The Genocide against the Tutsi happened in an environment of absolute impunity
On Wednesday the 01st May 2019, Minister of Justice and Attorney General Busingye Johnston joined the U.S. Senate Human Rights Caucus, the U.S. Holocaust museum and the Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in the United States of America at the 25th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi. The event took place at Dirksen Senate Building-Washington D.C.
In his address, Minister Busingye emphasized that the Genocide against the Tutsi was absolutely vicious and happened in an environment of absolute impunity. “The Genocide I am talking about came from an ideology, a set of beliefs, state supported and directed, that manipulated socio-economic into ethnic differences and then inculcated hatred, division, fear, rejection of others, and extreme violence that sought to pit one part of our population against the other. It is this thinking, and this preparation and this state support that provided the conditions in which a million people could be killed in a hundred days across a whole country.” He added.
Click to read the full keynote by Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
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