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    Windsor Star (Ontario)
    April 6, 2006 Thursday
    Final Edition

    Genocide victims to be honoured


    In the summer of 1994, more than 900,000 people were slaughtered by
    Hutu extremists over the course of 100 days in the central African
    country of Rwanda.

    Windsor's Rwandan community urges members of the public to remember
    this tragic period in human history by attending the 12th annual
    local memorial service for the Rwandan genocide.

    The events begin on Friday with words from local Rwandans who
    survived the genocide. The testimonies take place from 7 to 10 p.m.
    at Place Concorde, 7515 Forest Glade Dr.

    >From 3 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, guest speakers at the University of
    Windsor's Ambassador Auditorium will discuss Rwanda's current
    situation. There will also be testimonies from survivors of genocides
    in Armenia, Cambodia and Sudan.

    The series ends on Sunday with a non-denominational prayer service in
    Assumption Church on the University of Windsor campus from 1 to 3
    p.m. There will also be testimonies from survivors of the Jewish
    holocaust.

    Rwandan-born Windsor resident Grace Mukasekuru, a member of the
    committee that organized the memorial events, said they felt it
    important for the services to include survivors of other genocides
    that have occurred around the world.
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