{"id":10242,"date":"2018-09-26T08:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T08:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2018-10-01T08:40:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T08:40:24","slug":"memorial-placard-erected-in-gitega-province-arouses-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/memorial-placard-erected-in-gitega-province-arouses-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial placard erected in Gitega province arouses controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The association of survivals and victims of \u201cgenocide\u201d perpetrated against \u201cHutu\u201d ethnic group people before and after 1972 has erected a memorial placard in front of the entrance of Gitega commune since the last weekend to remember people killed during that period. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The memorial placard that creates controversies was erected in Gitega Province<\/p><\/div>\n

Local administrative officials say they have not been informed about the erection of that placard. Contacted, Venant Manirambona, Gitega Governor says he is going to get in touch with the association to know more details: \u201cI didn\u2019t give any permission to erect a memorial placard,\u201d he says.
\nFran\u00e7ois-Xavier Nsabimana, chairman of the international association of survivals and victims of the 1972 \u201cgenocide\u201d perpetrated against \u201cHutu\u201d ethnic group, also says he is not aware of the association that fixed the placard. \u201cThey violate our rights! How could the administration allow them to build such a placard?\u201d he wonders.<\/p>\n

As for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Bishop Jean Louis Nahimana, Chairman of the commission says he is shocked to hear about the erection of that placard. \u201cWe don\u2019t know the association that erected it\u201d, he says. He, however, says it is normal that people defend their own rights but they should not be the judge and jury at the same time. \u201cBurundians from \u201cHutu\u201d ethnic group were victims of human rights violations as well as people from \u201cTutsi\u201d ethnic group,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The chairman of the commission says Burundians should wait for the result of the commission. \u201cWe are not at the stage where people file complaints. Those who erected the placard have gone beyond the activities of the commission,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Bishop Nahimana says the commission has already finished the collection of testimonies and documentation of what happened in Burundi. \u201cKillings, executions, abductions have been perpetrated in Burundi. All ethnic groups have been affected. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission must investigate those crimes first before qualifying them,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The law governing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stipulates that the commission must propose a common memorial site and the date of commemoration on all crimes committed in Burundi.
\nThe chairman of the commission calls upon Burundians to understand the sufferings of others and remember together all the victims without any distinction.<\/p>\n

Iwacu has tried to contact the representatives of the association and the ministry of Home Affairs for more details in vain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The association of survivals and victims of \u201cgenocide\u201d perpetrated against \u201cHutu\u201d ethnic group people before and after 1972 has erected a memorial placard in front of the entrance of Gitega commune since the last weekend to remember people killed during that period. Local administrative officials say they have not been informed about the erection of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18,21,670],"tags":[1186,113],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10252,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10242\/revisions\/10252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}