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African States: Reject Immunity for Leaders

By Human Right Watch

141 Groups in 40 Countries Speak Out

“The immunity provision is a regrettable departure from the AU’s Constitutive Act, which rejects impunity under article 4. Immunity takes away the prospect that victims can access justice at the African court when leaders commit atrocities. African states should take a clear stand opposing this immunity.”
George Kegoro, executive director of the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya
(Johannesburg) – African countries should reject immunity for sitting leaders for grave crimes before the African Court for Justice and Human Rights, 141 organizations said today in a declaration in advance of an African Union meeting in Nairobi. The organizations include both African groups and international groups and have a presence in 40 African countries.

The African Union (AU) Office of the Legal Counsel is convening a meeting in Nairobi on August 25 and 26, 2014, with government officials of AU member countries in East Africa to promote ratification of AU treaties. Discussions, which will take place at the Hilton Hotel , are expected to include a newly adopted protocol to extend the African Court’s jurisdiction to trials of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, while providing immunity for sitting leaders and other senior officials. The protocol to expand the authority of the African Court was adopted at the 23rd African Union summit, in Malabo in June.

“The immunity provision is a regrettable departure from the AU’s Constitutive Act, which rejects impunity under article 4,” said George Kegoro, executive director of the International Commission of Jurists-Kenya. “Immunity takes away the prospect that victims can access justice at the African court when leaders commit atrocities. African states should take a clear stand opposing this immunity.”

The adopted Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights is the first legal instrument to extend a regional court’s authority to criminal jurisdiction over genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The protocol also covers 11 additional crimes and notably provides for an independent defense office.

But Article 46A bis of the amendments provides immunity for sitting leaders, stating: “No charges shall be commenced or continued…against any serving African Union Head of State or Government, or anybody acting or entitled to act in such capacity, or other senior state officials based on their functions, during their tenure of office.”

The statutes of international and hybrid international-national war crimes tribunals reject exemptions on the basis of official capacity. Other international conventions, including the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and the Geneva Conventions of 1949, recognize the crucial importance of accountability for serious crimes.

“Granting immunity to sitting officials is retrogressive, and risks giving leaders license to commit crimes,” and Timothy Mtambo executive director at Malawi’s Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation. “Immunity also risks encouraging those accused of the crimes to cling to their positions to avoid facing the law.”

Some African countries like Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, and South Africa rule out immunity for sitting officials for serious crimes under their national laws, the groups said.

This text of the group declaration was drafted by Malawi’s Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation, with input from several African organizations and international organizations with a presence in Africa.

“Instead of retreating from important achievements to limit impunity, advance the rule of law, and promote respect for human rights, African governments should remain steadfast in supporting justice for victims of the worst crimes by rejecting immunity before the African Court,” said Angela Mudukuti, international criminal justice project lawyer at the Southern Africa Litigation Centre.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde “under investigation” by French court

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by Emma Haslett

Christine Lagarde has been placed under “formal investigation” by a French court

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has been put under “formal investigation” on suspicion of negligence by a French court.

The case stems back to 2008, when Lagarde was the French finance minister, when businessman Bernard Tapie was awarded €400m to settle a commercial dispute with the government.

The court alleges the settlement was rigged because of Tapie’s support of Nicolas Sarkozy, who was president at the time.

Lagarde has said she is innocent of the accusations that she played an “improper” role in the arbitration process.

She was questioned for 15 hours on Tuesday by the Court of Justice of the Republic. If she is found guilty of “simple negligence”, she could face a fine of up to €15,000 and a year in prison.

A spokesperson for Lagarde emphasised she had not been charged.

Source: http://www.cityam.com/1409133206/imf-chief-christine-lagarde-under-investigation-french-court

Arrestations de deux ex-officiers rwandais: l’armée s’explique

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David Kabuye et Frank Rusagara (et leurs familles et amis bien sûr) vont agrandir le nombre des opposants farouches à Paul Kagame

Cette semaine, coup sur coup, l’armée rwandaise a annoncé l’arrestation de deux de ses anciens officiers, le général Frank Rusagara et le capitaine David Kabuye, tous deux à la retraite. Ils seraient soupçonnés de crimes mettant en cause la sécurité de l’Etat, a indiqué le général Joseph Nzabamwita, porte-parole de l’armée, à des journaux locaux, insistant sur le fait que les deux hommes étaient innocents jusqu’à ce que leur culpabilité soit prouvée.

Plus que sur le motif des arrestations de Frank Rusagara et David Kabuye – des enquêtes seraient toujours en cours – le porte-parole de l’armée rwandaise a insisté auprès de la presse locale sur le fait que la procédure a été respectée, que les familles ont été dûment notifiées.

