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ACQUITTED RWANDAN GENERAL TO GO TO BELGIUM

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General Augustin Ndindiliyimana

Belgium has granted a visa to former Rwandan gendarmerie boss Augustin Ndindiliyimana, who was acquitted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Hirondelle learned on Wednesday.

“General Ndindiliyimana has obtained a Belgian visa and is packing his suitcases,” said a source at the ICTR Registry who wished not to be named. This information was confirmed by other acquitted persons who spoke to Hirondelle in the corridors of the Tribunal.

Ndindiliyimana was convicted by a trial court in May 2011 and sentenced to 11 years in jail, but was acquitted by the ICTR Appeals Chamber last February.

He had been charged with crimes committed by his subordinates during the 1994 genocide, but the appeals judges found that he did not have effective control over the gendarmes that were deployed to fight rebels of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (now in power in Kigali) because they came under the command of the army chief of staff.

The judges also found that Ndindiliyimana, an officer from southern Rwanda who was also a Minister of Defence, opposed the massacres.

Relocating ICTR acquitted persons and convicts who have served their sentences is an ongoing headache for the Tribunal. These individuals refuse to return to Rwanda, saying they fear for their security.

As well as Ndindiliyimana, the ICTR houses and feeds eight acquitted persons and three who have served their sentences in the Tanzanian town of Arusha where it is based.

The UN Security Council has already adopted two resolutions calling on member states to host ICTR acquitted persons and convicts who have served their sentences, but these resolutions are not binding.

The ICTR Statute provides that states must cooperate in the arrest and transfer of accused persons, but it makes no mention of what should happen to acquitted persons and those who have served their sentences.

The eight acquitted in search of a host country include three former ministers, a general and a colonel as well as Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former president Juvénal Habyarimana whose assassination on April 6, 1994 triggered the Rwandan genocide.

They all want to join their families in Western countries.

The one who has been waiting the longest is former Transport Minister André Ntagerura who was acquitted in February 2004.

Five acquitted persons have been relocated up to now. France has taken two, while Switzerland, Belgium and Italy have each taken one.

Source:http://www.hirondellenews.com/ictr-rwanda/1038-collaboration-with-states/34827-170914–ictrbelgium–acquitted-rwandan-general-to-go-to-belgium

La violence n’est jamais une réponse – Caritas internationalis sur la crise au Moyen-Orient

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De l’Irak à la Syrie et à la Bande de Gaza : la solution des conflits doit passer par le « dialogue », ou quoi qu’il en soit par « une autre voie » par rapport à « une violence supplémentaire ». C’est ce qu’a dit le cardinal archevêque de Tegucigalpa, Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, président de Caritas Internationalis, en ouvrant hier, lundi 15, à Rome, la rencontre de haut niveau dédiée à la crise au Moyen-Orient avec les présidents et les directeurs de la Caritas des pays impliqués et leurs partenaires internationaux.

Dans la conscience « d’être face à la plus grande crise que le monde affronte depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale », le cardinal a invité tous les gouvernements « à la cessation totale des envois d’armes dans les pays du Moyen-Orient », en réaffirmant que « la paix ne peut pas être imposée de l’extérieur, mais doit naître de l’intérieur » sur la base de la « justice sociale entre les personnes ».

La situation dramatique de la population est au centre des travaux, qui se concluent mercredi 17, avec l’objectif, comme l’a expliqué Michel Roy, secrétaire général de Caritas Internationalis, de «réfléchir ensemble sur quelle peut être la meilleure réponse, dans les prochains mois et années, à la tragédie qui frappe le Moyen-Orient, et sur comment on peut collaborer avec d’autres organisations de l’Eglise catholique ou en dehors d’elle pour promouvoir la paix et la stabilité dans la région ».

