The Kibeho Tragedy (Rwanda, April-May 1995) through the lens of Mark Cuthbert-Brown WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT Photo Gallery by Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt at pbase.com

The Kibeho Tragedy (Rwanda, April-May 1995) through the lens of Mark Cuthbert-Brown WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

How was it possible that two thousand persons, mostly women and children, could be massacred while living in an internationally designated camp for displaced persons in a small country with an overwhelming presence of international agencies? This happened in post-genocide Rwanda during the army’s operation to close Kibeho camp, despite a presence that included more than a dozen UN agencies, 120 non-governmental organizations and 5,500 UN peacekeepers. In her monograph, "The Protection Gap in the International Protection of Internally Displaced Persons: The Case of Rwanda," Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt analyzes how the framework of cooperation between the international agencies and the Rwandan government failed. In so doing, she exposes broader challenges and flaws in international responses to complex emergencies, including lack of awareness of legal norms and weak UN inter-agency coordination. Her monograph builds upon the first edition by assessing the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as a tool for advocacy for the rights of the displaced through a case study of the 1997-1999 displacement crisis in Northwest Rwanda. She proposes measures for the improvement of the international system of protection of internally displaced persons. The book is available from the United Nations Bookstore in New York or from the Graduate Institute of International Studies of the University of Geneva (using the order form included on the last page of this album).

The photos in this album were taken in April and May 2005 by Mark Cuthbert-Brown, Provost Marshal of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), with the assistance of John Cleland from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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50507523.MarksRwandaFile0228wtmk.jpg	17-50507536.MarksRwandaFile0241wtmk.jpg	28-50507524.MarksRwandaFile0229wtmk.jpg	22-50507530.MarksRwandaFile0235wtmk.jpg View of the hospital complex. Note 1) that it is crowded - although not as extensively as later when the crowd shifts back from around the Zambian platoon position; 2) The line of UN troops holding back the crowd on the edge of the Zambian camp, just forward of the pit later used as a mass grave; 2) RPA troops on the road.
50507488.MarksRwanda7maylastDPsleavecampnumbering546wtmk.jpg An RPA soldier (wearing redundant East German Army uniform) shows humanity in offering water to displaced children.	50507489.MarksRwanda7maylastDPsleavecampwtmk.jpg	Kibeho closes! Late in the morning of 7 May 1995, the last DPs emerged from the compound in Kibeho and were allowed to leave by the RPA. This picture shows the gathering of DPs on the roadway just to the north of the compound in which they had sheltered in abject poverty - reliant only on the food that they had with them on 22 April and on falling rainwater.	50507491.MarksRwandaFile0185wtmk.jpg
50507492.MarksRwandaFile0186wtmk.jpg	50507495.MarksRwandaFile0194wtmk.jpg	President Bizimungu Bizimungu, surrounded by UN officials (including RR Hasegawa and Randolph Kent - Head of the UN's Rwanda Emergency Operation) and RPA soldiers, is interviewed by local radio.	50507496.MarksRwandaFile0195wtmk.jpg

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uknown		12-Mar-2011 11:32
hariya hantu ni ku butaka butagatifu, nyamara muri mata 1994 ibyahabereye ni agahomamunwa, mu 1995 birenga urugero. umuntu yakwibaza ukuntu ingoma izajya yima yose izajya ihariturira imbaga y'abantu! Bikira Mariya ubayo aratabare n'ibindi bitaraba da!

BISANGWA		05-Dec-2010 13:45
JE VOUS REMERCIE D'AVOIR MONTRE A BILL CLITTON QUE SA DEMARCHE AU RWANDA DE CREER DES BONS ET DES MAUVAIS EST IDOTE.JE VOUS ENCOURAGE POUR FAIRE L'EXTENSION DE VOS OEVRES ET D'Y INCLURE LES ACQUIS DU MAPPING REPORT(GENOCIDE DES HUTU EN RDC) NOTTAMENT EN INSISTANT SUR KISANGANI-KISESA-BIALO-OBILO EN AVRIR-MAI 1997 OU KABILA FILS ET KABAREBE SONT RESPONSABLES DE 100.000 AMES HUTU INCARCINES.

individeo		07-Apr-2010 21:52
Afande, in 1994 the population of Rwanda was about 8.000.000, the tutsi were less than 20%. So the number of the tutsi were about 1.600.000 or less. So if 1.000.000 died, as you and the medias say, there were 600.000 left. How come now there are more than 2.000.000 tutsis only 16 years after? And comparing the number is just just childish. A bad action is always bad action no matter the size of it. If your dog shits on the floor you do not shit over your dog's shit just to cover it. All you are doing is cleaning shit with shit. Is like a girl who fuck people to become a virgin again.

