The survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Bweramana sector in Ruhango district ask all Rwandans especially genocide perpetrators who accepted their crimes and asked for forgiveness to give information on the whereabouts of where they buried the bodies of their victims to be laid to their final resting places.
The management of Bweramana sector says they are still carrying out the sensitization program to give information on the whereabouts of genocide victims’ bodies to be buried in respects like all genocide victims.
People who their loved ones and families members who were the victims of the 1994 genocide that annihilated more than 1 million Tutsis who have not yet found their bodies say it bothers them that after 19 years, they haven’t buried the bodies of their people.
Burying the bodies of the genocide victims gives closure and peace of mind to their family members. This is the reason why residents of Bweramana sector are pleading to anyone who has information on the whereabouts of genocide victims to make it known and be put to rest.
Eric Muhawenimana the social affairs official in Bweramana sector says people still have a tendency to withhold such kind of information especially avoiding to implicate themselves in certain cases.
“There is however a sensitization program going on to encourage people to give such information on the whereabouts of genocide victims’ bodies to be buried in respects to their final resting places” says Muhawenimana.
Like everywhere in Rwanda, the search for genocide victims’ bodies and laying them to rest in genocide memorial sites happens during the commemoration periods. In Bweramana sector, only 12 bodies of the genocide victims were found and will be buried respectfully on Saturday 13th April 2013.
Sunday 14 April 2013
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