Dady De Maximo Mwicira Mitali is an award-winning Rwandan artist, film-maker, poet and fashion designer. A survivor of the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda in 1994, he is a one of the rare of his family to have escaped death. Recently, he became the victim of a second attempt on his life in Kigali Rwanda . The homophobic attempted murder took place in his Kigali home on the 11th November 2011.
The aggressors made their homophobic motivation known by leaving a note behind. The aggressors invaded his home armed with knives and petrol jerks with intent of burning him alive. He only survived because a neighbor alarmed by the noise provoked by the struggle interrupted their horrific and coward act.
Unlike its neighboring country Uganda and Burundi , Rwanda has strongly rejected attempt to make homosexuality a legal and political issue stating: “People sexual orientation and choices in people private lives is not a political matter in Rwanda ”
Besides being a fearless and multi-talented artist, Dady is also a humanitarian who has offer food, shelter, security and comfort to vulnerable orphans and survivors in his own home in Kigali .
Check Dady’s work and contribution to art and creativity here:
http://www.dreamyz.ca/rwandafashionfestival.pdf
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/print.php?issue=14596&print&article=14940
Two attempts on one person life based on ethnicity or sexual discrimination should not and will not be a silent matter! Certain countries in Africa may be supportive of backward discrimination policies based on some obscure cultural stand-points but Rwanda- because of its tragic experience- is not!!
This act is a criminal matter pure and simple!
With your help, the culprit of this heinous crime should and will go through arrest and prosecution with a guilty verdict at the earliest with big drum rolls and headlines!!!
A full press release in English will be released soon by the Support Collective for Dady, in the meantime, feel free get in touch, spread the word, blog and write to your local Human Right organization, media relation in the view of raising global media awareness, supporting Dady’s basic Human Right to protection, financial help and possible expatriation to Europe.
Please do your part and spread the word out…..
This act is a criminal matter pure and simple!
With your help, the culprit of this heinous crime should and will go through arrest and prosecution with a guilty verdict at the earliest with big drum rolls and headlines!!!
A full press release in English will be released soon by the Support Collective for Dady, in the meantime, feel free get in touch, spread the word, blog and write to your local Human Right organization, media relation in the view of raising global media awareness, supporting Dady’s basic Human Right to protection, financial help and possible expatriation to Europe.
Please do your part and spread the word out…..
