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Candles for Rwanda
By: Priscila Néri
Posted: Apr 9 09
Witnessed: 1275 times
Regions: Rwanda
Issues: Genocide, Justice, War crimes
Tags: ethnic cleansing, gacaca, hutu, Mass Killings, reconciliation, remembrance, restorative justice, tutsi
Aegis Trust video in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which left roughly 1 million people dead in just 100 days of brutal violence orchestrated by radical Hutu militias.
[This video was originally uploaded here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf5iMet7_PA]
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