Actuellement, a rappelé le cardinal, « à chaque minute, quatre enfants syriens sont forcés d’abandonner leurs maisons. Les extrémistes en Irak et dans l’ouest de la Syrie sont en train d’étendre le nettoyage ethnique et religieux à une vaste zone sous leur contrôle. A Gaza, un demi-million d’enfants ne peuvent pas retourner à l’école parce que leurs classes ont été détruites. A Mossoul en Irak, la lettre N qui signifie Nazaréen, a été peinte sur les portes des maisons pour identifier les chrétiens puis les passer à tabac ou les tuer ». Environ 1,3 million d’Irakiens ont dû abandonner leurs maisons, les opérateurs de la Caritas eux-mêmes ont dû fuir. Et depuis le début de la crise en Syrie, plus de 13 millions de Syriens sont dans des conditions désespérées et 3 millions se sont réfugiés hors du pays, en Jordanie, au Liban, en Turquie.

Source: http://www.news.va/fr/news/la-violence-nest-jamais-une-reponse-caritas-intern

NI NDE UGUMYA GUSHUKA ABAHUTU KO BAKIRI BA NYAMWINSHI MU RWANDA ?

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Rubanda rurashukika koko

Murantunga niba iki kibazo cyanjye mubona ari nta shingiro gifite, ariko njye ndambiwe ibi binyoma bikomeza. Ngo Abahutu ni ba nyamwinshi mu Rwanda. Imvo n’imvano yo kuri uyu wa gatandatu taliki ya 6 Nzeri 2014 (kanda aha imvo n’imvano), nayo yunze mu mvugo za bamwe mu Banyarwanda n’Abazungu pe ! Izo mvugo zemeza ko ngo impamvu Abatutsi bihambira ku butegetsi, ari ukubera gutinya ko Abahutu baramutse babusubiranye, Abatutsi baba babuze umutekano. Impamvu ituma ibi bivugwa ngo ni ukubera ko Abahutu ari “Banyamwinshi”, Abatutsi bakaba “Banyamuke”. Bongera ho ko Abahutu ari “Abicanyi ku buryo bwa kamere” ngo ku buryo baramutse babonye ubutegetsi, barimbura Abatutsi. Jye rero bene izi mvugo ziranyobera. Uretse ko abo Bahutu bose badashobora kujya ku butegetsi, kimwe n’uko n’Abatutsi bose batabufite, hari n’uko bamwe mu Banyarwanda n’Abanyamahanga, basa nk’abahagamye mu mwaka w’i 1994, ku buryo ibyakurikiyeho badashaka kubirebesha amaso yabo. Izi mvugo zigumya gusinziriza abantu, njye ndazirambiwe : Abahutu babaye banyamuke kera cyane. Abagumya kubivuga bameze nka cya kirondwe gisigara ku mwite, inka yarariwe kera !

Ibyerekana ko Abahutu atari banyamwinshi mu Rwanda

Tudatinze ku bahutu bishwe ubwo FPR yari ikiri mu ntambara, n’abo yarimbuye imaze gufata ubutegetsi, Abahutu bapfuye nyuma baruta kure Abatutsi batahutse mu Rwanda nyuma ya 94. Mu mwaka w’i 1996, perezida Kagame yaragize ati : “Harya abo biyita ba nyamwinshi, uwabagira banyamuke yaba iki ?”. Iryo jambo akimara kurivuga, nibwo yatangije ya gahunda yise “2020”. Iyo gahunda igamije ngo gukiza “Abanyarwanda bose”, yagombye kumvikana nko gukiza “Abatutsi bose”, n’ubwo bigaragara ko bitari gushoboka. Guhera icyo gihe, gahunda ya Kagame yo “Kurangiza amazi mu ngunguru akoresheje akayiko” yatangiye gushyirwa mu bikorwa. Kuva ubwo, Abahutu batangira kwicwa umusubizo: Barapfuye mu mashyamba ya Congo, baricwa bari mu nzira y’ihunguka. Bararigiswa abahoze mu gisirikare cya Habyalimana bari biyemeje gutaha, kugera no kuri coloneli Cyiza Augustin washyikirije Kagame ingabo z’abahutu 1.500.

