Attendees visit the table of candles for the people who died in the Rwandan genocide. On April 17 2024, the New York City Bar Association held an event titled the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda: Remembering Rwanda and Acknowledging the Permanent Intergenerational Legacy of Genocide in Manhattan, New York. (Photo: Rick Kopstein) City Bar Recognizes Rwandan Genocide—and Lessons Learned—for 30-Year Anniversary Event
The event, held on April 17, featured appearances by genocide survivors Jacqueline Murekatete, founder of the Genocide Survivors Foundation; and Consolee Nishimwe, an author and human rights activist.
May 07, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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Three decades ago, a small African nation showed the world that, just a half-century since the horrors of the Holocaust, the capacity for a society to take part in genocide had not been fully erased.
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