Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  We are in the refugee camps and we have a clear picture of how these people incited hatred. The Imbonerakure, the governing party's militia, is armed. Even the lyrics of some songs incite hatred, for example: “We will rape every Tutsi woman”. That is a sign. They tried to divide

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I am just as surprised as you are. I have no answer to that question. I get the impression that they want to show they are not afraid of anything. They want to inflict terror. As I was saying, no one dares speak up in Burundi. Even when I come here there are people who refuse to

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  My compatriot will speak to that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much. There wasn't much time. All international NGO activities were suspended a week ago. As you can see, if we stand idly by there's a good chance that there will be a genocide in Burundi. The government is trying to get rid of all the troublesome witnesses by ch

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  In October 2015, when the government decided to suspend and end our activities and freeze all of Maison Shalom's assets and start harassing our employees, we fled to Rwanda with half the Maison Shalom staff. We received support from three private organizations from Luxembourg, w

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  On April 26, 2015, a 15-year-old child was killed. I grabbed some candles and demonstrated against the killing of children. The government tried to have me killed and I had to hide at an embassy for a month. The hospital was closed because I handed over its ambulance in order to

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would say that this is a great shame of the Burundi government. I protected 30,000 children. I was able to reinsert them, open infrastructure in Burundi, a major hospital that was supported by the international community. For example, CHU Sainte-Justine, in Canada, donated incu

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, ladies and gentlemen members of Parliament for the honour of welcoming me here. I was supposed to meet with General Dallaire, but when I heard that you were inviting me I said that I wanted to come here. I am here as a mother. I am here because I decided 25 years ago