INTERPOL #Turnbackcrime campaign launched in Rwanda
Channel: INTERPOL
Date: 2015-01-06

The children of Kigali launched Turn Back Crime in Rwanda during a candle-lighting ceremony on 25 November, the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The Rwandan Turn Back Crime campaign started with a ‘Walk to end Violence against Women and Girls’, which gathered thousands of people in the streets of Kigali chanting ‘Turn Back Crime’ theme songs in their native Kinyarwanda.

Launched at the Rwandan capital’s ‘Petit Stade’ in the presence of the Inspector General of Police, Rwanda’s Minister of Gender and Family Promotion, the United Nations Resident Coordinator, and the Mayor of Kigali, the campaign calls for Rwandans to work with the police in preventing crime and violence.

Rwanda is the third African country to launch the Turn Back Crime campaign, after Tanzania and Algeria, in addition to the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Co-operation Organization SARPCCO.

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