« Aucun membre de famille ne s’est plaint des arrestations », leur a assuré le général Joseph Nzabamwita ajoutant qu’« ils n’ont aucun problème avec les préoccupations de nos institutions ». Toujours dans l’entretien publié par la presse locale, le porte-parole de l’armée a conclu sur ce point : « ils sont nos frères et nos soeurs. »

« C’est assez cynique, commente un militant rwandais des droits de l’homme en exil, on ne peut pas se plaindre au Rwanda, surtout pas quand un proche est arrêté, on risque de lui causer davantage d’ennuis, voire même de suivre le même chemin. » Jusqu’à présent, effectivement, seul David Himbara qui avait refusé dans un premier temps de s’exprimer, a posté un commentaire indigné sur le réseau social Facebook : « Pourquoi Frank Rusagara est-il en prison ? Parce que la révolution mange ses enfants », écrit cet ancien conseiller du président Kagame, aujourd’hui en exil, prédisant que d’ici à la présidentielle de 2017, d’autres arrestations du même type auront lieu.

« Nous avons des préoccupations de sécurité nationale comme n’importe quel autre pays », explique une source officielle rwandaise ajoutant que « ce n’était pas à la communauté internationale – qui a fermé les yeux en 94 – ou à David Himbara d’expliquer au gouvernement ce qu’il doit faire pour assurer la sécurité de ses concitoyens. »

Source: http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20140824-arrestations-deux-ex-officiers-rwandais-rusagara-kabuye-kagame-armee-s-explique/

Kadhaffi, Moubarak and Ben Ali had built stronger infrastructures than Kagame did, but they were forced to get out. Does this give a lesson to Kagame?

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Urupfu rwa Habyarimana: Aho bukera imizinga iravamo imyibano

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Nk’uko tubikesha ibinyamakuru bitandukanye, ngo iperereza ku mpamvu n’uwagize uruhare mu ihanurwa ry’indege yari itwaye aba perezida babiri b’abahutu ari bo Habyarimana Yuvenali w’u Rwanda na Ntaryamira Cyprien ryaba rigeze ku musozo. Iri perereza ryavuzweho amagambo menshi ndetse ubutegetsi bwa Kigali bunashinjwa mu guhanura iyo ndege bwo bwakoresheje itangazamakuru mu gukwirakwiza inkuru ko indege yari itwaye abo bayobozi bombi hamwe n’abari babaherekeje yarashwe n’igisasu cyaturutse mu kigo cya gisirikare cya Kanombe. Ababikurikiranira hafi ntibigeze barangazwa n’izo nkuru, kuko kuba FPR iregwa muri urwo rubanza byumvikana ko ibyo itangaza bitakwizerwa.

Ku rundi ruhande ho Abanyarwanda muri rusange bahejejwe mu gihirahiro imyaka ikaba ibaye 20 batazi uko byagenze. Baba Abahutu bageretswe ho kwiyicira Generali Habyarimana ngo kugira ngo babone uko bica Abatutsi( bivuga ko Habyarimana ari we wababuzaga kwica), ari n’Abatutsi biciwe ababo bivuye ku ndege yahanuwe bakaba bakeneye kumenya uwatumye bahekurwa, habaye guceceka no gutegereza icyo iri perereza rizageraho.

Iri perereza ryafashe indi ntera mu gihe Nicolas Sarkozy yari Perezida w’Ubufaransa akaba yaranashatse ko u Rwanda rwegerana n’u Bufaransa mu rwego rwo kwiyunga. Ku bwa Sarkozy Madame Habyarimana yateshejwe umutwe cyane. Cyakora aho Sarkozy aviriye ku mwanya w’umukuru w’igihugu Abafaransa bamutereye icyizere kubera ibintu bibiri by’ingenzi yakoze akiri ku ntebe. Icya mbere ni uko Sarkozy yahanganye n’igisirikare cy’u Bufaransa akananirwa kubeshyuza ibikorwa bya Leta ya FPR yavugaga ko operation Turquoise yakoze ibyaha byibasiye inyoko muntu. Abasirikare bakomeye baramurakariye cyane ku buryo byamuviriyemo kudatorwa manda ya kabiri. Icya kabiri, Sarkozy mu gihe yakoraga campaign yakoze amanyanga akoresha amafaranga yahawe na Perezida Kadhaffi wa Libya, ndetse akabeshya umukecuru w’umuherwe witwa Liliane Henriette Bettencourt na we akamuha amafranga yo kwiyamamaza. Ikibazo cy’uyu mukecuru cyaje kubyutsa byinshi bitari bizwi.

Uyu munsi rero ngo iperereza ryaba rigeze ku musozo ariko ababuranira Kigali bo baravuga ko ngo abo baburanira ari abere bityo ngo bakaba bagiye gutanga ikirego kuko babeshyewe.

Reka twibutse ko ikibazo cy’iyi ndege n’ubwo kitigeze gihabwa agaciro ariko gifite icyo gisobanuye ku mahano yagwiriye u Rwanda. Nta kuntu byakwemezwa ko indege yahanuwe ariyo mbarutso yateye genocide ugahana abakoze genocide nyamara ukirengagiza uwatumye itangira.

