The Chamber recalls its finding that towards the end of June 1994, in Gisenyi Prefecture, on the main road between Kivumu and Kayove, Bikindi used a public address system to state that the majority population, the Hutu, should rise up to exterminate the minority, the Tutsi
Were I again to have the opportunity to sing, to sing for Rwandans, I would go to the country of a thousand hills so that all Rwandans can hear me. I would climb right up to the highest peaks and once at the pinnacle I would lodge my appeal. I would invite Rwandans, Hutu, Twa and Tutsi alike, I would remind them that the tragic events that occurred in Rwanda have injured the hearts of all of us. I would invite them to sing in unison.
Simon Bikindi Trial, (2006 – 2008), Bikindi Appeals Hearing (sung)
A King Listens, Under the Jaguar Sun, Italo Calvino (1986)