KIMBIRIGITI		15-Feb-2010 07:56
May be after 100 Years we should make Claim against UN. Nigute UN irangara bigeze hano koko? Ese bano bari abantu cg? Nyamara Sadam baramumanitse ngo yishe abantu 185! Please think about 4000 People!! Umubyeyi Mme INGABIRE VICTOIRE UMUHOZA arabivuga bagasakuza ngo afobeje Jonoside!! AAAA One day bino bizasobanuka. Murakoze

Kabano		11-Feb-2010 23:44
I lost a good part of my family here mostly men. Those who say it was the interahamwe militia could go to hell themselves because I know very well my cousins weren't militia. Someone tells me the RPA din't have a choice. They did... close the camp peacefully, but NO. They don't have that notion of peaceful treatment of others, and (THAT'S WHY THEY RELAUNCHED THE MILITARY CAMPAIGN KNOWING VERY WELL TUTSI IN RWANDA WOULD PAY THE PRICE) they bomb them. In Kibeho, in Uvira just a year later, in Bukavu, Goma, tingitingi, Kindu, Kisangani, all the way to Mbandaka. RPA are the issue Rwanda has ever known. Before them be it the time of tutsi regimes or the hutu one, there was no such attrocities. So, do me a favor RPA, given your animalistic nature, you can take the highway of the wild and hit the bush. That's where the f*** you belong

frank		01-Feb-2010 16:34
umva mwa bantu mwemurimo gushirao comments hano muzabane murebe byose uko byanze mutabogamye kuko ukoze icyaha agomba guhanwa kandi bigaca mu kuri kuko nkanjye nta muntu narenganya kuko maman ni tutsi papa ni hutu kandi famille imwe inkotanyi zarayishe bose barashira nta numwe uhari indi famille nayo interahamwe zirabica bose ta ntumwe ziretse, navukiye bruxelles ubwo rero que la justice soit faite nta kubogama kuko nkanjye ntaho nabogamira famille yanjye yarishwe n'impande zose. merci

Pompius		07-Sep-2009 15:01
Nibarize Kagame n,abambari be ko mushaka kumara abantu mu gihugu mwitwaje ngo bakoze Genocide ndetse mukayitwerera abahuhutu gusa mukaba mushaka kubamara ese abanazi cyangwa se abadage ko bivugwa ko bayikoreye abayahudi aho abadage bose baba barishwe.Wifata icyaha cy,abantu runaka maze ngo cyitwe icyaha cy,inkomoko,nibiba bityo umenye aho urubyaro rwawe uzarusiga hamwe nabo muri gufatanya kuko ibyo murimo mukora nabyo ni icyaha cy,inkomoko inshuro ebyiri n,Imana idashobora kwihanganira n,ubwo wasaba imbabazi Yezu akaba yasubira ku musaraba ntazo uzabona,mbabajwe n,abagukomokahoho gusa uri guhemukira.

Pompius		07-Sep-2009 14:58
Nibarize Kagame n,abambari be ko mushaka kumara abantu mu gihugu mwitwaje ngo bakoze Genocide ndetse mukayitwerera abahuhutu gusa mukaba mushaka kubamara ese abanzi cyangwa se abadage ko bivugwa ko bayikoreye abayahudi aho abadage bose baba barishwe.Wifata icyaha cy,abantu runaka maze ngo cyitwe icyaha cy,inkomoko,nibiba bityo umenye aho urubyaro rwawe uzarusiga hamwe nabo muri gufatanya kuko ibyo murimo mukora nabyo ni icyaha cy,inkomoko inshuro ebyiri n,Imana idashobora kwihanganira n,ubwo wasaba imbabazi Yezu akaba yasubira ku musaraba ntazo uzabona,mbabajwe n,abagukomokahoho gusa uri guhemukira.