Fiat Justitia ruat caelum ( nihabeho ubutabera ijuru nirishaka rigwe).

Reka tubitegerezanye ubwitonzi, uko byagenda kose ikinyoma kiza muri ascenseur kikahagera vuba nyamara ukuri ko kuza na escaliers ariko kukahagera kukiri ukuri.

Abacamanza b’abafaransa barangije amaperereza ku ihanurwa ry’indege ya Perezida Habyalimana

Rwanda’s Untold Story Documentary

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Twenty years on from the Rwandan genocide, This World reveals evidence that challenges the accepted story of one of the most horrifying events of the late 20th century. The current president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has long been portrayed as the man who brought an end to the killing and rescued his country from oblivion. Now there are increasing questions about the role of Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front forces in the dark days of 1994 and in the 20 years since.

The film investigates evidence of Kagame’s role in the shooting down of the presidential plane that sparked the killings in 1994 and questions his claims to have ended the genocide. It also examines claims of war crimes committed by Kagame’s forces and their allies in the wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo and allegations of human rights abuses in today’s Rwanda.

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Rwanda: l’étrange affaire du chanteur Kizito risque de déstabiliser le Rwanda

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Le chanteur Kizito Mihigo répondant à la presse le 15 avril à Kigali / AFP

Le chanteur, rescapé du génocide, prône la réconciliation. Et pourtant, le pouvoir de Kigali l’accuse de haute trahison. Tentative d’éclairages.

Kizito Mihigo, un chanteur populaire au Rwanda est au centre d’une affaire bien troublante. Le 15 avril, il est arrêté, en compagnie de trois autres personnes, dont un journaliste. Le site News of Rwanda rapporte que le chanteur est accusé de terrorisme, d’atteinte à la sûreté de l’Etat et de trahison. Le site d’informations avait ajouté que le chanteur «fait l’objet d’une enquête pour avoir préparé des attaques à la grenade contre le gouvernement».

L’annonce de l’arrestation de cet artiste et, surtout, des accusations portées contre lui, suscitent l’émoi et le doute au sein de la population. Kizito Mihigo est un artiste apprécié dans le pays. Comme le rappelle le quotidien belge Le Soir,«depuis son retour au Rwanda en 2011, il était devenu une véritable vedette, non seulement à cause de la popularité de ses chansons, mais aussi à cause de la fondation qu’il avait créée, vouée à la paix et à la réconciliation».

L’artiste est un orphelin qui a perdu sa famille dans le génocide des Tutsi au Rwanda, en 1994. Rescapé, il a suivi des études de musique à Bruxelles, financées, selon des indiscrétions du Soir, par le président Paul Kagamé qui accuse aujourd’hui le chanteur de gospel de terrorisme et surtout de vouloir le tuer.

Ces accusations surprennent, d’autant plus qu’elles sont en totale contradiction avec l’engagement humaniste de Kizito Mihigo et l’œuvre de réconciliation à laquelle il s’emploie à travers sa fondation pour la paix et ses chansons.

Pourtant, l’affaire est en train de prendre une autre tournure. Vendredi dernier, lors d’une audience de son procès, le chanteur confirme des aveux qu’il avait déjà longuement fait devant la presse.

«J’accepte les accusations. Mais que les choses soient claires, j’ai fait ces crimes lors de conversations. Je n’ai ni acheté de grenades, ni donné de l’argent», a-t-il indiqué dans des propos rapportés par RFI.

Plusieurs observateurs voient ces aveux comme une manœuvre du pouvoir en place. Le blog The Green Frog croit par exemple savoir que les accusations portées à l’encontre de Kizito Mihigo ne tiennent pas la route.

«Comment est-il possible pour un chanteur d’attaquer un gouvernement, et surtout d’assassiner un président qui possède le système de sécurité le plus efficace du continent?», s’interroge The Green Frog.

De la même façon, les aveux du chanteur confortent la thèse d’une affaire montée de toute pièce, ajoute, pour sa part Umuhuza. Ce blog consacré à la réconciliation du Rwanda affirme que l’affaire est louche. Il s’agit d’une«tentative maladroite du clan Kagamé pour distraire l’opinion rwandaise et internationale sur les déchirements au sein même de l’ethnie tutsi qui domine le pouvoir depuis 1994», peut-on lire sur le blog.

Pour Umuhuza, quatre éléments incitent à prendre à être prudent: l’étrange«disparition» du chanteur peu avant l’annonce de son arrestation, les aveux devant la presse avec large diffusion dans les médias officiels et sur les réseaux sociaux, un tribunal «non compétent» et un «avocat qui se désiste quelques heures avant l’audience».

Colette Braeckman, éditorialiste au Soir et spécialiste de la région des Grands Lacs, estime que cette affaire est, peut-être, le prélude de nouveaux déchirements au Rwanda, nés des jalousies et de rancœurs pas encore apaisées entre Tutsi eux-mêmes.

