Twizihize isabukuru y’Ubwigenge bw’u Rwanda twiyemeza gusezerera GIHAKE nshya y’Agatsiko ka Paul Kagame

“Bavandimwe b’uru Rwanda rwacu twese nimuhaguruke, turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli, mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane”.

Imyaka 52 irashize u Rwanda rubaye igihugu cyigenga. Burya koko ngo ibijya gushya birabanza bigashyuha. Ab’Impirimbanyi cyane muri rubanda babanje guhangara ingoma ya Cyami yari ishingiye ku mavuko no kuri gihake, bashirwa bayihangamuye taliki ya 28 Mutarama 1961, i Gitarama. Nyuma yaho gato Rubanda ntiyazuyaje, yerekanye ko yifitemo icyifuzo n’ubushobozi bwo kwitegekera igihugu mu murongo ubereye inyungu za benshi ubwo yacaga impaka bidasubirwaho mu matora yiswe Kamarampaka, taliki ya 25 Nzeri 1961, ayo matora adafifise akaba yari ahagarariwe na LONI! Ishyaka PARMEHUTU ryatsinze ayo matora rifatanyije n’abo barebaga mu cyerekezo kimwe bazanye impinduka itazibagirana, kuva icyo gihe hatangazwa ko Gatwa, Gahutu, Gatutsi bareshya imbere y’amategeko, ko nta mwenegihugu wavukiye gutegeka, ngo undi avukire kumubera umugaragu. Kugira ngo ibyo bigerweho ku buryo bwuzuye, ubutegetsi bw’umuzungu bwagombaga guhabwa iherezo mu Rwanda. Uwo munsi w’akataraboneka niwo nyine twizihiza uyu munsi.

Hari taliki ya 1 Nyakanga 1962 rero, ubwo ibendera ry’u Rwanda rwigenga ryazamurwaga, iry’Ububiligi rikamanurwa bidasubirwaho, naho Kalinga n’izayo zose ikagirwa umuziro mu Rwatubyaye. Uwo munsi haririmbwe indirimbo nshya twiteguye kongera kuririmba ku manywa y’ihangu, ubwo Revolisiyo idasesa amaraso turiho dutegura izaba imaze gushyira mu mwanya waryo Ibendera rya Ntare School n’indirimbo bijyana, ya yindi Abanyarwanda twese dukomeje guhatirwa kuririmba ariko mu by’ukuri tutazi neza iyo yaturutse n’impamvu zayo. Reka tujye twibaza kandi twisubize: ko umunsi w’ubwigenge bw’u Rwanda wabaye umwe rukumbi, ni ukuvuga taliki ya 1 Nyakanga 1962, ibyabaye uwo munsi tukaba tubizi n’ibirango byahawe Repubulika y’u Rwanda rwigenga tukaba tutabiyobewe, kuki Paul Kagame na FPR ye bashishikajwe no gukomeza kudutobera amateka ?

1. Byagenze bite uwo munsi?

Imihango y’umunsi w’ubwigenge le 01/07/1962 i Kigali yabimburiwe n’igitambo cya Misa yabereye muri kiliziya y’Umuryango Mutagatifu (Sainte Famille). Misa yashojwe n’indirimbo yo gushimira Imana yitwa mu kilatini “Te Deum”.

Hakurikiyeho ibirori byabereye ku rubuga rwitiriwe Repubulika (Place de la République). Aho rero ku rubuga rwa repubulika hari hubatswe ikiraramizi (igisharagati, tribune) cya kijyambere, perezida wa Repubulika Nyakubahwa Geregori Kayibanda yicayemo, akikijwe n’abafasha be ba hafi n’abashyitsi b’imena bari baturutse hirya no hino ku isi.

Ijuru ryari rikeye cyane. Habanje akarasisi (défilé) k’ingabo z’igihugu, hanyuma i saa yine zuzuye (10h00), haba umuhango nyamukuru wo kuzamura IBENDERA rya Repubulika y’Urwanda ari nako iry’Ububiligi ryamanurwaga, haririmbwa kandi indirimbo yubahiriza igihugu ariyo “Rwanda rwacu, Rwanda gihugu cyambyaye”.

Ibyishimo byari byuzuye imitima, bamwe mu bantu bakuru ntibashoboye kwifata. Bararize bibuka ibibi bari barakorewe n’ingoma ya gihake, cyami na gikolonize byari bigendeye rimwe nk’ifuni iheze. Abakiri bato bari bizihiwe, abana babishoboye bari buriye mu biti kugirango bashobore kureba neza ibirori no kubona abategetsi bashya b’Urwanda n’abashyitsi b’imena bari aho. Hakurikiyeho ijambo rya Nyiricyubahiro perezida wa Repubulika, Bwana Geregori Kayibanda.

Ibirori byarakomeje, birangiye habaho akanya ko kwakira abashyitsi. Igitekerezo cyari mu mitwe no mu mitima ya bose ni ikivi gikomeye Abanyarwanda bari batangiye cyo guteza igihugu cyabo imbere mu ngeri zose.

2.Ubutumwa bukomeye bw’uwo munsi bwahitishijwe mu ndirimbo yubahiriza igihugu yaririmbwe taliki ya 01 Nyakanga 1962

Twibuke ko indirimbo yubahiriza igihugu cy’u Rwanda yahimbwe na Bwana Michel Habarurema wayoboraga korali Abanyuramatwi. Ubutumwa bwayo bukomeye bugaragarira ahanini mu mpakanizi yayo ( interuro zigaruka muri nuri gitero) no mu magambo yose ayigize ariyo aya akurikira:

1.Rwanda rwacu, Rwanda gihugu cyambyaye,

Ndakuratana ishyaka n’ubutwali.

Iyo nibutse ibigwi wagize kugeza ubu,

nshimira Abarwanashyaka bazanye Repubulika idahinyuka.

Bavandimwe b’uru Rwanda rwacu twese, nimuhaguruke,

Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,

mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.

2. Impundu nizivuge mu Rwanda hose,

Repubulika yakuye ubuhake,

Ubukolonize bwagiye nk’ifuni iheze.

Shinga umuzi Demokarasi

Waduhaye kwitorera abategetsi.

Banyarwanda: abakuru,

Namwe abato mwizihiye u Rwanda

Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,

Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.

3.Bavukarwanda mwese muvuze impundu,

Demokarasi yarwo iraganje.