Pompius		07-Sep-2009 14:49
Nk,uko nta muntu usumba itegeko ni nk,uko nta muntu ushobora kuzaba umuzamu w,isi kuburyo atazapfa.amahanga yakingira ikibaba abicanyi bavuye Uganda bica mu gihe abantu bari biturije ni hahandi bizashyira kera nabo bapfe.ariko se kuki abicanyi bose badahanwa kandi bose barishe ku rugero rumwe ndetse na nubu bakaba bakica,Kagame ubwe yarivugiye ngo Imana nibimubaza ngo azayisubiza,ese nawe Kayonga,Ibingira,Sam ,Kabarebe mese muzayisubiza ko mutinya guhagarara imbere y,urukiko rw,abantu urw,Imana aho muzahahingutsa akazuru ?Mswahili alisema kwamba aliye juu mgonjee chini siku moja atashuka.

afande ntambara		22-Jun-2009 09:22
One million minus 2000=?998,000!! that is why iam surprised that you are there zooming out kibeho as if thats where the genocide began. to be fair, start from the begining, not the middle. let me put it simply; people killed and when they were cornered, the 'aid agencies' 'peace keepers' and all other 'good people' organized them and effectively transformed them into IDPs, a la tourquoise. among these people were armed and very dangerous killers who decided to use their wives, mothers, sisters and children as shields. They did not care about their lives since they were already stinking with blood of a million, hacked without provocation whatsoever. When we started trying to close down the camp, they oepened machine gun fire and some of us fell. since we were not policement, and considering that the situation was still very tense, some of us had arrived at our homes to find our parents and relatives brutally killed. we just directed fire to where it was coming from. it was madness. I imagine if it was our friends the genociders who were in our place at that time, they would not have stopped shooting until the whole camp was down. but despite all, we were able to restrain and unfortunately, some kids were caught in the crossfire provoked by their fathers and brothers. someone gave the example of world war and the trials of the nazi. , look at sri lanka, pakistan. the tamil tigers of sri lanka held people hostage and the army had no otherwise but to sacrifice some of them and end the tamil problem once and for all. the americans, in the pursuit of talibans in afghanista and pakistan and insurgents in iraq, civilians get killed in crossfire. these armies have more sophisticated and equipment compared to RPA of that time. the truth is, you people started the genocide so you should accept the consequences which are not even anything compared to what you did

Gervais ciro		11-Nov-2008 09:50
Il est vrai qu'il y a eu beaucoup de massacres à Kibeho. Mais, il faut toujours préciser que les 2000 victimes de 1995 ont été donc tuées par le FPR qui est au pouvoir à Kigali. Quant aux tueries qui ont eu lieu sous l'ancien régime, elles ont certainement eu lieu entre avril et juin 1994. Cette précision étant fait, gardons-nous de confondre les actes des unes avec ceux des autres. Nous sommes chrétiens, professons la vérité.

Gervais Ciro		11-Nov-2008 09:40
Nagiye inshuro nyinshi i Kibeho mu gihe cyo kubonekerwa. Mu by'ukuri Mariya yarahari koko. None dore abicanyi bakomze amahano. Turi abakiristu. Niyo mpamvu tugomba kwemeza ko ubwicanyi bwabereye i Kibeho bwakozwe n'ingoma zombi. Koko abantu bamwe bapfuye muri 1994. Aliko rero abandi bishwe n'ubutegetsi bwa FPR buriho ubu i Kigali. ariya bantu 2000 ONU ibarura bapfuye muri 1995 (cyanga muri 1996) ni abishwe na FPR. icyo gihe bahungukaga bava muri Zaïre. Murakore, nibyo nashakaga kuvuga kugirango tureke kwitiranya ubwicanyi n'ubundi.

mbigiri		05-Nov-2008 12:22
Abanyrwanda ndetse n'amahanga bagomba kumenya ko umwicanyi angana undi,kandi ko núbona imbwa mugiti bulya iba ifite uwayishyizeyo,gusa haba none cg kera,abicanyi bose cyane cyane abicana babigambiliye bazabyishyura kuko utereke imbwa mugiti atazahora ayilinze ngo batayimanuramo.arusha ni ive ku giti kuko umuntu hali,uwishe Habyalimana akicisha batutsi ngo ntawalya umuleti atamennye amagi arazwi,bamukingira ikibaba none,ejo kizavaho!!!