Sur ce point, Umuhuza explique:

«Le jeune tutsi Kizito Mihigo qui avait tout juste 13 ans en 1994 et qui est réellement un rescapé du génocide contrairement aux autres jeunes tutsi de sa génération qui sont rentrés au Rwanda après la conquête du pays en 1994, ne doit pas faire la même lecture de l’histoire que ces autres frères tutsi. Mais lorsqu’il le dit publiquement et que de par sa notoriété, il ose l’exprimer en chanson, il a alors franchi la ligne rouge et est devenu paria dans la “fratrie”.»

La désormais «affaire Kizito» semble donc une affaire interne au clan Kagamé, mais qui risque de déstabiliser à nouveau le pays et la région.

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Kizito yifurije Kagame gupfa akwiye gufungwa…uwishe Habyarimana na Ntaryamira we yigaramiye!

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Kizito Mihigo (ibumoso) ni umwe mu Batutsi barokotse jenoside FPR irimo gusonga.

Paul Kagame ( iburyo) aramutse yanze gushyikirana akagwa mu ntambara yaba yizize.

Mu Rwanda ibintu bihabera biteye agahinda kenshi. Kuva tariki ya 7 Mata umuhanzi w’icyamamare kandi ukiri mutoya yafashwe na polisi afungirwa ahantu hatabona, amazwa iminsi itatu ntawe umureba ku buryo rwose urupfu rwari hafi. Amaze kumvishwa ko ashobora no gupfa kandi isi igakomeza igatembera, nibwo noneho yashyizwe kuri tortures zikomeye kugira ngo yemere ibyo aregwa byose. Icy’ingenzi mu byaha aregwa ni uko ngo yifuje ko aho kugira ngo habe intambara mu gihugu imara abaturage, ahubwo hapfa umuntu umwe ari we Paul Kagame.

Iyo ukurikiye neza uburyo bivugwa, usanga Kizito atari we ucura wo mugambi ahubwo uwo mugambi ucurwa na Kagame we ubwe. Muti kuki? Impamvu ni uko iri yicwa rya Kagame rivugishwa amatama yombi n’abantu umuntu atanahamya ko babishoboye (iyo babishobora ntaba yarabamarishije ibiziriko), mu by’ukuri rituruka kuko Kagame yanze imishyikirano. Hashize imyaka myinshi Abanyarwanda basaba ko Paul Kagame yakwemera hakaba imishyikirano hagati y’Abanyarwanda igahuza FPR n’abayirwanya, abihayimana, sosiyete sivile, abahagarariye amashyirahamwe y’abakozi n’imiryango itegamiye kuri Leta kugira ngo tuganire ku mateka yacu nta gucengana. Ibi biganiro bitaziguye kandi bizira ikinyoma nibyo byatanga umurongo nyawo w’ubwiyunge bw’Abanyarwanda. Ikibazo rero cyakomeje kuba ingorabahizi kuko Leta ya Kigali yavuniye ibiti mu matwi ikikomereza urugendo nk’aho ntacyo biyibwiye. Hagati aho kandi niko Abanyarwanda b’ingeri nyinshi bakomeje kwicwa urubozo bagafungirwa ubusa, bagatorongezwa, abasigaye bagahindurwa inkomamashyi n’abagererwa mu gihugu cyabo ubu cyigaruriwe n’agatsiko gatoya k’abasirikare bakuriye mu nkambi z’impunzi muri Uganda ndetse n’abandi birirwaga mu mihanda ya Kampala bacuruza ibiyobyabwenge.

Kuba rero bamwe mu Banyarwanda bumva niba ibiganiro binaniranye wenda hari indi nzira banyuramo ndumva bitabazwa bo, ahubwo bikwiye kwirengerwa n’uwanze ko ibyo biganiro bibaho. Gusa rero na none dukurikije amateka yacu ya vuba, gushoza intambara bamwe bavuga ko ngo izaba ngufiya cyane, tuzi neza ko yamena amaraso y’inzirakarengane.( Niyo mpamvu hari amashyaka nk’ ISHEMA abona intambara idakwiye kugirwa priority). Aha niho Kizito Mihigo atuje yatanze igitekerezo ati aho kwitura inabI izo nzirakarengane , ni kuki uwo wanze ko ibiganiro bibaho atari we wabibazwa ariko abandi bakagira amahoro?

