Rwandans Seek Justice And Reconciliation After 1994 Genocide

MURAMBI, RWANDA - FEBRUARY 23: (.) Broken human skulls lie on display at the Murambi memorial site February 23, 2003 in Murambi, Rwanda. 10,000 Rwandans who sought refuge at the technical school here were murdered by genocidal militias in 1994. All parts of Rwanda were victim to atrocities committed in 1994, when 800,000 mainly Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in about one hundred days in Rwanda. About 100,000 prisoners accused of the genocide are still in prisons nine years later awaiting trials. Rwanda is currently trying to cope with these problems of crime, punishment and reconciliation through village trials called Gacacas. Gacaca, which means on the grass, is a traditional way of solving disputes between local communities and involve juries of residents. 11,000 gacacas are currently trying to resolve crimes from the genocide. (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)