Terry Pickard		15-Sep-2008 21:31
A book has just been released in Australia. It is called "Combat Medic" and the author Terry Pickard's personal account of one Australian soldier who found himself at the centre of events that shocked the world, and the personal toll that he paid.Terry Pickard a seasoned medic and soldier, was one of a 32 strong force of Australian UN Peacekeepers in Kibeho on the 22nd of April 1995 when more than 4000 Rwandans were massacred and thousands more injured. the horror and unimaginable tragedy of the Kibeho Massacre still looms large in the lives of the Rwandans and the people sent there to help them. Terry Pickard's army career spaned nearly 20 years and more than 15 years after Rwanda he continues to struggle with Post Traumatic Stress. The book is available online at www.bigskypublishing.com.au.

isack		09-Sep-2008 10:20
let this not happen to any other country it was a bout to be in my country KENYA last years post election really it is so bad. But mostly let us all do Pray for the World

Karinganire		16-Jul-2008 09:18
Usenya urwe bamutiza umuhoro, nimuvuge ayo mushaka ariko mumenye ko ubutabera buhari kandi dossier yose azagira umwanya wayo, ubundi iyo wihambiriye kuwugushuka ugomba kubizira, ahubwo abo bantu bagize abandi indaki bazi neza ko abo kurundi ruhande nabo ko bafite uburakazi bwibyo basize bakoze inyuma ,ninabo bakoze icyaha gikomeye uretse ko banabikomeje Tingitingi, ariko sasa uzi ko yakoze akazi ke maze agashiramwo sentiment zuburake bugeza ho, uretse ko Imana izabimubaza, aramenya ko ubutabera buzabimubaza, kuko burya ni mpome zizavuga nihagera aho ukuri kuba inshingiro yiterambere n'ubusugi bw'ingobyi iduhetse twese, Komera KAGAME urumugabo jya mbere tuzagushigikira muzahane abo bose bafite uruhare mukubanduza na cyane cyane abakoze ayo mahano tubona, kuko uko bimeze kwoose n'Abanyarwanda nkuko mujya mubivuga. Nyagasani atugirire imbabazi twese abanyarwnda.nayo abigize ngo n'abahutu bizabakore, nayo abigize ngo n'abatutsi bizabakore nabo ariko abanyarwanda muzahorane umutima wo guhariranirana maze duhuze gahunda yo kwubaka Igihugu cyacu n'urungane ruzatura AMEN

muhire		05-Jul-2008 17:41
I invite people to not concider comment that are not sign by their othor. We call it nonvalue comment. If rwandans want to live in peace, then all genocider and killer must be judged. The interahamwe and Kagame must face justice. No one kill and go. No mater what ethnik you belong to , when you kill you have to face justice. That's how it is in modern and civilised country. Rwanda are you Barbarian or civilised nation ? It yours to choose.

kalisa james		10-Mar-2008 11:42
My english is poor, so I put my comment in french. Je suis un citoyen rwandais de l'ethnie tutsi. J'ai perdu mes parents durant le génocide de 1994. En avril 1995, j'étais à Kigali et j'ai rencontré des amis du FPR qui avaient participé au massacre des Hutu de Kibeho. J'ai vomi après qu'ils m'aient raconté les détails de leur opération. C'était hideux et indigne d'êtres humains. Mais j'ai une question à poser aux ayants droit des victimes. Kambanda a été condamné pour génocide ^parce qu'il était premier ministre durant le génocide des tutsi. En avril 1995, Faustin Twagiramungu était premier ministre. Je me souviens qu'il a nié le massacre de Kibeho, disant que c'étaient des interahamwe que l'armée avait neutralisés. Lorsqu'il a fini par comprendre, il a changé de langage. Mais il porte une grande responsabilité. Et si ce n'est pas le cas, il devrait s'expliquer devant la justice. Etant donné qu'il vit en Belgique, pourquoi les associations rwandaises qui défendent les victimes de Kibeho ne portent-elles pas plainte contre lui ? Cela lui donnerait l'occasion de s'expliquer et de dire la vérité. Cela lui permettrait peut-être de dire qui a fait quoi à Kibeho. Le fait qu'il soit hutu ne l'exonère pas de ses responsabilités! James Kakisa