Iki gitekerezo cya Kizito rero nicyo ubucamanza bw’u Rwanda bwahereyeho buyicuranga buyica imirya ngo aha ishyano ryacitse umurizo. Gusa mu byerekeye amategeko, nta kimenyetso na kimwe cyerekana ko Kizito atari kugera nyuma akisubiraho mbere y’uko ibyo biba cyane cyane ko nta n’aho agaragaza uko uwo mugambi uzagenda. Paul Kagame nabimenye. Guhera uyu munsi ashatse yakoresha izo nkomamashyi ze z’abacamanza agafunga u Rwanda rwose kuko Abanyarwanda 75 % bamwifuriza gupfa wenyine aho kwanga imishyikirano maze bikaba byabyara intambara izamara abenegihugu. Ese ubundi byaba bitwaye iki niba umuntu umwe apfuye kugira ngo hakire ubuzima bwa benshi? Kagame nawe yagombye kwishimira kuba yapfa ariko agakiza benshi niba ari wo muti wonyine usigaye. Bityo twamwandika no mu gitabo cy’intwari!

Igitangaje si uko Kagame yapfa, kuko n’ubundi twese ntawe utazapfa. Ikindi hari umuntu w’inshuti yanjye uhora atwibutsa ko no hakurya y’urupfu hari ubugingo. Ariko nanone kwambura umuntu ubuzima bihanirwa n’amategeko. Kubitekereza gusa utabishyize mu bikorwa ntacyo byamutwara akaba ariyo mpamvu bidakwiye kugenderwaho ngo umuntu akorerwe dosiye. Igikomeye ahubwo ni iyo igikorwa cyabayeho. Ku itariki ya 1 /10/1990 umutwe w’inyeshyamba wiyise Inkotanyi ukaba wari ugizwe n’abana bakomoka ku wundi mutwe wari wariyise Inyenzi( Ingangurarugo ziyemeje kuba Ingenzi) wagize igitekerezo cyo kwica abanyarwanda bo mu bwoko bw’abahutu. Ntibyahagarariye ku gitekerezo gusa kuko byashyizwe no mu bikorwa. Uyu mutwe wakoze umugambi wo kurasa Habyarimana ndetse ubishyira mu bikorwa. Sijye ubivuga ahubwo abari bahibereye barabyemeza. Ni ukuvuga ko abagize uyu mutwe ntibabaye ibigwari nka Kizito uvugisha umunwa gusa, ahubwo bo babishyize no mu bikorwa maze ku itariki ya 6 Mata 1994 Habyarimana yicirwa hamwe na Ntaryamira. Ibitekerezo n’imipango byashyizwe mu bikorwa nyamara nta wigeze abatunga agatoki kugeza n’ubu. Iryo yicwa rya Habyarimana niryo ryakuruye iyicwa ry’umubyeyi wa Kizito nyamara nta wigeze avugira Kizito uretse kumwambika ishati bakajya bahora bamubwira ngo “iyo shati ntuyanduze nijye wayiguhaye”! Ubonye iyaba na Kagame yarifurije Habyarimana gupfa ariko ntabikore? Wenda miliyoni z’abantu zapfuye ubu ziba ntaho zagiye.

Si Habyarimana wenyine kandi wishwe. Abasenyeri barishwe kandi ntibishwe n’amagambo yo kuri whatsapp na skype. Impunzi i Kibeho zishwe atari internet ikoreshejwe. Impunzi muri Congo zararimbaguwe biturutse mu mugambi wacuzwe ukanashyirwa mu bikorwa.

Icya ngombwa si ugufunga abana ngo batekereje kandi nyamara wirengagije aho ikiganiro cyaturutse. ” Niba Kagame yanze ibiganiro kuki atari we wakwicwa ariko imbaga y’abantu ikarokoka? Ng’ibi ibyo Kizito yavugaga. Niba Kagame ari umugabo yagombye kumva interuro yose atayiciyemo kabiri. Ikindi akiyemeza gushakra igihugu cyose icyiza dore ko akibifitiye Ubushobozi.

Uko mbibona ndasanga urubanza rwa Kizito rutazoroha. N’ubwo bamugumishije muri polisi amasaha arenze ateganywa n’itegeko ndetse bakamujyana mu rukiko ngo yemere bakamusubiza muri polisi aho ahozwa kuri torture, ubu igihe kirageze ngo ashyirwe muri gereza nk’abandi. Aha niho azajya avanwa ajya kuburana. Nagera imbere y’abancamanza urubanza rugiye gutangira mu mizi, Kizito azasobanura iby’iyicarubozo yakorewe ngo abyemere. Aha ni naho azahakana ibyo bamurega byose maze abe ahaye akazi katoroshye ubushinjacyaha ko kwerekana nta shiti ko Kizito yagize uruhare mu iyicwa rya Paul Kagame ritigeze ribaho! Nanone FPR ishobora kumushyiraho akarimi keza nka ka kandi yashyize ku abhutu bakikorera amadosiye ya jenoside ngo aha bazafungurwa bagera hanze bagasubizwamo. Kizito rero ashobora gushukishwa ko niyemera rwose bazamugabanyiriza ibihano maze agataha agasubira mu muryango. Ariko yibuke ko isura ye yamaze guhindana, uretse Imana yonyine niyo twizeye ko itazamuvaho naho abantu bo ntakibafite 100%. Kizito n’iyo yakatirwa amezi 6 gusa azaba afite ubusembwa bumwambura uburenganzira ku bintu byinshi mu gihugu. Ni yo mpamvu buriya ashatse yabona ko nta mnwanya azaba agifite mu gihugu amaze gufungurwa, keretse revolisiyo ya rubanda iri hafi kuba imufunguye.

