April 7th will be the thirtieth anniversary of the start of the Rwandan Genocide in which 800,000 men, women, and children - mostly from the Tutsi minority group - were deliberately and systematically murdered because of who they were - not because of anything they did.

In this episode, my guest Jacqueline Murekatete - human rights lawyer and founder of the Genocide Survivors Foundation - and I not only discuss her work in supporting survivors of global genocide but also her experiences as a survivor of the genocide in Rwanda.

We discuss ways through which educators can make students not only aware of the typical hate speech and demonisation of victims that often occurs, prior to the crime of genocide, but also help students to become upstanders against it. We also discuss how Rwanda today teaches its own students about its troubled past.

Warning: This episode describes situations of physical violence and emotional abuse.

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Genocide Survivors Foundation

BBC - How the Rwandan Genocide Happened

Music - Aylex