Abantu bagumya kwibeshya ngo amatora naba akurikije amategeko Umuhutu azatora undi Muhutu bitume Abatutsi batazamuka mu bushorishori bw’ubuyobozi baribeshya na none, kuko bibagirwa ibi bikurikira.

  • Guhera muri Nyakanga umwaka w’i 1994, abantu bose bafitanye isano n’ubwoko bw’Abahima-Tutsi, bahawe ubwene gihugu bw’ ubunyarwanda. Ibyo mubisanga mu bitwa Abanyamulenge, mu Batutsi b’i Burundi n’ab’i Buganda, yemwe ndetse n’abo muri Congo, Tanzaniya n’ahandi.
  • Kuba ubutegetsi bwa Kagame bwemeza ko mu Rwanda hari miliyoni zisaga 12, ni aho bituruka. Abo Batutsi bose kandi, ntimugire ngo bicaye mu Rwanda. N’iyo mu mahanga niko bimeze. Abatutsi bitwa impunzi ziri mu mahanga, iyo ukurikiranye ibyabo, usanga bose bafite amarangamuntu yo mu Rwanda, kandi abenshi muri bo bitwa n’Abanyecongo cyangwa Abarundi, n’abandi gutyo. Aba bose iyo habaye amatora, batora Kagame n’ingoma ye.
  • Abanyarwanda bakomoka mu Bahutu bahoze mu butegetsi bwa Habyalimana, bakaba baragize amahirwe yo kugera hanze, usanga bose barahahamutse. Babona imisozi y’i Rwanda bakarwara, ngo wapfa Kagame aratumaze. Abenshi muri bo, bahisha ko ari n’Abanyarwanda. Bafashe ubwene gihugu bw’aho bari, mu gihe Abatutsi bo baba hanze, bose bitwa Abanyarwanda nk’uko maze kubivuga.
  • Iyo utembereye mu Rwanda, ukareba abari mu buyobozi hafi ya bose, ukitegereza igisirikari n’igipolisi, simvuze abakozi babarirwa ahari amafaranga, za kaminuza ntiwareba. Wibaza impamvu hari abantu bakigumya kwibeshya ngo Abahutu baracyari ba nyamwinshi mu Rwanda.
  • Nta kugumya kwibeshya : Abafite imyanya ikomeye mu Rwanda no mu Buganda, bose ni ibiryango bikomeye by’Abatutsi.Ubona iyo baba Abatutsi b’Abaganda cyangwa b’Abarundi gusa! Baba mu Buganda, Burundi, Congo n’ahandi, bafite n’ibyangombwa by’ubunyarwanda. Uvuga ko mbeshya, ajye kubaza icyo Jacques Nziza apfana na Kale Kayihura ushinzwe iperereza mu Buganda. Si no mu Buganda gusa. No muri Congo ni nk’uko. Harya Bisengimana uyobora polisi n’ipererza muri Congo si umunyarwanda ? Amateka ya perezida Kabila uyobora Congo nayo ahishe byinshi…
  • Njye maze no kumirwa iyo nitegereje abanyamikino (sport), abahanzi, n’abayobora amadini yo mu Rwanda. Abo Bahutu bitwa ba nyamwinshi bagaragarira he? Kereka niba bagaragara muri ziriya nkomamashyi babeshya ngo zifite ubutegetsi, zajya kwicisha bene wabo zigakura agahu ku nyo !