Manuela		30-Jan-2008 14:21
It happens again. Look at Kenya now. Everybody see; no one can see.

Guest		18-Jan-2008 18:15
May God have Mercy on us.

guest		18-Jan-2008 09:15
I am the child of an Australian soldier who spent six months in Rwanda. My father has always refused to speak of anything to do with Rwanda so I have done as much research as I can myself. My heart breaks for everyone who had no possibility of escape from the horrors and for those who have been left to testify to the lowest levels of human nature. I am horrified that most people I meet don't even acknowledge that these atrocities ever occured. There will never be enough words to express my grief for all who have had to suffer, I wish in particular for things to never reach that level again, that those who lost families, friends and everyone they cared about to regain some sense of happiness and peace and that there should never again be cause for a daughter to see her her strong unshakeable father broken.

rukundo		18-Jan-2008 00:51
Oh my Gosh !!This is really unbealevable ! How criminels can have peace of mind with such inhuman acts ? It is time for them to repent and to ask for forgiviness...otherwise they are doomed,whoever they are. May all victims of rwandese tragedy repose in God`s peace.

rukiriro		14-Sep-2007 00:23
more on this web site www.r94.org

Merano		26-Jun-2007 12:40
It's 14:12 Paris time. During lunch, I was reading a paper from Australian Medic guy who was at Kibeho, a true testimony, a recount of Kibeho massacre. That week I was in Kibungo, western region of Rwanda, following remotely this ordeal on UN VHF channels. It reminded me the explosion of refugee camps in Zaïre and Tanzania. I am rwandan. Genocide/Kibeho/RPF/bla bla, this is Rwanda, my country, my history. You can try to understand Kibeho but you can never accept or explain it. One is explaining the April 94 genocide by a simple plane crash, convincing the world that a million lives can die because of the death of an ugly-ass president! I was in Kibeho. The key of this place's tragedy is written in 94 genocide. Killers stopped by Kibeho and kept hidden in a crowd of innocent IDP's, mothers and babies, abandoned by Turquoise in a daylight. They were killing anyone who wanted to escape the camp and UN stayed "zen" as usual. The RPA has no way out: some officers will have to pay, sooner or later. They could close the camp without killing babies .... but how? God knows. Now Murambi is a Genocide memorial for Kigali, and Kibeho, a internet-based "hutu power" memorial. Let's call it e-Kibeho dot com. The heck is that my kids will ask me what happened there! I hope I can tell them the same version as my "power" brothers who think the genocide started in Kibeho! Regrets, Merano

Abdou		23-Apr-2007 11:49
Les gens qui analysent la situation du Rwanda, devraient faire tout pour que "TOUT" coupable quel qu'il soit, où qui'il soit,...... réponde à ce qu'il a fait. Ca ne se conçoit pas comment les uns (les seuls hutus) sont poursuivis (même les innocents), alors qu'il y a ceux qui ne s'inquiètent de rien, (Je dis les Tutsis du FPR qui ont commencer à tuer depuis 1990) et par contre continuent à bénéficier de l'appuis internatinal. Ca c'est une injustice international. Tôt ou tard, LA VERITE SE REVELERA D'ELLE MEME.

Guest		23-Apr-2007 10:46
Dear Frederik Voute, The hutu didi not prepare the war . They were attacked from Uganda . And allow me to mention again that the ignition to this bloodshed was the "downing of the Presidential plane " that killed a Hutu president along with his Army 's chief of staff.