Aho gutakaza umwanya bacira urubanza inzirakarengane ngo zatekereje, uwafata uwarashe indege ya Habyarimana, uwishe Abasenyeri i Kabgayi n’impunzi i Kibeho, uwafungiye abantu mu buvumo bwa Mahoko muri Kanama… Abo bose ntibatekereje ngo banavuge gusa ahubwo babishyize no mu bikorwa.

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Kagame has revealed his greates fear: Reconciliation among Hutu and Tutsi

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By: Emmanuel Hakizimana and Gallican Gasana

The alarm clock has been brutal for many Rwandans this Monday, April 14, 2014: Rwandan police had announced the arrest of a young Rwandan renowned musician, Mr. Kizito Mihigo, a young journalist, Mr Cassian and Ntamuhanga a young demobilized Rwandan army (RDF), Paul Dukuzumuremyi.

Beyond the fact that they are survivors of the 1994 genocide Tutsis who were arrested during the commemoration of the 20 th anniversary of the genocide, it is mainly the charges brought against them leaders who spread the excitement and stupor in all Rwandan media.

All three are accused of being involved in organizing terrorist attacks against Rwanda, want to overthrow the government by violence, to plan the murder of members of the government to encourage people to violence and have participated in a network of leading grenade attacks.

He is also accused of collaborating with the FDLR (Rwandan rebels in Congo installed) and the leaders of the opposition organization Rwanda National Congress (RNC).

During their court appearance the next day Tuesday, April 15, police also brought a young woman, Mrs. Agnes Niyibizi, which was presented as their accom.

To silence the voices of reconciliation

Accusations that the Kigali regime door against these young genocide survivors are among the worst he had ever brought against someone and there is reason to wonder why.

On closer inspection, the weight of these charges equaled the extent of their commitment to reconciliation and the magnitude of the fear of Kagame to see Hutu and Tutsi reconcile and fight together against his oppression.

In fact, the young musician Kizito Mihigo began to put his talent to the service of true reconciliation, which is diametrically opposed to the Kagame regime policies.

In a recent song entitled “The meaning of death”, he made two recommendations that have angered President Kagame. First, it recommended to honor not only the victims of the genocide of Tutsis, but also the victims of war crimes, revenge and other attacks in Rwanda or outside the country. Then he considered that human dignity takes precedence over being Rwandans.

It should be noted that this inclusive vision of Mr. Kizito is in perfect harmony with other Rwandan personalities who preached peace and reconciliation, and who paid a heavy price.

For illustrative purposes, it corresponds to that of Ms. Victoire Ingabire, president of the opposition party FDU-Inkingi, currently languishing in prison, having been sentenced to 15 years in prison after trying to run against President Kagame in elections the 2010 presidential election.

In his speech at the genocide memorial in Gisozi, she said: “For us to achieve genuine reconciliation, we need to empathize with the suffering of everyone.”

Similarly, the position of Mr. Kizito agrees with that of Mr. Patrick Karegeya, founding member and former RNC aide to President Kagame, who was murdered in South Africa earlier this year by agents of the regime Kigali.

In his letter to Mr. Douglass E. Coe associate director of the American Fellowship organization, just three days before his assassination, asking for his support in organizing an inter-Rwandan dialogue, Mr. Karegeya wrote: [I]” [/I][I]For a company like ours that has experienced trauma as now, since all our communities were in turn victims and executioners, it is impossible to overstate the issue of forgiveness and grace …… We can not look to the future only if we speak in truth and learn to forgive us. “[/I]

President Kagame has a completely opposite to that of Mr. Kizito, why he tried to stifle his voice position as it did for Ms. Victoire Ingabire, Patrick Karegeya and others he murdered or imprisoned.

Its policy has been to exclude Hutu any form of commemoration; they do not have the right to their cry. Worse, through a government program called “I am Rwandan,” the song refers implicitly Kizito, the Kigali regime calls on all Hutus, even those who were not yet born in 1994, to apologize for crimes conspecifics.

President Kagame also not hesitate to publicly affirm its opposition to the pacifist approach Mr. Kizito. A few days after the release of the song mentioned above, he said that he was not a musician and he was not there to please everybody.

What future for Rwanda?

The drama of these young survivors clear to those who still had doubts that Rwanda will never know peace and reconciliation under the regime of President Kagame.

For him, reconciliation refers to the end of its oppressive power based on the division between Rwandans (Hutu, Tutsi, Twa) and the scapegoat strategy.