Dore aho Abahutu bakiri ba nyamwinshi mu Rwanda

  • Iyo ugeze muri gereza zose zo mu Rwanda, aha uhasanga Abahutu benshi koko.
  • Wanyarukira muri ya milimo y’uburetwa bushya bwitwa ngo T.I.G. (imilimo y’insimbura gifungo), aha naho uhasanga Abahutu gusa gusa.
  • Ahandi usanga abana b’Abahutu benshi, ni mu kirwa cya Iwawa. Hahandi bogereza ubwonko abana b’Abahutu, bakabaha utuzi tubica gahoro gahoro, iyo batabakonnye, kugira ngo batazongera kubyara.
  • Abahutu ba nyamwinshi uzabasanga kandi muri babandi basenyerwa, bakicwa n’inzara, bakaba barwaye amavunja, none bageze n’aho bumva ko ari uko Imana yabigennye ! Muri make, twasubiye muri cya gihe Umuhutu bamubwiraga ngo Umwami avukana imbuto, akabyemera. Bamubwira ko Umututsi yavuye mu ijuru (ibimanuka), akabyemera. Ndetse akagera n’aho yumva ko we adafite uburenganzira ku byiza by’igihugu.
  • Ahanyuma uzabasanga Abahutu benshi ariko hatavugwa, ni mu nzibutso zitirirwa Abatutsi bishwe muri jenoside yitwa iy’Abatutsi. Muzansobanurire uburyo umugi wa Kigali wari utuwe n’abantu ibihumbi magana abiri na mirongo itanu (250.000) mu w’i 1993 (benshi muri bo bakaba bari Abahutu), ubu ufite inzibutso nyinshi za jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi. Rumwe muri zo (urwa Gisozi), rukaba rwibukirwamo Abatutsi basaga ibihumbi magana ane. Kereka niba ariho bakuzanyirije Abatutsi bose bishwe mu Rwanda. Nyamara njye urutemberamo, mbona buri murenge ufite inzibutso zawo.
  • Umusozo

Abantu nibarekere aho kwitiranya ibintu. Mu Rwanda ba nyamwinshi ntibakiri Abahutu. Ahubwo nitugumya gutinda, tuzibuka umubare w’Abahutu bo mu Rwanda ukabakaba uw’Abatwa (1%), kandi ni mugihe, kuko inka z’Abatutsi zigomba kubona aho zahukira. Ngira ngo mwarabibonye ko n’umunsi w’umuganura wasimbujwe uw’inka z’inyambo, n’uwo “guha abana amata”. Kugumya kwibeshya ngo za “Nyamwinshi” zizafata ubutegetsi, nibyo bituma abantu batubura amaso ngo barebe kure, mu gihe Kagame na FPR bamariye rubanda ku icumu. Rubanda iri kuyoyoka, hari abakibeshya ngo ni ba “Nyamwinshi”.

Byiringiro Aminadabu,

Bukavu.

Coup d’Etat 1973 : Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira. “Nta ngoma yarusha ubugome iya Kagame na FPR ye”

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Par:Jean de Dieu Musemakweli

imiramboNta ngoma yarusha ubugome n’urugomo iya FPR na Kagame .

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Ingoma ya Habyarimana (1973-1994) yatangiye imena amaraso y’abanyapolitiki bari baradukijije ingoma ya cyami na gihake. Bikwiye kugawa n’abashyira mu gaciro bose. Ingoma ya Habyarimana kandi yarangirije mu mivu y’amaraso menshi kurushaho. Kuvuga ko ingoma ya Habyarimana yarangirije mu mivu y’amaraso bisobanura ko ingoma ya Kagame (1994-?) yatangiriye muri iyo mivu y’amaraso nyine. Kuva mu w’1994 kugeza ubu, ayo maraso akomeje kumeneka. Ibimenyetso 2 bya nyuma biherutse kubyerekana ku mugaragaro (publiquement) kandi ku buryo budasubirwaho ni uko ngo “abantu ibihumbi 40 bakoraga imirimo nsimburagifungo baburiwe irengero”. Ikindi kimenyetso ni imirambo 40 abantu babonye ireremba mu kiyaga cya Rweru.

