US EditionGenocide: French City Mayor Says No to Burial of Protais Zigiranyirazo
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The Administrative Court refers to "a context of heightened tensions with the associations of memory of the victims of genocide, which raised the risk that the grave would become a place of pilgrimage".
The administrative court in Orléans maintains the ban on the burial of Protais Zigiranyirazo, nicknamed "Mr Z", because of the risks of public order disturbances.
First announced, the burial of one of the main figures of the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda was finally banned by the mayor. The city could not sacrifice its history of watchfulness in the face of past and future genocides, supports a collective of historians, writers and citizens.
In France, a Rwandan, considered to be one of the brains of the Tutsi genocide in 1994, was to be buried in Orléans on Thursday 28 August. The town hall took a decree prohibiting burial in the commune of Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother of the former first lady of Rwanda, Agathe Habyarimana. The city considers that the burial of the so-called Mr. Z in Rwanda presents a risk of serious disturbance to public order and that his burial risks becoming …
Genocide: French city mayor says no to burial of Protais Zigiranyirazo
Serge Grouard, the Mayor of French city of Orléans, has revoked authorization for the burial of Protais Zigiranyirazo, the former Prefect of Ruhengeri at the city’s municipal cemetery, citing his links to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the 1985 murder of American zoologist Dian Fossey. The decision follows concerns raised by Genocide survivors' associations and other advocacy groups in France. Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former Rwa…
The funeral of Protais Zigiranyirazo, known as "Mr. Z", an alleged figure of the genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda and died in Niger on 3 August, was to be held in Orléans on Thursday, 28 August. The mayor of the city is opposed, and was heard.
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