Twayiharaniye rwose twese uko tungana.

Gatutsi, Gatwa na gahutu

Namwe banyarwanda bandi mwabyiyemeje,

Indepandansi twatsindiye

Twese hamwe tuyishyigikire,

Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,

Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.

4. Nimuze dusingize Ibendera ryacu.

Arakabaho na Prezida wacu.

Barakabaho abaturage b’iki Gihugu.

Intego yacu Banyarwanda

Twishyime kandi twizane mu Rwanda rwacu.

Twese hamwe, twunge ubumwe

Nta mususu dutere imbere ko,

Turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli,

Mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane.

Umwanzuro

Mu gihe duhimbaza umunsi ngarukamwaka w’Ubwingenge bw’U Rwanda ku nshuro ya 52 , abenegihugu benshi bari mu kababaro gakomeye baterwa n’uko igihugu cyacu kiri mu icuraburindi rikomeye cyaroshywemo na Paul Kagame n’Ishyaka rye ryitwa FPR Inkotanyi. Koko rero ubutegetsi bw’igitugu bwa Paul Kagame n’Agatsiko ke ntibuhwema gusiribanga ibyiza byose rubanda yari itegereje kuri Republika ishingiye ku mahame ya demokarasi. Paul kagame n’Agatsiko ke bagaruye GIHAKE nshya ishingiye ku iterabwoba rya gisilikari,irondakoko, ikinyoma n’ukwikubira ibyiza byose by’igihugu hagamijwe kongera guhindura Abenegihugu ABAGEREERWA n’INKOMAMASHYI ku buryo burushije ubukana ibyariho ku ngoma ya cyami na gikolonize.

Mu gihe duhimbaza isabukuru y’ukwishyira ukizana kwa buri mu nyarwanda, Perezida Paul Kagame we ahugiye mu manyanga yo guhindura Itegekonshinga ryo mu 2003 nk’uko ryahinduwe kugeza ubu, cyane cyane mu ngingo yaryo y’101 igena ku buryo budasubirwaho ko Umukuru w’igihugu atemerewe kurenza Manda ebyiri “Nta na rimwe umuntu yemererwa gutorerwa manda zirenze ebyiri ku mwanya wa Perezida wa Repubulika”.

Guhindura Itegekonshinga kugira gusa ngo Paul Kagame yongere yibe ubutegetsi, ntabwo biri mu nyungu z’u Rwanda n’Abanyarwanda ahubwo ni uburyo bwo gushaka guhembera umwiryane no gushoza indi ntambara isesa amaraso mu bana b’u Rwanda. Niba Kagame akomeje gahunda ye mbisha yo guhindura Itagekonshinga agamije kongera kwitoresha ku kingufu, azaba ateye intambwe ya nyuma igomba kwereka rubanda ko Inkotanyi zashubije Abanyarwanda mu buja, mu mikorere n’imigenzereze by’ingoma ya cyami na gihake, bigaragazwa no kutwambura uburengazira ku butaka , ku mitungo bwite y’abaturage. Ubuja bugaragarira na none mu gufungira igice kimwe cy’abenegihugu urubuga rwa politiki no kutwambura uburenganzira shingiro bwo kwitorera abategetsi twibonamo. Imbere y’agasuzuguro nk’ako, icyo dukwiye gukora ni iki, nka rubanda ? Nta kindi kitari icyo iyi ndirimbo ubahiriza igihugu itubwira: “Bavandimwe b’uru Rwanda rwacu twese, nimuhaguruke”, turubumbatire, hato ejo rutongera kuduhombokeraho twituramiye.

Si ubwa mbere dutsinda ingoma ya cyami!Iyi GIHAKE ya Paul Kagame nayo mubyiyemeje twayitumura nk’uko Abarwanashyaka b’ikubitiro ari nabo bakurambere bacu basezereye ingoma ya Kigeli wa V Ndahindurwa, ikagenda nk’ifuni iheze.

Nifurije Abanyarwanda bose umunsi mwiza w’ubwigenge,

nkanabibutsa ariko iri jambo ritoroshye : “Ubwigenge buraharanirwa”

“Bavandimwe b’uru Rwanda rwacu twese, nimuhaguruke , turubumbatire mu mahoro, mu kuli, mu bwigenge no mu bwumvikane”.

Padiri Thomas Nahimana

Umukandida w’ Ishema Party

Mu matora y’umukuru w’igihugu yo mu 2017.

Rwanda: Spate of Enforced Disappearances

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Top row, from left to right: Anne-Marie Murekatete (Disappeared on March 18, 2014); Elie Semajeri (Disappeared on April 16, 2014); Shamusi Umubyeyi (Disappeared on April 16, 2014) Middle row, from left to right: Hassani Bizimana (Disappeared on April 16, 2014); Jean-Bosco Bizimungu (Disappeared on April 16, 2014) Bottom row, from left to right: Alphonse Butsitsi (Disappeared on April 22, 2014); Virginie Uwamahoro (Disappeared on April 23, 2014); Selemane Harerimana (Disappeared on April 30, 2014).

(Nairobi) – An increasing number of people have been forcibly disappeared or have been reported missing inRwanda since March 2014. Many of the cases occurred in Rubavu district, in Western Province.

In some cases, the whereabouts of the people involved are still unknown several weeks later. Human Rights Watch has received information that some of the people who were forcibly disappeared were detained by Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers and believes they may be in military custody.

“Enforced disappearances are a heinous crime, not least because of the anguish and suffering they cause to family and friends,” said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Rwandan police and judicial authorities have strict and absolute obligations to thoroughly investigate any case of enforced disappearance.”

If the people who have been forcibly disappeared have been arrested, the authorities should immediately acknowledge their detention, reveal their whereabouts, and allow them access to their families and to a lawyer, Human Rights Watch said. The authorities should either release those being held or inform them of the charges against them and bring them before a court.

Human Rights Watch collected detailed accounts of 14 people who have been forcibly disappeared or who have been reported missing in Rubavu since March and has received credible accounts of several more cases in Rubavu and Musanze districts, as well as in the capital, Kigali. In at least eight of the Rubavu cases, there were indications of involvement of state agents in the disappearances. Several witnesses said they saw the executive secretary of Gisenyi sector, Honoré Mugisha, taking part in arrests of people who were forcibly disappeared.

