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Gacaca promoted reconciliation – Canadian don

KIGALI -Rwanda’s traditional Gacaca courts, greatly contributed to the reconciliation efforts following the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, a top Canadian human rights activist has said.Gordon Echenberg, the founder of McGill Echenberg Human Rights Fellowship Network, was speaking to reporters, on Tuesday, at the closure of a two-day McGill Echenberg Human Rights Fellows meeting in Kigali.
(L-R) Faustin Bismarck of Echenberg Human Rights Fellowship, Salma Mohammed - Ghana and  Rosebell Kagumire - Uganda during the meeting. The New Times / Timothy Kisambira
(L-R) Faustin Bismarck of Echenberg Human Rights Fellowship, Salma Mohammed - Ghana and Rosebell Kagumire - Uganda during the meeting. The New Times / Timothy Kisambira
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