Iyo ingoma igiyeho imena amaraso, igumaho imena andi, ikazavaho nanone mu mivu y’andi menshi kurushaho. Twakora iki, Banyarwanda, Banyarwandakazi ngo dukumire ayo mahano, kugirango ingoma ya Kagame na FPR IVEHO itagombye kwisasira izindi nzirakarengane zitagira ingano?

Kuba abatsikamiwe n’ingoma ya Kagame na FPR bakomoka mu turere no mu moko anyuranye bisa n’aho ari kimwe mu bibabuza gushyira ingufu zabo hamwe ngo bayikize. Nyamara ni nacyo cyakagombye kubatera imbaraga !

Muri uru ruhererekane rw’inyandiko twise “Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira” twibanze ku iyicwa rubozo ry’abategetsi bo kuri repubulika ya mbere (1962-1971). Nabyo bikwiye kuvugwa, ni ukuri kw’amateka yacu mabi.  Bikwiye kwaturwa bikavugwa bityo abakora icyunamo bakagikora mu mutuzo, abibuka ababo bakabikora ntawe ubannyega. Ni uburenganzira bwabo. Twese twiboneye ukuntu iryo yicwa rubozo ryajyanye na Coup d’Etat yo mu 1973 ryabyaye ikintu kimeze nk’inzigo gituma Abahutu bo mu majyepfo y’u Rwanda (Abanyanduga) n’abo mu majyaruguru (Abakiga) bakomeje kurebana ay’ingwe. N’iyo batari gusubiranamo ku mugaragaro, nta cyo bakora ngo bahuze ingufu zabo birwaneho, bagamije kwikiza ingoma y’Inkotanyi ibarembeje. Nibakomeza guheranwa n’inzigo ishingiye ku byabaye mu 1973, ntibagerageze kubirenga, ngo bagire ikindi kizima bubaka, Kagame azabamarira ku icumu urusorongo nk’ubushwiriri.

“Kora ndebe iruta vuga numve”.

Abayobozi b’amashyaka n’abafasha babo (les cadres) baramutse batanze urugero rwiza, abayoboke b’ayo mashyaka, ndetse n’abandi Banyarwanda benshi bakurikiza urwo rugero. Kugirango abayobozi b’amashyaka n’abafasha babo babashe kurenga iyo nzitizi, bagomba kwiyibutsa no kwicengezamo ihame rigira riti “Icyaha ni gatozi”. Niba umuntu Kanaka yarishe, ntabwo ari umwana, umwuzukuru, umuturanyi we cyangwa ukomoka muri ako karere wese wabikoze. Abakomoka ku bishe no ku biciwe, abakomoka mu turere tunyuranye kabone n’ubwo twaba dufite ibyo dupfa, bashobora kuba intwari, bagakorana. None se muri politiki kwigomwa (sacrifice) si ikintu ngombwa ? Ntibyoroshye, ariko birashoboka. Ubishoboye aba yerekanye ko yashobora n’ibindi bikomeye kurushaho agamije ineza y’u Rwanda rwamubyaye. Uwo muntu n’abandi bamugirira icyizere.

“Abishyize hamwe ntakibananira”.

Kimwe mu biranga umuyeshuri w’umuswa ni uko atamenya no gukopera. Naho uw’umuhanga aba azi n’aho yajya gukopera bibaye ngombwa. Dufate urugero rw’igihugu cy’igihangange cyitwa ko cyakataje no muri demokarasi ari cyo Leta zunze ubumwe z’Amerika. Kirimo amashyaka manini ya politiki 2 gusa : Abademokarate (démocrates) n’Abarepubulike (républicains). Ariko burya buri shyaka riba ririmo ibice nibura 3 : Abatavangiye (démocrates de gauche et républicains de droite -Tea Party-), abo hagati (centre) n’aboroshya bashobora no kugendera ku cyiza babonye mu ishyaka rihanganye n’iryabo. Buri gice kiba gifite leta cyiganjemo. Kugirango ishyaka ritsinde muri rusange (niveau fédéral), biba ngombwa ko buri gice cyigarurira amajwi y’aho cyiganje. Icyo gihe rero, mu kugabana imyanya, mu kugena politiki izagenderwaho mu ngamba izo ari zo zose, umukandida watsinze yita kuri ayo mashyaka agize impuzamashyaka (démocrates ou républicains) yatsinze.