Rwandan officials told Human Rights Watch that they were investigating the cases, but have not provided any information on the progress or results of their investigations.

The families of many of those who have been forcibly disappeared or gone missing have written to local and national authorities, asking that their loved ones’ location be made public so that they can visit them. One received a response from the office of the mayor of Rubavu, acknowledging receipt of the letter and saying they were looking into the case. The other family members who spoke to Human Rights Watch have not received any response. One woman said she had searched for her husband in vain and was giving up hope. “I have no idea where he is, I really don’t,” she told Human Rights Watch. “He is gone without a trace.”

Information gathered by Human Rights Watch indicates that some of the people who have been forcibly disappeared may have been detained on suspicion of being members of, or working with, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (Forces démocratiques pour la libération du Rwanda,FDLR). The predominantly Rwandan armed opposition group, based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, consists in part of people who participated in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Several of those who have been forcibly disappeared used to visit relatives or conduct business in Congo, and these movements appear to have attracted the suspicion of Rwandan authorities.

Rubavu’s proximity to the Congolese town of Goma, just across the border, means that many Rwandans frequently cross the border for commercial activities. Others have relatives living in Congo.

Since 2010, Human Rights Watch has documented a number of cases of people accused of being FDLR members or collaborators, or charged with state security offenses, and who were detained incommunicado by the military and forced to confess to crimes, or implicate others, sometimes under torture. When they were eventually brought to trial, some of the defendants told the judges that their confessions had been extracted under torture. However, in many cases, the judges disregarded their claims and proceeded to convict them in the absence of any other evidence.

In view of the sensitivity of being associated with people suspected of links with the FDLR, the Rwandan government and police should ensure that relatives of the disappeared are not threatened or harmed for inquiring about their cases, Human Rights Watch said.

Civilians should not be detained in military custody, and all victims of enforced disappearances have a right to a remedy, Human Rights Watch said.

An enforced disappearance occurs when someone is deprived of their liberty by agents of the state or those acting with its acquiescence, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the deprivation of liberty or by concealment of the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person.

“We are concerned that some of the people who have disappeared could face a similar fate to those accused of FDLR involvement or state security offenses in the past,” Bekele said. “The Rwandan authorities should make every effort to locate these people.”

For details about the circumstances of the disappearances, recommendations, and a summary of some of the cases Human Rights Watch investigated, please see below.

Involvement of Military and Local Government Officials
Several witnesses told Human Rights Watch that they saw a local government official and RDF soldiers detaining some of those who have disappeared.

On April 16, two village chiefs, Elie Semajeri and Shamusi Umubyeyi, and a traditional doctor, Jean-Bosco Bizimungu, were detained in the Kabuga, Majengo, and Ihuriro neighborhoods of Gisenyi sector. Local residents said that soldiers, together with the executive secretary of Gisenyi sector, Honoré Mugisha, detained these people near their homes. Witnesses also cited Mugisha in connection with other disappearances.

Mugisha told Human Rights Watch on May 8 that he had heard rumors of these accusations against him but said he did not understand them. He maintained that on April 16, he was in Ruhengeri, a town more than an hour away, visiting his sick mother, and said he did not learn that the two village chiefs had disappeared until April 18.

Yet six witnesses separately confirmed to Human Rights Watch that Mugisha was personally involved in the detentions on April 16. Witnesses told Human Rights Watch that when local residents questioned the detention of Umubyeyi, Mugisha said he took responsibility for it and said: “We are going to ask her some questions and then we will release her.” Similarly, Mugisha told a person close to Semajeri: “He has questions to answer and then we will release him.”

The Rwandan Penal Code prohibits kidnapping and unlawful detention and specifies that it is an offense for public servants to be involved in acts violating individual liberty. Failure by public servants who are aware of an illegal deprivation of an individual’s liberty to assist or to seek assistance from a competent authority to end it also constitutes an offense.

The Rwandan Penal Code states that any civil servant who puts or retains a person in detention without a legal order shall be liable to a term of imprisonment equivalent to the term incurred by the illegally detained person. An act of enforced disappearance is not yet defined as a crime under national law, although the Penal Code recognizes enforced disappearances as one of the acts that can constitute a crime against humanity.

Official Response
Human Rights Watch met with the District Police Commander of Rubavu District, Karangwa Murenge, on May 8. Murenge agreed that the number of reported cases of missing people had increased. He told Human Rights Watch: “I have seen the letters that have been dropped off here in which people say that they have loved ones missing. We are doing investigations. Just until now we can’t say how this is happening. We are trying to figure out what is going on.”

He disputed a list of 14 names presented by Human Rights Watch saying, “I really don’t think this can be right. This is too many people.” He said: “We are next to the DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo]. Some people can leave for the DRC for days or weeks or even months and not tell others.”

“If a soldier arrests a civilian, then he [the civilian] should immediately be sent to me,” he said. “The military can never arrest a civilian.”

On May 9, local and provincial officials held a public meeting at the football stadium in Gisenyi sector. Before this meeting, a rumor was circulating that the people who had been subject to enforced disappearance or were missing would be presented to the crowd.

This did not happen, but officials, including the governor of Western Province and the mayor of Rubavu, urged the population to reinforce local security efforts. A senior military official, Major General Mubarak Muganga, reportedly told the crowd that the RDF was detaining people who would later be presented to the public. He said these people had been detained because they collaborated with the FDLR and had confessed to this voluntarily.

Human Rights Watch raised cases of the disappeared and missing people with Brigadier General Joseph Nzabamwita, the spokesman for the RDF, on May 13. Responding to concerns that RDF soldiers may have been involved in unlawful detention, Nzabamwita said, “The RDF does not engage in such.” He questioned the relevance of Major General Muganga’s statement that the RDF was detaining people to reports of people subject to enforced disappearance.

Human Rights Watch also raised these cases with Justice Minister Johnston Busingye in an email on May 12. On May 13 Human Rights Watch met with Busingye, who said he would look into them.

The Law on Disappearances and Recommendations
The absolute prohibition on enforced disappearances is part of customary international law and is included as a crime in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Multiple human rights instruments also address enforced disappearances. Rwanda has yet to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

Although a discrete crime in and of itself, the act of enforced disappearance has also long been recognized as simultaneously violating multiple human rights protections, including the prohibition of torture and freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. An enforced disappearance is also a “continuing crime:” it continues to take place so long as the disappeared person remains missing, and information about his or her fate or whereabouts has not been provided.

