The international community looked the other way while more than 800,000 people were murdered in Rwanda 10 years ago. Now, justice remains elusive and the harsh aftermath of orphans and HIV, psychological scars and physical scarcity threaten to prolong the killing. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘AIDS’
Genocide’s deadly residue
Posted: January 30, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, AIDS, Deadly, genocide, HIV, Holocaust, Hutu, ICTR, kibuye, Orphans, Rachel Rinaldo, Rwanda, Tutsi, United Nations, Women
Rwandan women: AIDS therapy beyond drugs
Posted: January 9, 2011 in Evidence MaterialTags: 1994, AIDS, ARV, genocide, Genocide 1994, Grace, Hutu, Infection, Interahamwe, Mass rape, Militia, Rape, Rwanda, UNAIDS, Women
By Stephanie Urdang
Kigali
For Grace and her daughter Juliette, the anniversary of the April 1994 Rwanda genocide means one thing: they have lived with HIV for a dozen years, and their disease has progressed to AIDS. Grace was among the estimated 250,000 women who were raped at the time and is one of the untold numbers of women who were infected with HIV as a result. Juliette, now eight years old, is also infected. (more…)
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