http://www.ww4report.com/node/12666 -- NYC Congolese protest Paul Kagame, Elie Wiesel Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 09/29/2013 - 19:48 Africa Theater Arab Revolution DRC genocide politics of World War II Rwanda Syria On the evening of Sept. 29, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel joined Rwandan President Paul Kagame on a panel sponsored by This World: The Jewish Values Network at New York's Cooper Union entitled "Genocide: Do the Strong Have an Obligation to Protect the Weak?"—with the obvious context being the crisis in Syria. But outside a small group of local Congolese protested, holding banners reading "KAGAME IS A CRIMINAL OF MASS MURDER" and "PROTECT THE WEAK FROM KAGAME." Said protester Kambale Musavuli of the group Friends of the Congo : "He should be on the terrorist list and instead he's being invited to speak about ...
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