Thirty years after the Genocide against the Tutsi, a chilling silence hangs over a crucial aspect of this horrific event, considered among the worst atrocity to take place in recorded human history.
The international community, once failing to act in the face of a massacre back in 1994, now risks failing the victims a second time - by refusing to acknowledge the genocide for what it truly was: the Genocide against the Tutsi.This was again at play as we commemorated the Genocide against the Tutsi on April 7, where a few countries - including the mighty United States - in their true fashion preferred to resort to ambiguities in their so-called messages of solidarity with Rwanda ns.
The international community cannot afford to forget the lessons of Rwanda. In 1994, the world watched in horrifying silence as the pleas of Rwandans fell on deaf ears. This time, we must stand firmly with the survivors and acknowledge the truth.Calling it the"Rwandan Genocide" provides a convenient shroud of neutrality. It obscures the targeted nature of the killings and allows those who perpetrated or ignored the violence to escape full accountability.
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