plural Tutsi or Tutsis
: a member of a people of Rwanda and Burundi probably of Nilotic origin
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The Unanswered Question: Attempting to Explain the Rwandan Genocide
Seven years after more than 500,000 Tutsi were massacred in Rwanda, the world still cannot explain why.
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Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Deliberate attempts to wipe a people out is, whether Nazis attempt to wipe out all with Jewish blood or Hutu try to wipe out Tutsi in Rwanda.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
Leaders in the south, which had a large Tutsi population, initially resisted, but were either killed or forced to comply.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Apr. 2024
Then, government soldiers from a nearby military barracks began to burn Tutsi houses.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 13 May 2024
Feeling compelled to protect other Tutsi, his hotel becomes a safe haven for those fleeing the genocide.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
The group has also enlarged its collection with documentation of other atrocities, such as the Armenian genocide, Nanjing massacre, the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the killing and expulsion of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, and violence against Kurds in Northern Syria.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The Rwandan genocide broke out in 1994 and resulted in the deaths of roughly 800,000 people, most of them members of the Tutsi ethnic minority, who had been given higher social standing by the Belgian colonial regime.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
Power has long said the United States bears a unique responsibility to prevent mass atrocities and has admonished U.S. dithering in the face of large-scale violence, such as the Clinton administration’s handling of the genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
Deliberate attempts to wipe a people out is, whether Nazis attempt to wipe out all with Jewish blood or Hutu try to wipe out Tutsi in Rwanda.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
Leaders in the south, which had a large Tutsi population, initially resisted, but were either killed or forced to comply.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 21 Apr. 2024
Then, government soldiers from a nearby military barracks began to burn Tutsi houses.
—Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 13 May 2024
Feeling compelled to protect other Tutsi, his hotel becomes a safe haven for those fleeing the genocide.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
The group has also enlarged its collection with documentation of other atrocities, such as the Armenian genocide, Nanjing massacre, the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the killing and expulsion of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, and violence against Kurds in Northern Syria.
—Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The Rwandan genocide broke out in 1994 and resulted in the deaths of roughly 800,000 people, most of them members of the Tutsi ethnic minority, who had been given higher social standing by the Belgian colonial regime.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
Power has long said the United States bears a unique responsibility to prevent mass atrocities and has admonished U.S. dithering in the face of large-scale violence, such as the Clinton administration’s handling of the genocide of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority.
—John Hudson, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
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