Regarding this last aspect, we will remember the serious charges of complicity in genocide made by Kagame against French military and prevented France to send a delegation to the 20 th commemoration of the Tutsi genocide.

Being fully aware of its great responsibility in the crimes committed in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region of Africa since the 1990s, President Kagame is terribly frightened by anything that would bring Rwandans to sit together and establish the truth about their drama.

In this context, the future of Rwanda depend on the choice of orientation of the support, not only from the Rwandans themselves, but also from the international community.

The regime of President Kagame is clearly inconsistent with the peace and reconciliation, this choice could be ambiguous.

Source: http://lautjournal.info

(Note: Translated from French by Jennifer Fierberg)

Affaire Kizito” itangiye kugaba amashami: N’ imiryango y’Abatutsi bahigwa n’Agatsiko itangiye kumenyekana.

Nk’uko twakomeje kubigaragaza, iri kinamico riri inyuma ya “Affaire Kizito” rifite intego za politiki rigamije kugeraho: Gushinga “Dynastie Kagame” no kwikiza Abatutsi n’Abahutu bashyira mu gaciro bakaba batiteguye kuyiyoboka no kuyikeeza. . Nimwisomere iyi nkuru ya rushyashya.net maze mwumve aho FPR ikomeje kwerekeza umukino wayo . Twakomeje kubahanurira ukuntu Abatutsi bahoze mu Rwanda ariko bakaba badashyigikira ibyaha bikomeye n’amafuti ya FPR bagiye kuraswaho urufaya . Abahutu bo ntawe ukibavuga, FPR yarangije kubagira ibyo ifundi igira ibivuzo. Match nibwo yatangira, reka dutegereze aho ibintu bigiye kwerekera . Gusa twizeye ko abantu batazakomeza kwituramira ngo bongere bicwe nk’amatungo kandi babona neza aho icyago kiri guturuka : inyota ikabije y’ubutegetsi ya Paul Kagame n’Agatsiko ke k’Abassajya biyemeje kugarura UBUHAKE mu Rwanda ! (Ubwanditsi bwa leprophete.fr)

Mu Bubiligi Kizito Mihigo yari mu kitwa Ibukabose

Iri n’ Ishyirahamwe ripfobya rigahakana Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, ryigisha ko habayeho na Jenoside y’Abahutu, rikorera mu Bubiligi no mu Bufaransa, IBUKA BOSE iyobowe n’uwitwa Ndagijimana J.M.Vianney, wahoze ari Ambasaderi w’u Rwanda mu Bufaransa muri Leta ya Habyarimana, ubwo byari muri Guverinoma yaguye yarimo n’amashyaka yari muri opposition, MDR, P.L na PSD, akaba yaraje no kuba Minisitiri w’ububanyi n’amahanga aho FPR-Inkotanyi, ifatiye ubutegetsi, nyuma yaje guhunga Igihugu aregwa kunyereza amafaranga muri iyo Minisiteri , asubira mu Bufaransa ariho kugeza ubu akorera bikorwa bya politiki birwanya Leta ya Kigali.Nguwo uwashinze ishyirahamwe IBUKA BOSE, uyu Ndagijimana J.M akaba ari imvange kuko avuka kubabyeyi badahuje ubwoko.

Iyi IBUKA BOSE, igizwe n’igice cy’ Abacitse ku icumu rya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi 1994, baba i Burayi biyomoye kuri IBUKA yo mu Rwanda, bavuga ko ikorera mukwaha kwa Leta ya FPR, harimo Umucikacumu Madame Esperence umugore w’uwahoze ari S/Prefe i Gitarama witwa Syprien, umututsi wishwe muri Jenoside, uyu Esperence yaje kurongorwa nyuma ya 94 na SISI Evariste wari umucuruzi ukomeye mbere ya Jenoside, wiciwe abana n’umugore muri Jenoside, akaba n’umuyoboke wa P.L waje guhungira mu Bubiligi nyuma yo kuva mu bu depite mu Rwanda.

Madame Esperence amaze igihe ari mubanyarwanda barwanya Leta ya Kigali, akaba yarananditse igitabo kirimo ubuhamya bushinja FPR, ko ariyo yishe umwana we witwaga Sheja Richard, ngo wiciwe i Gakurazo n’ Inkotanyi arikumwe n’abasenyeri nabo biciwe aho i Gakurazo.

IBUKA BOSE kandi irimo Dr. Placide Kalisa ukorana na Rusesabagina mugupfobya Jenoside, bafatanyije n’abandi bacikacumu bavanze bagiye bashaka mu bwoko butahigwaga, ari nako bakangurira abasore bacitse ku icumu baba mu Bubiligi no mu Bufaransa kurongora abana babakobwa b’imvange kugirango abo basore ( nka Kizito Mihigo) bazabafashe guhakana Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi bavugaka hari na Jenoside yakorewe Abahutu ikozwe na FPR-Inkotanyi.

