The fourth day is still devoted to witnesses context. Jacques Sémelin, a specialist of mass crimes, opens the day. We will have a lecture, accessible to all and admired by the Court President. Addressing the jury: “A heavy responsibility rests on your shoulders. It is said that mass crimes are unthinkable ? Instead, they are too thinkable. We are often told not to try to understand! But to understand is not to excuse the perpetrators. Now we can not understand everything : everything must be done to understand, but there will always be something that will withstand our understanding.” Jacques …

The day begins with the testimony of Ms. Anne Soussy, medical examiner responsible for the medical examination of the accused. His report will bring little revelations about Pascal Simbikangwa. The only interesting question was whether he could use crutches to get around. Without being completely categorical, rather it suggests that it is possible for someone who has enough strength. This does not seem to be the case that Simbikangwa said he never tried. We do not know much more. Continuing from where we had stopped the day before by the issues of defense lawyers about the resume of Simbikangwa. Will …

The New York Times, dated  Saturday, January 11, 2014 published an article about the CPCR few days before the first trial of Assizes in France against a genocide suspect, former captain Pascal Simbikangwa. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/world/africa/toiling-to-bring-rwanda-genocide-suspects-to-justice.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0 REIMS, France — ABOVE his desk in a peaceful and tidy townhouse with pots of geraniums hanging from the windowsills and walls covered with photos of his children, Alain Gauthier keeps 24 files labeled with the names of some of the men and women accused in one of the most appalling crimes of the 20th century. Mr. Gauthier and his wife, Dafroza, have been collecting information …

To start the 2014 well… and to fully understand the philosophy and the the action conducted by the CPCR for the victims of the genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda since its inception, here is an interview with Alain Gauthier on Rwanda Broadcasting Agency *. (* Click the image to watch the video)

When issuing Canal + ” The landing ” aired last night, some actors have apparently dropped. Not having seen the show personally, I look at the reactions of some viewers who expressed their incomprehension and disgust. Apparently, one can be scandalized! Pretext to laugh, actors have indulged in dubious “jokes” about the Tutsi genocide perpetrated in Rwanda in 1994. Pretending to parody France 2 program “Voyage en terres inconnues” (“Go into the unknown”), they have devised a … trip to Rwanda. Believing to be funny, an actress saw fit to share his difficulties to adopt an orphan “because everybody knows …

In a document from the Ministry of Education and property of CNED for French teachers ( French 3rd . Booklet corrected page 25 of 30 June 2013 ) with the publication director Serge Bergamelli, it is clearly stated in sequence 3, under the title “The memory can determine responsibilities and justice “: ” in this respect, the genocide of Hutus by Tutsis in Rwanda (!!) illustrates this [ …] the fact rekindle memories recalling the violence executions with a machete, the reign of terror, all combine to make a collective awareness of historical horror grows “. Strongly agree , provided …