Felin Gakwaya

Definitely.

They are the ones who killed my family.

Among the recent released prisoners, how many perpetrators did you recognize?

I recognized four.

In Rwanda, some men convicted over the genocide have now returned home after decades in prison.

For those who survived, that return raises difficult questions, not only moral questions, but spiritual ones too.

How do you live alongside someone who helped destroy your family?

I even paid them a visit in their homes.

Someone told me about it and I went to see them.

And we had a chat.

I told them to be strong and assured them that what happened in our country will never happen again.

That is what I told them.

You said that when you went to see them, you told them to be strong.

Why?

Because we have forgiven them and that nothing else can happen after forgiveness.

You are listening to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

I am Felenga Kwaya, and for heart and soul, I am in Rwanda, speaking to survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and asking what forgiveness means when the people who killed your family come home.

Well, they were released towards the end of last year.

This year started with them already released from jail.

The man you've just heard is Danio Gassangwa.