IBUKA BOSE ikaba ikorana n’ishyirahamwe ryitwa ABAHUTSI, bivuze abana b’imvange bavutse ku bahutu n’abatutsi, riyobowe n’uwitwa Rutayisire Boniface, rikorera mu Bubiligi no mu Bufaransa, bafatanyije n’ uwitwa Gakwaya, kwigisha Doubre Genocide, bavuga ko habayeho Jenoside ebyiri iy’Abatutsi n’ iy’Abahutu, bibyara zero, bityo ko nta Jenoside yabayeho mu Rwanda, ko idakwiye no kuvugwa, ko icyabayeho ari ubwicanyi busanzwe bwavuye kumujinya w’indege ya Habyarimana yari imaze kuraswa n’abatutsi.

Ishyirahamwe IBUKA BOSE rimaze iminsi rikora inama zikomeye mpuzamahanga, nk’iyabaye tariki ya 01 Mata 2014, yabereye mu Bufaransa ahitwa Colloque Palais du Lexembourg, muri salle ya Monerville, iyo nama yiswe ngo Le Drame Rwandais « La Verite des Acteurs » iyobowe na General Henri Paris, yarimo na Major Micombero J.M, Paul Quiles wahoze ari Ministre wa information mu Bufaransa, ubu ni President dela Mission information Parlementaire sur le Rwanda, yarimo abagize RNC, Dr. Rudasingwa Theogene na Gahima Gerard, yarimo Claire Delponte, Philippe Reyntjens na Henri Weil, yigaga kukibazo cy’ abahutu bapfuye ngo bishwe na FPR, uko bakwiye kwibukwa, ngo hakaba hagiye gukorwa ankete ikomeye izashyira ahagaragara liste y’abahutu bishwe aho biciwe haba Congo no mu Rwanda n’ababigizemo uruhare bari muri FPR, bagatangazwa.

Aya makuru dukura ahantu hizewe avuga ko Abafaransa n’Ababiligi ibi ngo babishoyemo amafaranga atagira ingano ( ama euros) ari nayo umuhanzi Kizito Mihigo yatangiye kuryaho, kugeza naho bamutegetse guhimba indirimbo ivuga Doubre Genocide, « IGISOBANURO CY’URUPFU » no gukorana na RNC.

Uhereye ibumoso Madame Esperence, Kizito Mihigo, na Ndagijimana J.M.V

Kizito Mihigo ni muntu ki ?

Uyu muhanzi Kizito Mihigo abamuzi neza bavugako ari umwana w’umucikacumu wakuriye mu mbuto za Parmehutu, kuko ngo atangira ubuhanzi bwe yari umuririmbyi muto muri Korali ya st. Michel, ngo akaba ari nabyo yari ashoboye gusa, ngo kuko kwiga byari byaramunaniye, Kizito Mihigo amaze kwinjira muri Korali Abanyuramatwi, yatangiye yigana neza kuririmba indirimbo za Matayo Ngirumpatse wayoboye iyi Korali mbere ya Jenoside akaba yari na Perezida wa MRND, iyi Korali ikaba ari iya kera ari nayo yaririmbaga indirimbo za Parmehutu nk’izwi cyane n’indimbo« KARABAYE GAYE » yafatwaga nkiy’ Igihugu muri icyo gihe, iyi Korali ya st Michel ikaba ifite abahanga mukuririmba indirimbo z’ikinyarwanda ni nayo yatsindiye guhimba indirimbo y’igihugu nshya y’ubu.

Kizito Mihigo ngo yinjira muri iyi Korali yaririmbaga mu missa kuri st. Michel, Kizito wari ukiri muto ubwo Inkotanyi zabohozaga iki Gihugu akaba yarahise amenya neza kwigana indirimbo z’ Abanyuramatwi, kubera iyo mpano ye yaje gukundwa n’ Abayobozi basengeraga muri st. Michel, barimo Makuza Bernard wari Minisitiri w’intebe, Kizito akajya ajyana n’Abanyuramatwi kumuririmbira Makuza Bernard iwe murugo igihe habaye umunsi mukuru, abo bayobozi ngo nibo baje kubonera Kizito Mihigo boursse yo kujya kwiga umuziki mu gihugu cy’Ububiligi ayihawe na Perezida Paul Kagame.

Nguko uko Kizito Mihigo yabaye icyamamare yinjira mu buhanzi bw’indirimbo za Jenoside arakundwa cyane mu 2009, ubwo yifashishwaga mukwibuka Jenoside kuncuro ya 15, akajya akomeza kwifashishwa na Leta muri ubwo buhanzi bwe none birangiye agambaniye igihugu cyamukamiye, yinjira mumitwe y’iterabwoba RNC na FDLR, ifatanyije n’ishyirahamwe IBUKA BOSE, ABAHUTSI naba Rusesabagina.

Cyiza Davidson

Source :http://rushyashya.net/itohoza/mu-bubiligi-kizito-mihigo-yari-mu.html