blamed on Elon Musk
The Latest
From being bitten by a flesh
I lost everything I owned in a storage unit fire where I stored my possessions after a break
Rihanna shows off her wild side in a low
Links
- Rangers' Jon Gray holds Nationals to 3 singles over 8 innings in a 7
- Gisele Bundchen's former Manhattan townhouse is back on the market for a whopping $17 million
- New York scores four straight goals to beat Ottawa 4
- Walnuts sold in natural food stores tied to E. coli outbreak
- Phones, Islamic books and currency exchange. Some businesses are making money out of Taliban rule
- Put away your phone
- Beijing eases restrictions on home
- Nadal plans to play in Rome after a ‘positive’ week in likely his last Madrid Open
- Ukraine's army chief reports tactical retreat in the east, and warns of front
- Walnuts sold in natural food stores tied to E. coli outbreak