An enforced disappearance has multiple victims. Those close to a disappeared person suffer anguish from not knowing the fate of the disappeared person, which amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment. They may also be further treated in an inhuman and degrading manner by authorities who fail to investigate or provide information on the whereabouts and fate of the disappeared person. These aspects make disappearances a particularly pernicious form of violation, and highlight the seriousness with which the authorities should take their obligations to prevent and remedy the crime.

The Rwandan government should ensure that:

– All authorities who have received inquiries from families of people who have disappeared or are missing reply promptly, providing all known information on the whereabouts and fate of these people and on steps being taken to acquire such information if not readily available;

– District and national authorities investigate all reported cases of enforced disappearances;

– All those forcibly disappeared are immediately released or brought before a judge and any further custody is conducted in strict compliance with Rwandan and international law. Such custody should only be possible on the basis that the individual has been charged with a criminal offense, for which they will be promptly given a fair trial, with guarantees for absolute respect for their due process rights;

– No information collected during the time the person was disappeared or that may have been acquired through torture or any other prohibited ill-treatment is allowed to be used as evidence in criminal proceedings, other than against those who engaged in any torture, ill-treatment or the act of enforced disappearance; and

– All those involved in the acts of enforced disappearance are investigated and prosecuted under Rwandan law.

Selection of cases of disappearances in Rubavu district March to May 2014

Anne-Marie Murekatete – Disappeared on March 18, 2014

Anne-Marie Murekatete, 27, is an intern at the health clinic in Gatyazo, in Nyamyumba sector. She studied nursing in Congo. On March 18, she was taken by men in a vehicle just outside the clinic where she worked.

A witness told Human Rights Watch:

It was between 8:30 and 9 a.m. [and she was] dressed in her work clothes. She got a call from a girl she had studied with in Congo. I could hear the conversation. The caller said that Anne-Marie had to go outside. There was a vehicle parked there [and] two people were on the road. The men were in civilian clothes. The vehicle was a white pickup truck with tinted windows … As she was walking toward the truck, she was talking on the phone … One of the men said to her, ‘Is it you [the caller] is looking for? She is in the vehicle, you can find her there.’ As she got near the vehicle, the two men pushed her inside. They were walking behind her as she walked toward it and forced her inside. Then they sped off.

On April 14, a relative of Murekatete wrote letters to local government officials explaining what had happened and asking for help in finding her.

A relative inquired about her case in April at a regular district security meeting at which a member of the RDF addressed the local population. The RDF official responded: “If it is the enemy who took her, we will look for her. If she is with us, it is because there are things we need to ask her. We need to ask her questions and then we will release her.”

Although the men described as detaining Murekatete were dressed as civilians, the white vehicle into which she was forced matches the description of other vehicles allegedly used by government forces and civilians to detain other disappeared people.

Elie Semajeri – Disappeared on April 16, 2014
Elie Semajeri, 50, is the village chief of the Majengo neighborhood in Gisenyi sector. On April 16 uniformed armed soldiers arrived at his home around 11:30 p.m., accompanied by men in civilian clothes. They told one of his children, “Go tell [Semajeri] we need him now.”

An individual close to Semajeri who was near his home told Human Rights Watch:

Elie thought it had something to do with the neighborhood, so he got up and put on a jacket … [Another person] went outside and saw the soldiers walking Elie out of the compound. She then saw him try to resist and they [the soldiers] pushed him. She yelled, ‘[Semajeri] is being arrested!’ [Others] ran outside and threw stones at neighbors’ houses to tell everyone what was happening and to tell people to come outside…

I saw Honoré, the executive secretary, with the soldiers. The soldiers had their guns out and were pointing them up and down the street. Elie was being put into a vehicle and he yelled, ‘Look! They are arresting me! They are taking me and I will die!’ He was also crying. He yelled, ‘All the neighbors must see this!’ At this moment, they forced him into a vehicle. It was a white pickup truck.

Another witness told Human Rights Watch:

It was around 11 p.m. in the evening … I was in bed and all of a sudden, I heard a child crying, ‘Get up! They are taking [him]!’ I got up and opened the door. I saw soldiers… and men in civilian clothes. As I went outside, I saw Elie being taken by three men in civilian clothes. They told him to sit down and a soldier guarded him. There were many soldiers around. We all started to cry, ‘No! You can’t take him at night! He should stay here.’ There were many people around. Elie was yelling, ‘No! Don’t arrest me! … Leave me alone, I don’t want to go!’ We started to resist and the soldiers started to threaten us … A soldier pushed me to the ground. The soldiers scared the people back and they took Elie away in a white vehicle.

An individual close to Semajeri phoned Mugisha, the executive secretary of Gisenyi sector, who said, “He [Semajeri] has questions to answer and then we will release him.”

The next day, a relative of Semajeri went to Gisenyi police station to look for him. The police told her he was not there, and advised her that if he had been arrested by the military, she should check at the military camp.

On May 2 Semajeri’s relatives dropped letters at local government offices explaining how he was arrested by soldiers in the presence of Mugisha. They have not received a response.

Shamusi Umubyeyi – Disappeared on April 16, 2014
Shamusi Umubyeyi, approximately 45, is the village chief of the Ihuriro neighborhood in Gisenyi sector. On April 16, when soldiers arrived near Semajeri’s home (see above), one of Semajeri’s relatives ran to Umubyeyi’s home to inform her. As Umubyeyi was leaving, soldiers, accompanied by Mugisha, arrested her. Umubyeyi was last seen at a parking lot near the football stadium, where Mugisha and the soldiers had escorted her.

A local resident told Human Rights Watch:

We heard all the cries and we got up and went to look outside. People were running around yelling, ‘Come! Come! [Elie Semajeri] is being arrested!’ Shamusi got up in her night clothes and left her house. Near my house she stopped to talk to some local demobilized soldiers … At this moment the vehicle that took Elie came back. It was a white pickup truck. The executive secretary got out and approached me and asked where Shamusi was. His name is Honoré Mugisha.

He called Shamusi’s phone and I heard him say, ‘Come back, we need to see you.’ She came [and] they greeted each other. Honoré said to her, ‘You too. We are looking for you. If your conscience is clean, then come and explain yourself.’ Shamusi said, ‘I have no problems. I am here to see what has happened. I see you are a leader, so I will come.’ Honoré was with three men in civilian clothes … and three soldiers who were armed. [As she was walked off, some people asked] Honoré, ‘Who is arresting our neighbor?’ He said, ‘I am responsible. Go back to bed.’