Abanyapolotiki  bacu rero n’abafasha babo (cadres des partis) nibakoreshe ubwenge, ubushishozi, gushyira mu gaciro n’izindi mpano bafite, bakurikize urwo rugero cyangwa urundi bazi kandi babonye rwiza. Kwigomwa ukifatanya n’abandi bituma ugira icyo ukiza, naho kudafatanya bibyara guhomba byose. Hagize ishyaka rimwe rukumbi riba “nyamwigendaho nk’ubugi bw’intorezo” rikagira ingufu zihagije (uretse ko bikomeye, bikaba ndetse bitanashoboka) zo gukiza u Rwanda ingoma ya FPR, naryo ryagwa mu gishuko ryo gukoresha igitugu kugirango rirambe ku ngoma. Ubwo rero u Rwanda rwaba ari “ntaho ruvuye, ntaho rugiye”.

Ubutaha tuzabagezaho urundi ruhererekane rw’inyandiko zerekana IBYIZA byinshi Repubulika ya mbere n’iya kabiri zagejeje kuri rubanda. Ibyo byiza nibyo Kagame na FPR ye bahora bashaka gusibanganya kugira ngo berekane ko Repubulika zombi nta kindi zakoze uretse gutegura no gushyira mu bikorwa jenoside. Sibyo.

Icyakora, mu ngoma zabayeho  mu Rwanda kugeza ubu, iya Kagame na FPR ni yo mbi kuzirusha zose ; kandi birakomeye, uwashaka yavuga ko bitanashoboka, kugirango hazabeho indi iyirusha ububi, ububisha, urugomo n’ubugome. Abayirwanya nibishyire hamwe, maze barebe ngo barayibirindura mu kanya ko guhumbya ijisho.

 

Jean de Dieu Musemakweli

i Kigali

 

 

 

Apartheid of another kind sustained by the US in Rwanda

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Protest against Paul Kagame - Madrid - July 2010

 

“Based on the recent change of Rwandan Genocide’s name to Genocide against Tutsis, this emphasizes that the International Community (UN) behavior towards Rwanda is very crooked and corrupted by President Kagame’s regime. This is absolutely senseless. The 1994 Rwandan genocide recorded victims to be more than 800,000. These victims were not Tutsis only; the majority of them were Hutus and Twas, therefore to rename it as if it was against Tutsis only, this is to discriminate Hutus and Twas victims of that genocide. This is too foolish that the world is writing wrong history. This is the product of impunity because the RPF after 1994 continued a genocide against Hutus and Congolese people until now and the perpetrators were never brought to book ; instead they continue to commit atrocities against Hutus”.

 

The following is an extract from a long article initially published by Global Research News. It is authored by The Rwanda Youth for Leadership and Change Initiative. The piece points out the state of discrimination against Hutus and their oppression in Rwanda despite president Kagame claiming reconciliation and economic progress. And sad is the reality that US and UK continue sustaining the regime unconditionally like at the time of South African apartheid when the two countries persisted doing business with Pretoria until the wind of change became irreversible. Rwandans, Africans and the rest of the world need to stand strongly firm against Kagame’s apartheid in Rwanda, because not only does it affect the lives of more than 90% of Rwandans, but because it also jeopardize regional peace. More than 8 millions, particularly in Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda have died since his movement unleashed its hordes of terror all other the Great Lakes area since 1st October 1990 up to now.

