Judi Rever is a Montreal journalist, a COI expert and the author of the book, In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front . The book re-examines the Rwandan genocide and chronicles nearly three decades of violence committed by Paul Kagame’s army in the Great Lakes of Africa. In 1997, Judi Rever went to Congo to cover the humanitarian crisis following Rwanda’s overthrow of President Mobutu Sese Seko.
Child soldiers, Coercive population control, Deportees/criminal deportees, Document Authentication, Ethnic discrimination or persecution, Ex-combatant reintegration, Forced conscription, Forced marriage, Gang-related violence/non-state actors, Gender-based violence/domestic violence, Journalist persecution, Land tenure disputes, LGBTQ, Mental illness, Military/police service, Political persecution, Prison conditions, Religious discrimination or persecution, Government/state actor persecution, Risk of retaliation, Safe internal relocation, Sexual abuse/assault, Sufficiency of protection, Torture, Trafficking, Tribal discrimination or persecution, Violence against children/child abuse
I have done extensive research into the history of violence committed by the current Rwandan regime, in addition to documenting the persecution, disappearance, kidnapping and killing of Rwandan dissidents abroad. I have also researched the plight of Congolese civilians who have been victims of 28 years of war. I have written an estimated 20 expert reports.
In Praise of Blood: the Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (Random House, 2018)
The Legacy of RPF Violence and Why Rwandan Refugees Refuse to Return, a chapter in the book Repatriation, Insecurity, and Peace: a case study of Rwandan refugees (Springer 2020)