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From Damascus to Europe: The story of Ali

Dániel Cséfalvay

Growing up in Europe gives us privileges that are often too easy to forget. We take for granted a life, that could only be the wildest dream for some. We don’t have to be afraid of persecution, forced to flee our home or getting killed by our government. The story of Ali, that I present here, is about the difficult choices, insecurities, discrimination, and fear, which many refugees experience on their road to Europe.

Rwanda 1994: 100 days of brutal killing. A genocide faster than the Holocaust

Peter Sterančák

25 years ago, on April 6, 1994, the plane of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana was shot down, killing everyone on board. The day after, on April 7, an apocalyptic genocide started to unfold in this small Central African nation. Over the course of the next 100 days, somewhere between 800 000 to 1 000 000 people have died, in the country with a population of 7 million.