A Candle For Remembering
May this memorial candle lights up the historical past of our beloved Country: Rwanda, We love U so much. If Tears could build a stairway. And memories were a lane. I would walk right up to heaven. To bring you home again. No farewell words were spoken. No time to say goodbye. You were gone before I knew it And. Only Paul Kagame knows why. My heart still aches with sadness. And secret tears still flow. What It meant to lose you. No one will ever know.
Why did Kagame this to me?
Can't forget. He murdered my mother. What should be my reaction? FYI: the number of orphans in Rwanda has skyrocketed since the 1990's Kagame's invasion. Much higher numbers of orphans had and have no other option but joining FDLR fighters who are identified as children that have Lost their Parents in Kagame's Wars inside and outside of Rwanda.If someone killed your child/spouse/parent(s) would you seek justice or revenge? Deep insight: What would you do to the person who snuffed the life of someone I love beyond reason? Forgiving would bring me no solace. If you take what really matters to me, I will show you what really matters. NITUTIRWANAHO TUZASHIRA. IGIHE KIRAGEZE.If democracy is to sell one's motherland(Africa), for some zionits support, then I prefer the person who is ready to give all his live for his motherland. Viva President Putin!!!
RPF committed the unspeakable
The perverted RPF committed the UNSPEAKABLE.Two orphans, both against the Nazi world. Point is the fact that their parents' murder Kagame & his RPF held no shock in the Western world. Up to now, the Rwandan Hitler Kagame and his death squads still enjoy impunity inside and outside of Rwanda. What goes through someone's mind as they know RPF murdered their parents? A delayed punishment is actually an encouragement to crime, In Praise of the ongoing Bloodshed in Rwanda. “I always think I am a pro-peace person but if someone harmed someone near and dear to me, I don't think I could be so peaceful. I would like to believe that to seek justice could save millions of people living the African Great Lakes Region - I would devote myself to bringing the 'perp' along to a non-happy ending but would that be enough? You'd have to be in the situation I suppose before you could actually know how you would feel or what you would do”. Jean-Christophe Nizeyimana, Libre Penseur
Hutu Children & their Mums
Look at them ! How they are scared to death. Many Rwandan Hutu and Tutsi, Foreign human rights advocates, jounalists and and lawyers are now on Death Row Waiting to be murdered by Kagame and his RPF death squads. Be the last to know.
Almighty God :Justice for US
Hutu children's daily bread: Intimidation, Slavery, Sex abuses led by RPF criminals and Kagame, DMI: Every single day, there are more assassinations, imprisonment, brainwashing & disappearances. Do they have any chance to end this awful life?
Killing Hutus on daily basis
RPF targeted killings, very often in public areas. Killing Hutus on daily basis by Kagame's murderers and the RPF infamous death squads known as the "UNKNOWN WRONGDOERS"
RPF Trade Mark: Akandoya
Rape, torture and assassination and unslaving of hutu women. Genderside: Rape has always been used by kagame's RPF as a Weapon of War, the killings of Hutu women with the help of Local Defense Forces, DMI and the RPF military
The Torture in Rwanda flourishes
How torture flourishes across Rwanda despite extensive global monitoring
Fighting For Our Freedom?
We need Freedom, Liberation of our fatherland, Human rights respect, Mutual respect between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority
Friday, October 1, 2010
[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying reality : the Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule, tyranny and corruption in Rwanda. The current government has been characterized by the total impunity of RPF criminals, the Tutsi economic monopoly, the Tutsi militaristic domination with an iron hand, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus), mass-arrests and mass-murder by the RPF criminal organization.
So long as justice and accountability for RPF past and current crimes are ignored and delayed, Peace and > Stability will remain illusive and impossible in Rwanda=>ASIF]
NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations on Friday officially released a much-disputed report on massacres in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has drawn the ire of several countries, especially Rwanda, whose forces were accused of possibly committing genocide.The report paints a harrowing picture of the conflict in Congo from 1993 to 2003, with foreign armies from a half-dozen African countries slaughtering countless civilians across a vast stretch of territory, often in the quest for minerals.
The hefty, 566-page document was issued by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in Geneva, which said that it interviewed more than 1,280 witnesses and analyzed more than 1,500 documents over two years.
Rwanda’s foreign ministry still rejected the report as “an insult to history,” and said it could “undermine the peace and stability” of the Great Lakes region in Africa.
“The report contains flawed methodology and applies the lowest imaginable evidentiary standard that barely meets journalistic requirements,” the Rwandan government said in an official response.
Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda, too, had issued a veiled threat on Thursday, saying the allegations “undermine Uganda’s resolve” to its peacekeeping operations. The several thousand Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia are about the only thing keeping Somalia’s weak transitional government from being overrun by Islamist insurgents.
No country is depicted favorably in the Congo report. Ugandan forces are accused of torturing civilians. Rwandan troops are blamed for systematically hunting down refugees. Angolan forces are said to have raped women and looted hospitals. Zimbabwean planes carried out indiscriminate air raids, the report asserts, and Chadian troops torched homes.
Many analysts said it was precisely the use of the word “genocide” that so angered Rwanda’s leaders. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, and his inner circle have built a powerful and morally righteous image by ending Rwanda’s genocide in 1994, when they say the world abandoned them, and rebuilding the country afterward.
