Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement

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Minisitiri @DrDamascene yifatanyije n’abaturage b’Uturere twa @Nyamasheke na @RusiziDistrict, mu gikorwa cyo kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ku Rwibutso rwa Gashirabwoba. Urwibutso rwa Gashirabwoba rushyinguyemo imibiri 20.208; iraza kwiyongeraho imibiri itanu yabonetse ishyingurwa uyu munsi. Iki gikorwa wagikurikira hano: youtube.com/watch?v=tPwfy8… #Kwibuka32

Uhumuliza Immaculée ashimira cyane Nyakubahwa Perezida wa Repubulika Kagame Paul wayoboye Urugamba rwo kubohora Igihugu n'urwo guhagarika Jenoside, yakomeje ashimira muri rusange n'ubuyobozi bw'u Rwanda buharanira ko Abanyarwanda bose bagira umutekano n'amahoro arambye.

Uyu munsi, ku Rwibutso rwa Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi rwa Kigali, habereye ibiganiro ku gitabo cyiswe "MUNSI Y’UKUBOKO KWAYO GUKOMEYE", cyanditswe na Madamu Immaculée Uhumuliza Hedden. Muri iki gitabo, Uhumuliza agaragaza amateka ashaririye yaciyemo mu gihe cya Jenoside kugeza ku wa 04 Nyakanga 1994, arokowe n'Inkotanyi i Nyamirambo mu Karere ka @Nyarugenge, mu kigo cy’imfubyi cyo kwa Gisimba. Ashimira cyane Nyakubahwa Perezida wa Repubulika Kagame Paul wayoboye Urugamba rwo kubohora Igihugu n'urwo guhagarika Jenoside, n'ubuyobozi bw'u Rwanda buharanira ko Abanyarwanda bose bagira umutekano n'amahoro arambye.

Dukurikire ikiganiro Minisitiri @DrDamascene yahaye abitabiriye igikorwa cyo #Kwibuka32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ku Rwibutso rwa Kaduha mu Karere ka @Nyamagabe youtube.com/watch?v=SDZKU1…

Mu minsi ibanza y’ukwezi kwa Gatanu mu 1994, Abatutsi amagana n’amagana bakomeje kwicwa nubwo bakomeje kwirwanaho. Abatutsi bari bahungiye ku musozi wa Karama mu Karere ka Nyanza birwanyeho kuva ku wa 18 Mata kugeza ku wa 1 Gicurasi, ubwo Interahamwe, Abapolisi n’Abasirikari babateraga mu gitero cyamaze amasaha ane. Naho abatutsi bari bahungiye muri Hotel des Milles Collines i Kigali bishyuraga amafaranga Rusesabagina Paul wayiyoboraga muri icyo gihe ngo babone ubuhungiro, ndetse bakomeje guterwa ubwoba na Leta y’abajenosideri yashakaga Kubica. Tega amatwi iki kiganiro cya Minisitiri @DrDamascene usobanukirwe kurushaho. youtube.com/watch?v=QYC37l… --- In the early days of May in 1994, hundreds of Tutsi continued to be killed despite their efforts to defend themselves. Tutsi who had taken refuge on Karama hill in Nyanza District resisted from 18th April until 1st May, when Interahamwe militias, police, and soldiers attacked them in an assault that lasted four hours. Meanwhile, Tutsi who had sought refuge at Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali were paying money to Paul Rusesabagina, who was managing it at the time, in order to receive protection, while they continued to be threatened by the genocidal government that sought to kill them. Listen to this talk by Minister @DrDamascene to better understand. youtube.com/watch?v=pXDmIy… --- Au début du mois de mai 1994, des centaines de Tutsi ont continué d’être tués malgré leurs efforts pour se défendre. Les Tutsi réfugiés sur la colline de Karama, dans le district de Nyanza, ont résisté du 18 avril au 1er mai, date à laquelle les milices Interahamwe, des policiers et des soldats les ont attaqués lors d’une offensive qui a duré quatre heures. Par ailleurs, les Tutsi réfugiés à l’Hôtel des Mille Collines à Kigali payaient de l’argent à Paul Rusesabagina, qui en était le gestionnaire à l’époque, afin d’y obtenir protection, tout en continuant d’être menacés par le gouvernement génocidaire qui cherchait à les tuer. Écoutez cette intervention du ministre @DrDamascene pour mieux comprendre. youtube.com/watch?v=vjkyN6… #Kwibuka32

