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Photograph of a group of individuals in an Indianapolis park holding up their protest signs and posters. The protest took place at the Indiana State Capitol building and pushed for human rights and protection for the Banyamulenge, with references to the 2004 Gatumba Massacre. This protest took place concurrent to an annual memorial event for the 2004 Gatumba Massacre, also held in Indianapolis.
On August 13, 2004 a force of armed combatants, many of them members of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL), massacred 166 Congolese civilians and wounded another 106 at Gatumba refugee camp. The FNL is a predominantly Hutu rebel movement known for its hostility to Tutsi and the victims were largely Banyamulenge, an ethnic group often categorized with Tutsi. At the intersection of two faltering peace processes, the attack underlined the continuing political conflicts within both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi and made them worse. The Gatumba camp provided shelter for 1,700 refugees who had fled DR Congo in June 2004.
Photograph taken by Christopher P. Davey in August 2022.
Date Taken
8-2022
Type
image
Genre
photograph
Format
jpg
Keywords
Gatumba, Burundi, refugees, massacres, Africa, Banyamulenge
Recommended Citation
Davey, Christopher P., "Individuals hold up protest signs in an Indianapolis park, 2022" (2022). Photographs. 11.
https://commons.clarku.edu/gatumba_photographs/11
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Keywords
Gatumba, Burundi, refugees, massacres, Africa, Banyamulenge
