{"id":12037,"date":"2019-03-22T07:29:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T07:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=12037"},"modified":"2019-03-22T07:29:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T07:29:27","slug":"remains-of-man-dug-up-in-ndava-commune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/remains-of-man-dug-up-in-ndava-commune\/","title":{"rendered":"Remains of man dug up in Ndava commune"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR, this March 20, dug up the remains of a man reportedly killed in 1993 in Mahonda area in Ndava commune of Mwaro province. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Damas Gahungu says the man was killed in 1993 civil war while trying to escape.<\/p><\/div>\n

Aloys Batungwanayo, CVR commissioner, says the remains of a man identified as D\u00e9o Nizigama was discovered during farming activities two months ago. \u201cLocal administration alerted CVR that human remains had been unearthed,\u201d he says, adding that the dead body of the person was recognized by his relatives who say he was a resident of Kinyovu area.<\/p>\n

Mr. Batungwanayo says it is a very delicate case because when the killed person is recognized, their relatives may be tempted to revenge themselves. \u201cIn this case, the relatives of the victim know or suspect people who have killed theirs and they are often their neighbors. That\u2019s why we have come with religious leaders to preach about tolerance\u201d.<\/p>\n

He says CVR and those religious leaders also preach about individualizing a crime. \u201cMany people take a crime as a collective act. For them, it is the whole family or ethnic group that has committed the crime,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Damas Gahungu, a 65-year-old man and brother to the deceased man, says his brother was killed in 1993 war while trying to flee. He asks the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to shed light on the killing of his brother. \u201cHe was not affiliated to any political party and was not in conflict with anybody. We need to know why he was killed,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

He however says his family already knows those who killed his brother. \u201cBut we have forgiven them. We sometimes converse and share drinks\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has already identified around 4175 mass graves all over the country. After the identification, the commission will talk with partners to collect financial means so as to dig up all the human remains and proceed with their decent burial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission-CVR, this March 20, dug up the remains of a man reportedly killed in 1993 in Mahonda area in Ndava commune of Mwaro province. Aloys Batungwanayo, CVR commissioner, says the remains of a man identified as D\u00e9o Nizigama was discovered during farming activities two months ago. \u201cLocal administration alerted CVR that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":12034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[950,1369],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037"}],"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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12042,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12037\/revisions\/12042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}