Windsor Star (Ontario)
April 6, 2006 Thursday
Final Edition
Genocide victims to be honoured
In the summer of 1994, more than 900,000 people were slaughtered by
Hutu extremists over the course of 100 days in the central African
country of Rwanda.
Windsor’s Rwandan community urges members of the public to remember
this tragic period in human history by attending the 12th annual
local memorial service for the Rwandan genocide.
The events begin on Friday with words from local Rwandans who
survived the genocide. The testimonies take place from 7 to 10 p.m.
at Place Concorde, 7515 Forest Glade Dr.
>From 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, guest speakers at the University of
Windsor’s Ambassador Auditorium will discuss Rwanda’s current
situation. There will also be testimonies from survivors of genocides
in Armenia, Cambodia and Sudan.
The series ends on Sunday with a non-denominational prayer service in
Assumption Church on the University of Windsor campus from 1 to 3
p.m. There will also be testimonies from survivors of the Jewish
holocaust.
Rwandan-born Windsor resident Grace Mukasekuru, a member of the
committee that organized the memorial events, said they felt it
important for the services to include survivors of other genocides
that have occurred around the world.