Frederik Voute		18-Apr-2007 13:59
History is always written by the winners. Let me remind you of the atrocities Allied forces carried out when fighting Germany in World War II. Those weren't put on trial in Nuremberg, but the Nazi's were. Why? Because they carefully planned an extermination and war and started it. Just the same way Hutu Power did. All over the perception of ethnicity. Everyone has blood on their hands, it is just that Hutu Power's hands are dripping with it.

Matt Reichel		26-Feb-2007 23:11
Thank you for posting these images. The world must see what happened and next time act to stop this terrible destruction of human life. never again Rwanda and never forget. Rwanda has come a long way, but there is still a lot more reconciling necessary.

Guest		27-Nov-2006 21:59
Stéphanie, I never thought that I will see my pictures on the net, specially when one high rank Un Official told me at that time that my pictures are not politicaly correct, therefore they do not exist. Alexandre Castanias l'auteur des photos

		25-Nov-2006 10:29
splitting,Gaelicize scorning cornea:vicious?core - Tons of interesdting stuff!!!

Guest		17-Nov-2006 18:47
How can a site like this be one sided like this!. Any body who knows the 1994 genocide and reads this old fashioned propaganda can not fail to conclud the motive of Stephenie and his cohorts-genocide denial/revisionism. history can not simply re written in this fashion,particularly in the 21st century. I hope that you can allow differing views on this site.

terry		09-Nov-2006 13:02
any one i can help with i witness account of this tragedy particulary as i was present during this time in Kibeho i want to help. just ask

aimable		04-Nov-2006 15:15
The pictures speaks for them selves!. this just a few that we can see, you can imagine what goes on behind bars what more can i say? i've submitted this to the PM! I wonder what more evedence the internation comminity needs before they can bring these Rpf killers to justice. n way 'never say 'never! no matter wot it takes, it will be done. Rwandans never give up fighting for peace and justice to all ,you only fail when you give up! !

guest		31-Oct-2006 13:00
Mbega u Rwanda mbega abarwo. Imana niyo nkuru kanzi what goes up must come down.... Urugendo ni rurerure ariko tuzarusoreza i nyarugenge muzatugaye gutinda ariko nimuzatugaye guhera.. Abana b' u Rwanda

John Mugenzi		21-Oct-2006 23:09
The sad think is no one has ever been charged od these crimes, RPF has killed much more Rwandan people and hide them. My God protect Rwandan and the realy people behind killings, massacres and genocide be punished

Lodex		17-Sep-2006 05:54
I am from Rwanda my self. When is my country going to realize that murder is not the way to solve issues? Why is Kagame still a president? May those who lost their lives during the genocide and the Kibeho tragedy rest in eternal peace. Soon or later, justice will be served. Kagame can sit and enjoy his embezzled money, but his days are numbered.

Albert Kama		24-Aug-2006 12:36
I personally thank someone who has had courage to take picture in this circumstance for the perpetrators would easily deny their inhuman actions. Today their beastlike behaviour can't be denied and will, one day, face justice. So what else someone can say? This is genocide or a crime against humanity. If so why the international community still allowing these criminals of the rwandan government (including the rwandan "chef"-Kagame-to travel around and be given red carpet before they prove to have dealt with Kibeho massacre?

Albert Kama		22-Aug-2006 12:58
After looking at these pictures, I was deeply touched of how till today no one cares about bringing any of the perpetrators to justice and yet the commanding officers of this ignoble act are fully known. One would wonder whether western’s lives/deaths and blood are more valuable than Africans or Tutsi blood is more valuable than any other tribe.

Guest		12-Aug-2006 22:13
My words are not enough to express how I felt having see these horrific images. I think it´s about time people and the International community realise that this massacre that took place in Kibeho is a crime against humanity and start to condumn the perpetrators. The Kagame regime should bring these people to justice just as he is doing to those who killed in 1994. I thank Stephanie Kleine and all those who do their courageous acts to expose every kind of crime against humanity at all level.