Another local resident told Human Rights Watch, “When the military was taking Shamusi away, the population was crying out. Honoré got out of his truck and said to the population, ‘No, stay calm, we are going to ask her some questions and then we will release her.’”

On April 25 relatives of Umubyeyi dropped off letters at local government offices explaining how she was arrested and requesting help in finding her. They have not received a response. When a person close to Umubyeyi inquired about her at the Division III military headquarters in Gisenyi, commonly known as “CEPGL,” a military official told him, “If you continue to insist on following this case, you too could become a victim.”

Hassani Bizimana – Disappeared on April 16, 2014
On April 16, a soldier arrested Hassani Bizimana, 44, in the Ubutabazi neighborhood in Gisenyi sector, as he was closing his shop. A witness told Human Rights Watch:

It was around 6 p.m. and he was closing the shop. All of a sudden, a soldier was there … I turned around and I saw Bizimana … He said, ‘This soldier is saying they are going to take me somewhere.’ He yelled, ‘People! Look, the military are taking me somewhere! If you can’t find me, know that it was them who took me!’ I approached the soldier and tried to see his name, but the tag on his uniform had been removed. People started to approach, so the soldier said to Hassani, ‘Ok, let’s go.’ Someone yelled, ‘What has he done?’ The soldier said, ‘The people in charge of intelligence told me to take him.’

Another witness confirmed this, telling Human Rights Watch that he saw a soldier with a gun walking away with Bizimana and heard Bizimana shout out that he was being arrested.

An individual close to Bizimana went to the police station the same night to look for him, but the police told him that those arrested by the military were taken to a military base commonly known as the “gendarmerie,” near the border with Congo.

The next morning he went to the “gendarmerie.” Soldiers there asked him, “Who said he was arrested by the military? Is everyone in a uniform a soldier?”

On May 2 a relative of Bizimana dropped off letters to local government and police offices reporting Bizimana’s detention by a soldier and requesting that his location be revealed. There has been no response.

Jean-Bosco Bizimungu – Disappeared on April 16, 2014
Jean-Bosco Bizimungu, 51, is a traditional doctor who lives in the Kabuga neighborhood in Gisenyi sector. He often visited Congo as he had family there. Witnesses said that the executive secretary of the sector, accompanied by soldiers, detained him on April 16. One of them told Human Rights Watch:

It was around 1:30 a.m. when the executive secretary accompanied by the military went to his house. The executive secretary is named Honoré Mugisha. They knocked on the door and yelled, ‘Get up and open this door!’ Bizimungu opened the door and they said, ‘We have a man with a sick stomach. We want you to care for him.’ Bizimungu asked, ‘Where is he?’ They said, ‘You must come’ and they wanted to take him. Bizimungu said, ‘I am not leaving my house. Bring him here.’ Then the soldiers entered by force and they took him … There were six soldiers in uniform. They walked Bizimungu to the stadium where they had vehicles waiting.

Other witnesses also told Human Rights Watch they saw soldiers walking Bizimungu to the stadium.

The next morning a relative of Bizimungu’s went to the village chief to explain what had happened. The chief said, “You were not the only one with this problem last night. You should go look at the police.” The relative was not able to find Bizimungu at the police station.

Alphonse Butsitsi – Disappeared on April 22, 2014
Alphonse Butsitsi, 78, is well known locally, due to his age and outgoing personality. He lives in the Majengo neighborhood in Gisenyi sector. He was detained in town on April 22.

A witness told Human Rights Watch:

I was walking home with other people. A vehicle with Congo plates, a white pickup truck with tinted windows, passed me and parked in front of the Baptist church. Some men got out onto the road. There were three men in civilian clothes and one in a soldier’s uniform. The soldier was not armed. Butsitsi was on his bike. One of them called him. He went to them and they told him to get into the car. He agreed and they put the bike in the back of the truck.

The vehicle then sped off. Butsitsi has not been seen since.

The day he disappeared, Butsitsi’s relatives checked the local police cells but he was not there. On April 23 and 25, his relatives dropped letters at local government offices explaining how Butsitsi was detained and requesting assistance in finding him. They later received a letter from the office of the mayor of Rubavu, acknowledging receipt of their letter and saying they were looking into the case.

Individuals close to Butsitsi also inquired about him at the Division III military headquarters. They were not able to make direct inquiries to officers, but soldiers at the base asked them, “Does [Butsitsi] go to the DRC often?”

Virginie Uwamahoro – Disappeared on April 23, 2014
Virginie Uwamahoro, 38, is the director of a primary school in Gisenyi sector. She studied in Goma (eastern Congo), completing her degree in 2013.

On April 23 Uwamahoro was returning from a meeting in Kigali. Before arriving in Gisenyi, she called an individual close to her and said that Mugisha was looking for her, so she had to see him first. She never returned home.

An individual close to Uwamahoro asked Mugisha where she was. He said: “I asked [Mugisha] ‘Where is she and how can I see her?’ He said, ‘No, stay calm.’ But I insisted. I wanted to know where she was and he said, ‘I can’t tell you because if I reveal secrets, I risk consequences.’ He did tell me, though, that she had been arrested at the bus station in Gisenyi.” The person inquired at the police but the police simply told him to wait.

On April 25, April 29, and May 2, a relative of Uwamahoro wrote letters explaining to local officials that she was missing and asking them to reveal her location. There has been no response.

Selemane Harerimana – Disappeared on April 30, 2014
Selemane Harerimana, 38, works as a mason in Rubavu district and in the town of Goma, eastern Congo. He lives in the Amahoro neighborhood in Gisenyi sector.

On April 30 Harerimana left his home in the morning as usual. Later that morning he called a friend and told him he was being detained. He said he was going to be taken to the “gendarmerie” in the vehicle of the executive secretary. His friend went directly to the “gendarmerie” to look for him. He told Human Rights Watch:

They would not let me in, but I saw the vehicle of the executive secretary there. I stayed outside and watched as Selemane was put into a white pickup truck … I followed the truck to “CEPGL” but I could not get in. After seeing the truck go into “CEPGL”, I decided to ask the people there. [They said] ‘He was in the DRC a lot, so we arrested him to see what he does and to see if he collaborates with the FDLR.’

