Holocaust memorial day 2019 - remember the Genocide in Rwanda

Holocaust Memorial day is held each year on 27th January. This year it 

 includes marking the 25th anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda, which began in April 1994 

 find out more about the events on the website of the Holocaust Memorial Trust

Here are some free academic resources for those seeking to conduct research into the Rwandan Genocide.

The United Nations maintains a Legacy website of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda this has a timeline of events, case materials and documents on human rights violations  

The Rwanda Documents Project started by  Professor Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota as a result of his work as a defense attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has  primary source materials from international and national agencies, governments, and courts that relate to the political and social history of Rwanda from 1990-2004 approx.

 The Genocide Archive of Rwanda is a collaborative project of the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Aegis Trust, and Rwanda’s National Commission for the Fight Against Genocide, with the assistance of the University of Texas Libraries Human Rights Documentation Initiative, USC Shoah Foundation Institute, the Rwanda Development Board, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Annenberg Foundation, and the Bridgeway Foundation. It provides free access to 68 videos, 271 audio transcripts, 867 photographs, 19 publication titles, and 27 archival documents

Rwanda Radio Transcripts Montreal Institute for Genocide
provides the transcripts from a large number of the radio broadcasts from before and during the 1994 genocide. They are available in English, French and Kinyarwanda

USC Shoah Foundation  has testimonies on the  Genocide.

National Security Archive George Washington University has declassified US government documents which reveal evidence of inaction. It also has

Complete Collection of Peacekeepers' Situation Reports from Rwanda to UN Headquarters in New York — from the Mission's Inception in October 1993 through the End of the Genocide in July 1994

http://www.rwandadocumentsproject.net/gsdl/cgi-bin/library

Today is Martin Luther King day - find out why with our free links

The third monday is designated as Martin Luther King Jr Day in the USA to honour the life and work of the civil rights campaigner.
The official website is maintained by the US government
Read the original Congress bill from 1994 of the aims of the day of service.

the Martin Luther King Education and Research Institute at Stanford University provides free acces to a wealth of primary resource materials. It provides free access to the King Encyclopedia which has a chronology of his life plus over 280 factual articles on the civil rights movement.
An audio and transcript of the famous I have a dream speech
plus other online primary source documents
There is also a section of lesson plans for teachers.

Seattle Times special edition. has an excellent overview and introduction, plus a selection of speeches, sermons and letters.
the Civil Rights Digital library from the University of Georgia
has a collection of black and white photographs of civil rights leaders called These powerful days from photographer Charles Moore which include images of King being arrested.
Also useful is the Teaching American History website which has a colection of selected lessons plans including one arounf the typescript of the letter from Birmingham Jail.

Gilets Jaunes - some useful links to begin your research

The yellow vest protests in France have had a lot of media coverage recently.
The Parisien has a copy of the letter sent to the French people to start a national debate. It has also published news coverage and other responses to this
You can follow events on this interactive 'live map' of events and locations which is bing compiled by a group of volunteers


Official French presidential website has notices and videos covering the launch of the grand debat
French government website has notices for the French people including the text of the letter
There is also a section of advice for enterprises on managing demonstrations and disruption

Other French news media covering the crisis include:
Le Monde
Le Figaro
Europe 1 dossier

Ouest France
Liberation
Humanite

Agoravox has citizen journalism opinions.
Interesting article from Slate in French which analyses the background and motivations of the gilets Jaunes

NHS 10 year plan

the NHS 10 year plan was launched this week. Here are some resources to get started.

Read the official government documents on the website
See some initial responses:

Independent
Guardian opinion
Reform think tank comment

Cancer Research UK

NHS Conferation

Health Foundation discussion

Nuffield Trust. they also have some materials and events on learning from past NHS reforms

Kings Fund 

BMA comment from doctors.

other press releases on related topics are also on the website

Royal College of Nursing

Office of Health Economics has recent reports on the economic case for invcesting in the NHS

IFS has information and economic analysis of NHS spending