 

The Rwanda Youth for Leadership and Change Initiative (RY4LCI) strongly condemns the United States of America (USA) for its inconsistent and fallacious behavior opposing the long-lasting pacification of the Great Lakes Region of Africa by SADC (Southern African Countries Development Community) initiative and FDLR (Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda) bravery to peacefully finding solutions through negotiations with Rwandan dictatorial regime led by war criminal and genocidaire President Paul Kagame.

Following the recent speech of President Obama’s special envoy to central Africa Russell Feingold at the USA president’s summit with African leaders in Washington; “We have to get rid of the FDLR, not so much because of their military capacity, but because of what they represent and the destabilizing effect that they have with regard to relations with Rwanda. That is our top priority,” he said. “I’ve been involved with efforts to communicate to them that it’s time for them to surrender. That they will be attacked militarily if they don’t. That there will be no political dialogue,” he also added.

The latter utterances show that the USA is undermining the values of democracy, freedom and peace in Africa as well as worldwide by supporting the malicious ideas and acts of dictatorship in Africa where it denies political dialogue between FDLR and Kigali dictatorial regime of president Paul Kagame. It appears bizarre for the USA which urged Democratic Republic of Congo to have political talks with the defeated M23 rebels who were fully supported by Rwanda and Uganda, and now it denies the political dialogue between Rwanda and FDLR for regional pacification.

This is a shame on the USA to intimidate the FDLR by continuing to help the Rwandan regime to exterminate these Hutus refugees, survivors of Rwanda RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front) regime massacres in its systematic extermination of Hutu ethnic group people. These are abandoned refugees by international community in the forests of Democratic Republic Congo and when they found they were to be completely exterminated by the RPF army, they formed FDLR (Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda) a politico-military party in order to protect themselves against these RPF systematic and sponsored massacres against Hutus, and also to find how to help to return these refugees in their home country with dignity.

FDLR does not advocate for only these refugees hunted by Tutsis RPF regime in the forests of DR Congo for over two decades but also for other Hutus refugees scattered in African countries like the Central African Republic, Congo Brazaville, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe… as well as worldwide in general. These refugees are living in plight conditions with no international aid for basic subsistence, health or education. They are abandoned and everyone knows that the Rwandan regime has extensively propagandized that these Hutus are genocidaires and that they don’t deserve any international help. Instead they must return in Rwanda to be tortured, oppressed, imprisoned and killed.

It is a shame on the International community to have abandoned Rwandans and partnered with the dictatorial regime of President Kagame, hence helping him to make Rwanda increasingly divisive, oppressive, bloodstained and totalitarian than any other regime in its history.
For over the last 20 years, the UN and different human rights organizations have released many documented reports on how the President Kagame’s regime has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide against Hutus inside and outside Rwanda, and against Congolese where more than 6 million people perished. Those reports were half released, hidden, thrown in the cupboards of UN Offices or probably suppressed because the current regime in Rwanda is backed by USA and UK who are allied Kagame clique’s system instead of partnering Rwandans which is in contrary to what USA president Obama preaches where he said that “Africa does not need strong men, it needs strong institutions”.

Based on the recent change of Rwandan Genocide’s name to Genocide against Tutsis, this emphasizes that the International Community (UN) behavior towards Rwanda is very crooked and corrupted by President Kagame’s regime. This is absolutely senseless. The 1994 Rwandan genocide recorded victims to be more than 800,000. These victims were not Tutsis only; the majority of them were Hutus and Twas, therefore to rename it as if it was against Tutsis only, this is to discriminate Hutus and Twas victims of that genocide. This is too foolish that the world is writing wrong history. This is the product of impunity because the RPF after 1994 continued a genocide against Hutus and Congolese people until now and the perpetrators were never brought to book ; instead they continue to commit atrocities against Hutus.

To read the full article, please click HERE.

source: http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/apartheid-of-another-kind-sustained-by-us-in-rwanda-of-kagame/

African States: Reject Immunity for Leaders

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By Human Right Watch

141 Groups in 40 Countries Speak Out

Kenneth Roth, Director of Human Rights Watch

“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
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/

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