Source: http://www.hrw.org/

The US condemns Ongoing Detentions and Arrests in Rwanda

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Media Note

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

June 4, 2014

The United States is deeply concerned by the arrest and disappearance of dozens of Rwandan citizens in Rwanda over the past two months. Rwandan authorities held individuals incommunicado for periods up to two months before presenting them to a court of law. We are encouraged that Rwandan authorities have recently taken steps to bring a number of these individuals before a court. Nonetheless, the United States remains concerned that additional individuals may still be held incommunicado and without due process of law. We are also concerned by credible reports that individual journalists were threatened, and that the Government of Rwanda ordered the suspension of a call-in radio program that provided citizens with a platform to discuss current events.

The United States calls upon the Government of Rwanda to account for individuals arrested over the past two months and currently in custody, and to respect the rights under Rwandan law and international human rights law of the individuals detained and arrested. We also call upon Rwanda to fully respect freedom of expression, including for members of the press so that they can investigate, report, and facilitate discussion on issues of public concern.

The United States supports all lawful efforts to identify individuals who seek to use violence against the Rwandan people and government, but stresses that, in democratic societies, individuals may not be arbitrarily arrested or detained and are entitled to due process of law to certain minimum guarantees, including to challenge the legality of their detention before a court of law and to be informed of charges and examine witnesses against them.

What you did not know or knew and neglected: 24 years of genocide in Rwanda.

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UMUNSI WO KWIBUKA INZIRAKARENGANE ZOSE WARI WATEGUWE NA NEW GENERATION LEADERS WAGENZE NK’UKO TWARI TWABYIFUJE.

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Ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka y’amashyaka ya opozisiyo nyarwanda kuri uyu wagatandatu tariki ya 17 gicurasi umwaka w’2014 amashyaka ane ya Nouvelle Géneration yafatanije gutegura no gushyira mu bikorwa umuhango wo kwibukira hamwe inzira karengane zose nta vangura nk’uko bimenyerewe ahandi.

Nk’uko byari biteganijwe kuri gahunda igikorwa cyo kwibuka cyari cyahariwe uwo munsi cyabimburiwe n’igitambo cya Misa cyabereye kuri

Kiriziya Saint Charles , 15 Avenue Karreveld ,1080 Molenbeek mu mugi wa Buruseri mu gihugu cy’Ububiligi.

Uwo muhango ukaba warakurikiraniwe hafi n’anyarwandabenshi, en directe/live,kuri Radio Ijwi rya Rubanda kuva mu ntangiriro kugera ku iherezo.

Nk’uko twabimenyeshejwe n’ubuyobozi bw’iyo radio uwo muhango wakurikiranyewe n’amatsinda y’abanyarwanda atari munsi ya 200 ukurikije umubare wa za mudasobwa zakoreshejwe zikurikirana uwo muhango ni ukuvuga ko ari ikigereranyo cy’abantu byibura 600 bakurikiranye uwo muhango kuri radio.

Naho aho umuhango wari wabereye witabiriwe n’abantu bagera kuri 80.

Nk’uko byari biteganyijwe rero kuri gahunda, amashyaka ane yiganjemo abanyapolitiki bahuriye mu murongo wa Nouvelle Génération/New Generation yahuriye mu gikorwa cyo kwibuka inzirakarengane zo ku mpande zombi zazize amahano yagwiriye igihugu cyacu guhera ku itariki ya mbere Ukwakira umwaka w’i 1990 kugeza kuwa 31 Ukuboza 1994 nyuma ayo mahano agakomereza mu gihugu cya Zaire ariyo Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo y’ubu hagati y’umwaka w’1996 kugeza mu mwaka w’ 2002 ndetse kugeza na n’ubu FPR ikaba igukomeje umugambi wayo mubisha wo guhiga abanyarwanda aho bayihungiye.

Ayo mahano akaba yariswe Jenoside mu ndimi z’amahanga ariko hakemezwa gusa iyakorewe abatutsi mu gihe iyakorewe abahutu igitegereje kwemezwa na Loni cyangwa urundi rwego rubifitiye ububasha

Tukaba twakwizeza abanyarwanda bose ko amashyaka ya Nouvelle Gération azafatanya n’abandi bafite ubushake mu guharanira ko n’iyo Jenocide yakorewe abahutu nayo yakwemezwa ndetse n’abayigizemo uruhare bagashyikirizwa inkiko zibifitiye ububasha.

Amashyaka yari yateraniye muri icyo gikorwa ni FPP-Urukatsa, ISHEMA Party, ISANGANO ARRDC- Abenegihugu ndetse na UDFR –Ihamye.

Hagaragaye kandi n’abandi bayobozi ndetse n’abayoboke bakomoka mu yandi mashyaka yari yaje kwifatanya natwe kwibuka abavandimwe bacu b’inzirakarengane twari twahariye uwo mu nsi. Intumwa z’imiryango ya sosiyete sivile nazo ntizatanzwe muri uwo muhango ndetse zihatanga n’ibitekerezo byubaka opozisiyo nyarwanda.

Nyuma y’igitambo cya Misa hakurikiyeho amasengesho mpuza matorero yahaye buri torero ryari ryaserukiwe umwanya wo gusengera inzirakarengane zose. Ayo masengesho akaba yarayobowe n’umupasteri wo kuruhande rw’itorero ry’abaprotestani ndetse n’intumwa yari yoherejwe na Sheikh ku ruhande rw’ idini y’abaislam nyuma hasoza amasengesho y’umusasaridoti wa kiliziya gatolika.

Gahunda y’amasengesho irangiye hakurikiyeho ubuhamya bw’abantu banyuranye baba abahutu cyangwa abatutsi bose bavuga ibyababayeho mu bwisanzure buhagije.

Nyuma y’ubuhamya bunyuranye bwakunzwe na benshi abari bitabiriye icyo gikorarwa bafashe akaruhuko baboneraho no gufata amafoto y’urwibutso.

Umuhango wo gufata amafoto y’urwibutso urangiye abari aho basubiye mu nzu bari bateraniyemo bahabwa umwanya wo kubaza ibibazo binyuranye ni uko abayobozi b’amashyaka yari yateguye icyo gikorwa bagerageza kubibonera ibisubizo bikwiriye.