Minisitiri @DrDamascene yatanze ikiganiro ku itegurwa n’ishyirwa mu bikorwa rya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, yibanda ku yahoze ari Perefegitura ya Cyangugu: 👉Cyangugu ni hamwe mu ho Jenoside yakoranwe ubukana, kuko tariki 15 Mata 1994 Abatutsi benshi bari bamaze kwicwa. 👉Inganda z’icyayi za Shagasha na Gisakura zakoreshejwe na Leta mu bukangurambaga bwa Jenoside, aho zashyizwemo Interahamwe nyinshi zihabwamo akazi, zitorezwamo imbunda no kwica, zihabwa n’ibikoresho byo kubikora. Ni ko byakozwe no mu ruganda rwa sima rwa CIMERWA rwayoborwaga na Sebatware Marcel. 👉Inzego zitandukanye z’ubuyobozi muri Cyangugu, kimwe n’ahandi mu Gihugu, zahawe abayobozi bizewe neza ko bashyigikiye umugambi wo gutsemba Abatutsi; Perefegitura ya Cyangugu ihabwa Perefe Bagambiki Emmanuel, bamwimura avuye muri Kigali-Ngari. 👉Perefe Bagambiki yari yagaragaje ko yanga Abatutsi kandi ko yiteguye kubarimbura, kuko yayoboye iyicwa ry’Abatutsi basaga 500 mu Bugesera mu 1992 ubwo yari Perefe wa Kigali-Ngari. 👉Muri ubwo bukangurambaga bwo gutsemba Abatutsi bwiswe “Auto-Défense Civile” Bagambiki bamuhaye abayobozi b'inzego za gisivili n'iza gisirikari bo kumufasha, bose bahuriye ku kwanga Abatutsi. 👉Ababurugumesititi bose bayoboraga komini 11 zari zigize Perefegitura ya Cyangugu bakoze Jenoside. Minisitiri Dr Bizimana yasoje asaba Abanyarwanda kuzirikana ibi bikurikira: 👉Tugomba iteka kuzirikana aya mateka, tutagamije kwigisha urwango n’irondabwoko ahubwo tugamije ko amenyekana, abantu bakamenya aho u Rwanda rwavuye, bityo bagaharanira ko rutazahasubira. 👉Inkotanyi zaje zije gukiza u Rwanda, zaje zije kugarura ubumwe bw'Abanyarwanda, kuvanaho politiki mbi yafataga Abanyarwanda bamwe ikagena ko bicwa, igafata abandi ikagena ko bica, kandi ikabibatoza. 👉Dukomere ku Bunyarwanda bwacu, ku neza ya buri Munyarwanda, ikibi tugisezerere, kandi twese tubigire intego yacu. #Kwibuka32

Uyu munsi, Minisitiri @DrDamascene yifatanyije n'abaturage b'Akarere ka @RusiziDistrict, mu gikorwa cyo kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ku Rwibutso rwa Jenoside rwa Mibirizi. Iki gikorwa wagikurikira unyuze hano: youtube.com/watch?v=ir4UHc…

Rubyiruko, menya ukuri. Witandukanye n'abahakana n'abapfobya #Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994.

Mu kiganiro yatanze, yagaragaje ko iyahoze ari Perefegitura ya Gikongoro ari imwe mu ho Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi yakoranwe ubukana n’uburemere buhambaye, aho Akarere ka @Nyamagabe kari ku mwanya wa kabiri nyuma ya @KarongiDistr mu kugira imiryango myinshi yishwe ikazima (imiryango 1.537 yari igizwe n’abantu 5.790), mu gihe @NyaruguruDistr iza ku mwanya wa gatandatu (imiryango 804 yari igizwe n’abantu 3589), nk’uko bikubiye mu bushakashatsi bwakozwe na GAERG. Yagaragaje kandi ko Nyamagabe ari kamwe mu Turere twarimbuwemo imiryango myinshi y’Abatutsi umunsi umwe, aho by’umwihariko i Kaduha hishwe Abatutsi basaga ibihumbi 45 ku wa 21 Mata 1994. Yanyomoje abapfobya n’abahakana Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi babeshya ko Umuryango w’Abibumbye utigeze wemeza ko yateguwe, agaragaza ko urukiko Mpuzamahanga Mpanabyaha rwashyiriweho u Rwanda (ICTR) rw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, mu manza zose uhereye ku rwa Akayesu Jean Paul rwo mu 1998, rwemeje ko mu Rwanda habayeho umugambi wo kwica Abatutsi bazizwa ubwoko bwabo, kandi ko icyo ari icyaha cya jenoside. Yongeyeho ko uru Rukiko mu mwaka wa 2006, mu rubanza rwa Karemera Edouard, Nzirorera Joseph na Ngirumpatse Matayo bari abayobozi ba MRND, rwanzuye ko Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi ari ihame mpuzamahanga ritagomba kugibwaho impaka; ashima Leta zunze Ubumwe z’Amerika zashimangiye uku kuri mu itangazo rigenewe u Rwanda ziheruka gusohora, rivuga ko Amerika yifatanyije n’u Rwanda mu kwibuka “Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi.” Yasoze asaba buri Munyarwanda kuzirikana ibi bikurikira: 👉Amateka y’itegurwa n’ishyirwa mu bikorwa rya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi buri wese agomba kuyavanamo isomo ryo gukorana, kubaha, kurinda, gukurikira no gufasha ubuyobozi bwiza Igihugu cyacu gifite. 👉Imiyoborere u Rwanda rufite ni yo miyoborere twese tugomba kwigisha; dukwiye guhuriza ku ntego yo kwigisha u Rwanda rwa buri Munyarwanda. #Kwibuka32

