Canadian scholars from Western Ontario University that have been in Rwanda for a week studying about the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, have vowed to present the truth about the country’s history and neutralize misleading information.
The students led by Prof. Amanda Grzyb left the country over the weekend after a weeklong study about the ethnic killings. They also toured some the genocide memorial sites and heard testimonies from the war’s survivors.
Prof. Grzyb noted that scholars have a big role to play in bringing out well researched publications about the Rwandan ethnic war, since the war’s deniers and their sympathizers are misinforming the world about the genocide.
“Soon we intend to publish a report about our Rwandan visit and I believe through some of the facts from the report will help many understand about the ethnic killings,” she said.
At a roundtable meeting with the scholars, Jean deu Mucyo the executive secretary of the National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG French abbreviated), commended their efforts to learn more about the war’s truth.
“We are impressed by people especially foreigners who want to know the truth about the 1994 Tutsi genocide. We expect them to retaliate to those spreading deceitful information about the war, we also call upon those with relevant information concerning the genocide to present it to the commission.”
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