Guhera mu ntangiriro kugeza ku musozo igikorwa cyaranzwe n’ituze ryinshi ndetse n’ubusabane busesuye bwaranzwe n’urukundo rutagira imbereka.

Abari bitabiriye icyo gikorwa bose bagaragaje ko kubera agaciro k’icyo gikorwa basanga umunsi umwe udahagije dore ko abifuzaga gutanga ubuhamya bari benshi ariko umwanya ukaba mugufi ndetse n’ababutanze bakaba barasanze umwanya bahawe utari uhagije bityo basaba abayobozi b’amashyaka yari yateguye icyo gikorwa ko ubutaha bazashaka uko batanga igihe kirenze umunsi umwe kugirango buri wese agabanye intimba imuri kumutima.

Iyi nkuru mwayiteguriwe kandi muyigejejweho na

AKISHULI ABDALLAH

Rwanda: Et si Paul Kagame était la réincarnation de l’empereur romain Caligula?

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Au Rwanda, le peuple a peur, les ministres ont peur, les paysans ont peur en plus d’avoir faim, l’armée a peur, tout le monde a peur.

La vérité, écrivait Cécil Kami, est que l’organe décideur du Fpr est constitué d’authentiqueshématophylles, des véritables vampires qui ne peuvent survivre sans s’abreuver du sang du peuple. Et moi d’ajouter que le FPR s’abreuve même du sang de ses propres enfants, les piliers de la première heure.

Le Général Fred Rwigema? , mort. Adam Waswa?, mort. Chris Bunyenyezi?, mort. Peter Bayingana?, mort. Kayitare?, mort. Nduguteye?, mort. Biseruka?, mort. Mvunanyambo?, mort. Théoneste Lizinde? Mort. Seth Sendashonga? Mort. Patrick Karegeya? mort. Et les autres et les autres. J’en passe les meilleurs et de loin les plus vaillants des combattants. Tous, dévorés par ces vampires du FPR.

Paul Kagame rappelle l’histoire du troisième empereur romain Caligula qui a régné de 37 à 41 de notre ère. Après avoir succédé à Tibère, qu’il avait fait assassiner, il avait suscité l’espoir auprès du peuple romain qui ne supportait plus Tibère et ses excès du pouvoir. Ce peuple ne pouvait que voir de bon œil cet événement salutaire.

Mais alors, les opposants au régime Habyarimana ne disaient-ils pas que le jour où Habyarimana ne sera plus au pouvoir ils sabreraient du champagne? La plupart d’entre eux ont salué la disparition de Habyarimana et accueilli Paul Kagame en héros. Aujourd’hui, ils ont déchanté.

Revenons à l’histoire de l’empereur Caligula qui était l’arrière-petit-fils de César Auguste et l’oncle de Néron. Juste pour rappel! Paul Kagame est l’arrière-petit-fils des tristement célèbres Kanjongera et Kabare . Voilà pour le décor.

Le début du règne de Caligula fut prometteur et harmonieux. Cependant, cette harmonie fut de courte durée. Il devint, peu à peu, un empereur autocratique, tyrannique et mégalomane en faisant assassiner ou bannir tous ceux qui avaient soutenu son ascension. Il pratiqua d’horribles tortures en plus des meurtres arbitraires. Il s’émerveillait devant l’agonie de gens qu’il faisait assassiner. Il était très heureux de voir que les gens qui étaient riches auparavant étaient devenus pauvres parce qu’il leur avait dépouillés de leurs biens. Il avait institué cette célèbre devise: “Qu’ils me haïssent pourvu qu’ils me craignent“. Mais un jour de l’an 41 de notre ère, il fut assassiné par sa propre garde prétorienne.

Et Paul Kagamé alors? Il a assassiné et/ou banni tous ceux qui l’ont aidé à être ce qu’il est. Il a chosifié la chose publique. Il se confond avec le Rwanda et l’armée républicaine. Le Rwanda c’est lui. L’armée, c’est lui. C’est son armée, ce sont ses soldats. Le peuple a peur. Les ministres ont peur. Les paysans ont peur en plus d’avoir faim. L’armée, son armée a peur. Tout le monde a peur. Et si un jour ce peuple se réveillait?

Maurice Shankuru

Ndaje Rwanda

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1.Ndaje Rwanda mutima w’abawe

Soko shingiro nshima inkomoko

Imikorere yawe iteye inkeke

Abacu buzuye amaganya

5. Ndaje Rwanda nkunda nkundira nkubaze

Ko wahoranye ubutwari

Abawe bakaririmba Repubulika

Ubu Ishema ryawe riri hehe

Abawe baheze i shyanga?

10. Nyemerera nkubwize ukuri

Nyamara ukaraje uramwirenza!

Inzigo n’inzika byamarira iki Muntu?

Ibyiza ni ukubana neza

Ibyago ntawabihamagaye!

15. Erega amoko yabo sicyo cyasha

Ishavu ridashira ni inda yabo

Abacu ntibagihagije iyo ntare!

Imikorere yayo iteye inkeke!

Inkiko nta w’uzikomye!

20. Invune z’abawe zahinyuje intwari

Ariko intwarane twaje

Yego inva si uburyamo

Ariko uburyarya bwuje abawe!

None abacu barashize!

25. Gusa abagukunda tuzakwitangira

Kugupfira nta pfunwe bidutera

Inzira twatangiye ntigihagaze

Imana ikunda u Rwanda turi kumwe

Ubumwe bwacu ni agaciro karwooo!!!

30. Dore ibango nta banga

Dutere duterure twese

Twitse twange urwango

Twungurane ingurane

Ingorane zugarije u Rwanda.

35. Rwanda ko tuje turirimba amahoro

Imbeho igataha irebero urugwiro rukabura

Abanzi babaza impanvu Abakunzi bavuza impundu?

Intwaro zacu ntizivusha ngo zitere ishavu ababyeyi

Zacuzwe na Mutarenganya.

40. Twaje abarezwe neza

Indamu mu nduru ntituyishaka

Impaka ni iza kamarampaka

Intwaro zacu nitwe ubwacu

Ukuri kwacu kuzatsindaaa!!!

45. Dore ngeze kwa Sogokuru aho i Burasirazuba

Nsanga nyogokuru ababaye cyaneee!!!

Acyamura ugutwi ati icyampa ukunva

Ntunvune ukanvuna mwana wange

Nanjye ndita mu gutwi nti ahubwo wantindiye!