Minisitiri @DrDamascene yifatanyije n'abatuye Akarere ka @Nyamagabe mu gikorwa cyo kwibuka ku nshuro ya 32 Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, i Kaduha. Iki gikorwa mwagikurikira hano: youtube.com/live/O81cJREQd… Dukomeze kwibuka twiyubaka. #Kwibuka32

Yesterday, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. John Armiger, the U.S. Embassy Kigali community, and @Unity_MemoryRw and @Ibuka_Rwanda came together to remember our U.S. Embassy colleagues and their families who were killed during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. #Kwibuka32

Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. John Armiger, abakozi ba Ambasade ya Amerika, hamwe na @Unity_MemoryRw na @Ibuka_Rwanda, ku munsi w’ejo bibutse abakozi ba Ambasade n’imiryango yabo bishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994. #Kwibuka32

Ku wa 24 Mata 1994, ubwicanyi bwakorewe muri Mugina mu Karere ka @Kamonyi, aho abicanyi babanje gutandukanya abagore n’abana. Igihe babajyanaga i Kabgayi bahuye n’uwari ukuriye iperereza muri Jandarumori, Majoro Karangwa Pierre Claver, uyu majoro asaba ko abari barokotse bahita bicwa ako kanya. Umva iki kiganiro cya Minisitiri @DrDamascene urusheho gusobanukirwa. youtube.com/watch?v=sHzZMF… --- On 24 April 1994, killings were carried out in Mugina in @Kamonyi District, where the perpetrators first separated women and children. As they were taking them to Kabgayi, they encountered the head of investigations in the Gendarmerie, Major Pierre Claver Karangwa, who ordered that those who had survived be killed immediately. Listen to this podcast episode by Minister @DrDamascene to better understand. youtube.com/watch?v=6N9slL… --- Le 24 avril 1994, les massacres ont été perpétrés à Mugina, dans le district de @Kamonyi, où les tueurs ont d’abord séparé les femmes et les enfants. Alors qu’ils les emmenaient à Kabgayi, ils ont rencontré le chef des enquêtes de la gendarmerie, le major Pierre Claver Karangwa, qui a ordonné que les survivants soient immédiatement tués. Écoutez cet épisode de podcast du ministre @DrDamascene pour mieux comprendre. youtube.com/watch?v=9nFLyN… #Kwibuka32

Today, Permanent Secretary @Emahoro1 joined the U.S. Embassy in Kigali to remember its 26 employees killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He thanked the families of the victims, US Embassy Leadership and Staff, for organizing annual commemoration to honor the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi and stand with survivors. He commended the US government policy to use the correct terminology - “the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi", reminding that "Genocide is an identity crime and calling it for what it is, the Genocide Against the Tutsi, helps us to investigate and expose its roots". "It is a call for action" he added. He thanked the US for its cooperation in bringing perpetrators to justice and reminded that threats still exist, including hate speech and Genocide ideology spreading in the region and the presence of FDLR still actice in eDRC and called for actors to support the efforts to detroy it. He ended with a note of hope mentioning Rwanda continues to strengthen Unity among its people and hailing huge progress made in Unity and Resilience. #Kwibuka32

Le Ministre de l’Unité nationale et de l’Engagement civique @DrDamascene a reçu aujourd’hui une délégation française conduite par le Procureur de la République antiterroriste, Olivier Christen. Leurs échanges ont porté sur les attributions ministérielles en rapport avec la préservation de la mémoire du génocide commis contre les Tutsi et la coopération entre les deux institutions pour l’accès à la justice. --- The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement @DrDamascene today received a French delegation led by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor, Olivier Christen. Their discussions focused on the Ministry’s mandate related to the preservation of the memory of the Genocide against the Tutsi, as well as cooperation between the two institutions in facilitating access to justice.