Terry Pickard		20-Jul-2006 07:22
My name is Terry Pickard and I was the Sgt Medic of the Australian Army present during the Kibeho tragedy. Most of the thirty two Australian soldiers who were there including my self feel deep regret at not being able to react to the protection of IDP's. Some of us are quite ill suffering from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and have had to leave the Army. A lot of us can no longer work. I don't think it is because of what we saw although this was bad enough, but because of the shere frustration at not being able to respond to the situation due to the non clarity of the United Nations Charter. Here in Australia those of us who were present during those horrific four days have only been recently allowed to openly talk about this in public. The "Sunday" program which is produced by Channel Nine in Australia interviewed several of us about the Kibeho Tragedy and produced a main feature which was aired in Aug 2005. This is the first time the general public became aware of this Tragedy and the responce was so overwelming that our government dicided to change our service in Rwanda from Non-warlike to war-like after ten years. Please try to watch th Sunday program and you will then get a better indication that the figure of two thousand is an underestimate. I congratulate you on all you have done and wish you the best for the future. If I can be of any assistance to any one about this subject please dont hesitate to contact me on my Email address.

Camakoma		12-Jul-2006 14:02
Thanks Stephanie for the pictures on the Kibeho. It is unhappy loosing such a number of human lives. I encourage you to do the same for the April-July holaucost in Rwanda. Why should you keep quite for a million dead and start crying and showing your griefs when a thousand die? Not that I am not against the killings of innocent people, but that we should care for all victims without discrimination.

Guest		05-Jun-2006 22:33
These pictures are worth ten thousand words. Thanks for making these graphic images public. You have contributed to the enlightnment of many including myself who did not know that the Kibeho massacres really took place.

Guest		05-Jun-2006 21:25
This is a valuable information on what really happenned, no judgment or sentiments. Time will come for sure, and even hidden truth will appear openlly. This is a good step ahead. Thank you for contributing to history!

Guest		02-Jun-2006 00:58
I think stephanie kleine might have other cruel scenario not only in kibeho but in other places also and i think in future

Rwandan survivor		28-May-2006 20:01
The Us Government has disgraced itself by viciously inviting the Rwandan RPF Nazi. With such disrespect to the Rwandan suvivors that not only Hutus and Tutsis, but every decent human being should be angry. I have addressed my concerns with the US Administration foreign policy towards the Rwandan RPF Nazis and have spoken out in public about my concerns. The very least each one of Rwandan suvivors can do is let the Bush Administration know that no matter what honorable reception of the RPF Top Nazi at the white house by his Admirers we will be there against him. Watching and reading the Kibeho sad story of this remarquable woman makes me hoping that one day the Evil will be fought by other individuals and organizations acting out of blind patriotism/nationalism but who really and mainly work on humanist grounds. Lots of thanks Kleine.

Another Rwandan Survivor!		26-May-2006 19:14
It is beyond my believe to see that a man responsible for these mass-killings (Paul Kagame) is being received in the White House next week with all the honors of a statesman!!! This is another sign of the Werstern hypocrisy! Shame....

Surviver		21-May-2006 11:27
I don't have word to express what I felt when I was watching these photos. Couregeous people like Stephanie who run the risk of being called negationists or revisionists should be thanked as their goal is not to deny any thing but to bring the truth to light. Here is excerpts from from Philip Gourevitch's 'We wish to inform you ...'about the Kibeho massacre and how the perpetrators were cleared:page 194, 3rd paragr "RPA troops opened fire , shooting non stop and indiscriminately into the crowd...shooting and lobbing grenades at them...in addition to machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one mortar were fired into the camp. " page 203, 3rd paragr.: "The tragedy of Kibeho neither resulted from a planned action by Rwandan authorities to kill a certain group of people, nor was it an accident that could not be prevented." page, 2nd paragr: "The officers were cleared of any responsibility for having presided over or allowed massacres, but they were found guilty of having failed to use the military means at their disposal to protect civilians in danger ". I am eager to read this new book, which is actually the other side of the Rwandan genocide(s).

J Banda		19-May-2006 08:43
My congratulations to Stephanie. We must take this far forward by using this evidence to bring to justice those who committed this crime and their helpers. How, indeed, can kagame and those who put him on power walk away with these atrocities, while kambanda has been prosecuted and condemned for crimes he could not prevent? Banda.