50. Ngeze Mu Buganza bw’I Gisaka

Nsanga barasakabaka

Kabaka ati muribande ubundi ?

Nanga kuripfana mpagarara nemye

Nti erega naho dukura ubutwari,

55. Turi mwene Mutarenganya

Wa Luteri rwa Rolilala rwa Gahindi Mohandasi

Twanze intambara rero

Duhitamo inzira y’amahoro

Umurage wayo turawunyotewe

60. Ubwo indahiro iramurenga ngo intsinzi arayiruzi

Turikomereza dusaba urwagasabo

Kanyarwanda ati: Ko inzira ibaye ndende?

Nti : Intwaro ni ubutwari kandi ubutwari ni umutwaro

Agahinda k’abawe katubuza amahwemo,

65. Kiyongozi ati twikomereze

Ducyama ubwo twerecyeza Nduga

Ndungutse ati mwabatindiye indagu yeze kera

Gitera Ndongozi w’i Gitarama ati narimbiteze

Ijambo rye turizirikana ubwo.

70. Ibwami tuhacyama baduha impundu

Indirimbo y’amahoro yamamara i Nyaruguru

Ababyunvise biruhutsa bitsa amahoro

Twese tuti erega n’ubundi ntacyo twapfaga!

Twifatira inzira ubwo umwana asezera iwabo.

75. Mu nzira twunva ab’ i Ruhande

Induru bayigize ndende

Ngo dutabare aho Rukomeye

Dusanga ibyishimo byabarenze

Inzira tuyifatanya ubwo,

80. Twerekeza mu Kinyaga

Imihanda yose dusanga twisanga

Badusanganiza amafunguro

Amafu aradusaba

Badusaba gukomera ku ntego,

85. Intambwe tuyigira ndende

Ngo dusange ab’ i Musanze

Dusanga bari maso

Rukara adukubise amaso

Amasonzi aramuzenga,

90. Ngo n’ubundi yari yarabivuze

Ubutwari buravukanwa

Tumuzirikana ubwo turikomereza

Ibanga ryacu rikwira Urwagasabo

Umwezi utaha urwatubyaye.

95. Ndiruhutsa nti ahari harabaye

Umwami abyunvise ubwo agwa mu kantu

Tuti gutsimbarara nibyo byoretse u Rwanda

Indamu yawe si iyamwene Kanyarwanda

Tera iyo ntambwe nawe urwubake!

100. Ararahira arirenga

asanga amazi yarenzE inkombe

Imbuto yera imihanda yose

isarurwa na mwene Kanyarwanda

Mutarenganya ahabwa ishimwe.

105. Aho dushinze ikirenge

Rubanda iba yahatanzwe

Inzira imubanye inzitane

Ahitamo kubaza Rubanda

Ati nkoriki Rubanda

110. Twese tuti: Ahooo!!!

Tuti igisubizo ni icyo

Nta mwami uba umwana

ijwi rya rubanda ni rihabwe agaciro

Gucurama ntibigukwiye,

115. Cururuka wunve abawe

Ikibazo kibaye insobe

Ikiza ni ugusasa inzobe

Ikindi rubanda yanze ikinyoma

Ikimonyo gihirimana ubwiru

115. Mbwira abunva igisubizo ni urukundo

Igisigaye ni ugusaranganya

Isuri isambira byinshi igasohoza bikeya

Icyiza ni ukubana buhanga

Impanga zanga impagarara

120. U Rwanda nirwande twanze induru

Indirimbo yacu ni DEMOKARASI

Nisugire isagambe

Imbaga ihabwe ijambo

Ishema n’isheja birange Urwatubyaye.

Venant Nkurunziza,

Ishema Party

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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Umubyeyi wa Kizito FPR imwicishije agahinda!

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Nyina wa Kizito Mihigo arabarizwa mu bitaro nyuma y’ ihungabana kubera ibyabaye ku muhungu we

Muri iki gitondo cyo kuri uyu Gatatu taliki ya 30 Mata 2014 umubyeyi wa Kizito Mihigo, Ilibagiza Placidie abarizwa mu bitaro byitiriwe umwami Faical bitewe n’ ibyabaye k’ umungu we.

Uyu mubyeyi yahuye n’ ihungabana ridasanzwe bituma ashyirwa mu bitaro aho akomeje gukurikiranwa n’ abaganga b’inzobere.

Ubuzima bw’ umukeceru wa Kizito bwatangiye kumera nabi kuva aho yumvaga inkuru ivuga ko umwana we yaburiwe irengero, ariko igihe Kizito yatangazaga imbere y’ u Rwanda n’ amahanga ko yemera ibyaha 5 aregwa byarushijeho gukomera”.

N’ubwo tutaramenya neza umunsi ny’irizina yagejejwe muri ibi bitaro ariko amakuru twamaze guhabwa neza n’uko guhera ku cyumweru yari ari muri ibi bitaro

Twagerageje kuvugana n’ umuganga mukuru mu Faical ufite mu nshingano ze gukurikirana ibibazo by’ ihungabana ngo adusobanurire birambuye ariko ntitwashobora kumubona kuri telefoni ze ngendenwa.

Kizito Mihigo w’ imyaka 33 y’ amavuko ni umwana wa gatatu mu bana batandatu , kugeza magingo aya asigaranye na bashiki be babiri ndetse na nyina umubyara.
Ababyeyi be ni Buguzi Augustin na Ilibagiza Placidie, ari nabo bamureze bukristu mu idini ya gaturika.

Mihigo afite imyaka icyenda y’ amavuko nibwo yatangiye guhimba uturirimbo tw’ abana, maze nyuma y’ imyaka itanu, aza kuvamo umuhanzi w’ indirimbo za Kiriziya Gaturika uzwi mu Rwanda. Mu mwaka wa 1994 ise umubyara (Buguzi Augustin) yishwe muri Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi.

Kizito Mihigo mu gisobanuro cy’ urupfu

Kizito Mihigo n’ abagenzi bakatiwe igifungo cy’ agateganyo cy’ iminsi 30, bimwe mu byaha bashinjwa harimo gukorana n’ imitwe y’ iterabwoba , ubugambanyi no gushaka kwica abategetsi b’u Rwanda.

iyi nkuru turacyayikurikirana neza ngo tubagezeho n’ibindi mwaza kwibaza.

Emmanuel Nsabimana – imirasire.com