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Forgotten genocide lesson.

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Posted on June 1, 2016

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  • Lieutenant-General (retired) Roméo Dallaire, a senior fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia, is quoted in a Canadian Press article about forensic photos depicting atrocities committed against civilians in Syrian prisons. Dallaire, who led a delegation to Parliament Hill this week to present the pictures to lawmakers, warns that the Rwandan genocide is being repeated in Syria. The article is picked up by The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, Radio-Canada.ca, TheTorontoStar.com, L'actualité, Huffington Post Québec and Journal Métro.