Definition of Army for the Liberation of Rwanda

1. Noun. A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again. "In 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Army For The Liberation Of Rwanda

Arminianism
Arminians
Arminius
Armistice Day
Armoracia
Armoracia rusticana
Armoric
Armorica
Armorican
Armoricans
Armstrong
Army
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
Army Intelligence
Army National Guard
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (current term)
Army of Muhammad
Army of the Confederacy
Army of the Pure
Army of the Righteous
Arna Wendell Bontemps
Arnab
Arnaia
Arnamagnæan
Arndt's law
Arndt-Gottron syndrome
Arne
Arnea
Arneth count

Literary usage of Army for the Liberation of Rwanda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The War Within the War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo by Joanne Csete, Juliane Kippenberg, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002)
"... is the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (Armee pour la liberation du Rwanda, ALIR) which operates in North Kivu as ALIR I and in South Kivu as ALIR II. ..."

2. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"... formed into the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR) in the north and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the south; ..."

3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1998)
"Its armed wing was called the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (Armée pour la Liberation du Rwanda. ALIR). The Rwandan government reportedly tried a more ..."

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