Pa Celi		18-May-2006 19:31
Nous avons en face de nous une MERE Tereza d'une autre nature. Celle qui rompt avec le silence de la communauté. Celle qui veut aussi bâtir sur un fond de vérité et de Justice. Celle enfin qui mérite vraiment s'asseoir sur la chaise du secrétariat général des Nations-Unies. Peut-être qu'avec elle les choses pourraient changer. que la communauté internationale ou du moins ce qui en reste, serait véritablement une communauté mondiale loin de l'hypocrisie véhiculant annéantissement des sans voix.

A rwandan viewer		18-May-2006 16:59
Dear Stephanie, Thank you for posting these pictures. For a Rwandan like me, i look at the pictures and feel ashamed. We are so evil. We like always to be seen as good people but this is really who we are. Just a question: Is it possible to ask the gentlemen who took these pictures (Mark Cuthbert-Brown, Provost Marshal and John Cleland ) to put some explanatory notes under each picture to help viewers to understand the scenario? I noted that on page 5, the murdered bodies seem to have been burnt, some beheaded. They are different from the 450 to 600 bodies photographed at the entrance to the Zambian quarters. Please tell us what happened? Were the people tortured, burned (there is a noticeable presence of hoes, nakedness,... next to the bodies), executed? It looks sadistic. Are there plans to write books, movies about that experience? Thank you once again for exposing this.

Guest		18-May-2006 14:19
Merci à Stephanie Kleine pour ce témoignage poignant. Vous méritez un prix pour la justice et la réconciliation. J'éspère que vous lisez ces commentaires, car il s'agit là surtout de vous. Il faut juste corriger la date de 2005 et la remplacer par 1995. Brave et courageuse, bravo. Je souhaite que toutes les femmes qui s'engagent dans l'humanitaire prennent exemple sur vous. Le monde serait certainement plus juste. Vous méritez un prix de l'humanitaire non-collabo, car les ONG au Rwanda sont passé du coté collabo. Voilà une contribution à la vérité, la justice, la réconciliation et la paix au Rwanda. Bravo. Davidave.

Jean-Christophe		18-May-2006 10:01
It's absolutely imperative to turn attention to RPF Nazis and Kagame's awful crimes and this without delay before a 100% extermination of Hutus . I repeat this is more important than any other thing and should be addressed without delay before it gets out of control. Securing Hutus is more important than anything that might be done to save what remains to be saved. Hutus are under seige since 1994. The civilized world should apologize for the silence that led to this second Auschuitz: 21,000 deaths according to a UN employee who witnessed these awful Kamgame's crimes.

Guest		18-May-2006 03:45
First of all , I'd like to thank this courageous lady for visiting a Kibeho and letting us know how miserable those people suffered. Soon the truth will come out that the present ruler of Rwanda are not people of peace but a bunch of criminals killing their own people.

Guest		17-May-2006 20:41
This is another face of rwandan genocide. Little by little people will come out with full knowledge of what really happened in country of a thousand hills. Time will tell, for sure.

Dan		25-Apr-2006 22:10
This is amazing. I am too young to have been there durring the Goenocide but I did spend 3 months in Rwanda in the spring of 2001. It is amazing how international agencies and news companies could not cover somthing as tragic as 1 million people being massacred by freinds, family, and neighbors, over the course of 90 days. I am glad that I found these galleries.

Ahab		06-Apr-2006 17:50
I dont really get the date provided in the outline: "The Kibeho Tragedy (Rwanda, April-May 2005) through the lens of Mark " What do you mean by giving this date? When did the tragedy happen? btw thank you for working on this aspect of truth in the context of the Rwandan genocide

ang		01-Mar-2006 14:57
I find the lack of commentary in the Kibelo Tragedy gallery appalling. This good woman had the courage to post these photos depicting this brutal massacre and the only response she received was cowardice silence. This is reality, people! Not your sunsets and sunrises. The least anyone could have done was to thank her for bringing knowledge and lessening your ignorance. Ms. Kleine-Ahlbrandt, you are to be commended for having the courage to visit a place of such great suffering. These scenes are heartbreaking, and the sad reality is the slaughter continues to this day all across Africa.

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