AfricaBlog has a post about recent developments in Rwanda concerning survivors and witnesses to the attempted genocide of 1994. They are being systematically harassed and killed.
The following is an excerpt from the post:
In a country where 800,000 died in racial purges, finding a way to mete out justice is not just in Rwanda's best interest, but in the UN's interest as well. The UN was founded partially as a need to avert just this kind of racial violence and should be taking a direct interest in facilitating the regional "gacaca" courts to, hopefully, ensure fair trials and protection for survivors.
This could be a chance for the U.N. to prove it's not a useless bureaucracy that just sucks up money and time from its member nations. If the U.N. is ever going to prove that it is useful for something, now is the time and Rwanda is the place. I wish the mainstream media would highlight this story a little more.
Posted by John at December 22, 2003 11:33 AMNOTE: I've got better things to do than erase the childish, immature, psychotic, obscene comments from looney Roger Weidner and his gang of illiterate morons, so just put your opinions at the Johnhays.net Forum.