"Please, don’t forget the Rwandans who are left behind."
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Human rights activist Monique Mujawamariya, arriving in Montreal after a harrowing escape from Rwanda, brought an urgent message Montreal Gazette (April 19, 1994)
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Monique Mujawamariya
Hon. Dr. Monique Mujawamariya (born 27 July 1955) is a Rwandan human rights activist who moved to Canada and then South Africa. She was a survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against Tusti and she won an international award in 1995. In 2014 she was living in South Africa where she is concerned with women's rights.
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