Hutu children in Death camp
Up to a million people were killed in the genocide when Hutu death squads methodically slaughtered Tutsi civilians. As Mr. Kagame and his party rebuilt the country, they enacted strict speech and national security laws, arresting critics who have claimed that Rwandan forces also killed Hutus. Yet, according to the Congo report, Mr. Kagame’s Tutsi-dominated forces massacred thousands of Hutus in Congo.
Rwanda has faced such allegations before. In 2008, a Spanish court indicted several high-ranking Rwandan officers on charges of mass murder and crimes against humanity. That case has gained little traction, and until recently donor nations like the United States have chosen to focus instead on the strides Rwanda has made fighting poverty and re-establishing order after the genocide. But the image of Rwanda is shifting. Human rights groups and others have increasingly criticized the Rwandan government of squashing political dissent and donors, including the United States, have begun to air their own concerns.
Earlier versions of the report had so outraged Rwanda that it threatened to withdraw thousands of its peacekeepers from Sudan, where it plays a linchpin role in the troubled Darfur region.
But after a special visit by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and extensive negotiations, Rwanda rescinded its threat and the final report is not fundamentally different than previous versions. 
The hefty, 566-page document was issued by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in Geneva, which said that it interviewed more than 1,280 witnesses and analyzed more than 1,500 documents over two years. Rwanda’s foreign ministry still rejected the report as “an insult to history,” and said it could “undermine the peace and stability” of the Great Lakes region in Africa.
“The report contains flawed methodology and applies the lowest imaginable evidentiary standard that barely meets journalistic requirements,” the Rwandan government said in an official response.
Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Uganda, too, had issued a veiled threat on Thursday, saying the allegations “undermine Uganda’s resolve” to its peacekeeping operations. The several thousand Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia are about the only thing keeping Somalia’s weak transitional government from being overrun by Islamist insurgents.
Later statements from Uganda, though, gave the impression that Uganda was not planning on withdrawing its peacekeepers. A Ugandan military spokesman sent a text message on Friday simply saying, “No pull out.”
The final report is slightly watered-down compared with the draft copies, with a few more qualifications in the language.
In a section about Rwandan and Congolese forces attacking Hutu refugees, a draft version said, “The systematic and widespread attacks described in this report reveal a number of damning elements that, if proven before a competent court, could be classified as crimes of genocide.”The final report reads: “The apparent systematic and widespread attacks described in this report reveal a number of inculpatory elements that, if proven before a competent court, could be characterized as crimes of genocide.” The final version of the report also includes more reasons such attacks may not be considered genocide, citing Rwanda’s willingness to take back hundreds of thousands, if not more, Hutu refugees.
Many analysts said it was precisely the use of the word “genocide” that so angered Rwanda’s leaders. Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president, and his inner circle have built a powerful and morally righteous image by ending Rwanda’s genocide in 1994, when they say the world abandoned them, and rebuilding the country afterward.
Hutu children in Death camp
Analysts say that may be one reason why this Congo report will get a more extensive airing than previous reports that alleged the Rwandans massacred civilians. One such report from 1994 emerged only recently, after some high-level United Nations officials denied it even existed.
Already, the calls for prosecution have begun. On Friday, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and others urged the Congolese government and other United Nations member states to begin judicial action to punish those responsible for the killings in Congo.
Jeffrey Gettleman reported from Nairobi, and Josh Kron from Kampala, Uganda.
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Source: Reuters
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Lundi 27 Septembre 2010 à 05:01
Exclusif: avant de mourir, le témoin pro-Kigali avait dénoncé Kagame
Monday, September 27, 2010
De Telegraaf
ma 27 sep 2010, 13:39
De nationale recherche arresteerde Yvonne N. in juni in het Limburgse Reuver. Ze kwam in 1998 naar Nederland om met haar gezin te worden herenigd. Sinds 2004 heeft ze de Nederlandse nationaliteit.
„Yvonne N. is juist zelf slachtoffer van de verschrikkelijke burgeroorlog in Rwanda”, vindt haar advocaat. „Grootschalige misdrijven waarbij mijn cliënte 25 familieleden heeft verloren en die haar en haar gezin uiteindelijk hebben doen vluchten naar Nederland.”
Volgens Koppe zijn er verschillende getuigen die zijn cliënte goed kennen en die zeggen dat N. zich nooit met volkerenmoord heeft beziggehouden. Ze heeft juist Tutsi's van de dood gered, verklaren ze.
Dat gebeurde onder meer met knuppels, stokken en vuurwapens, stelt justitie. De aanklagers overwegen Yvonne N. ook nog te gaan vervolgen voor oorlogsmisdaden.
Koppe benadrukte dat inmiddels is gebleken dat de waarnemingen van de opgevoerde ooggetuigen 'gebrekkig' zijn geweest. „De meeste getuigen kunnen niet uit eigen waarneming verklaren. Ze praten elkaar alleen maar na.”
De rechtbank beslist later of N. in voorarrest blijft zitten.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
So long as justice and accountability for RPF past and current crimes are ignored and delayed, Peace and Stability will remain illusive and impossible in Rwanda=>ASIF]
Mr. President,
As Commander-in-Chief of all armed forces, Head of State-sworn in to protect the Rwandan constitution, state institutions and Rwandan people, we urgently call upon you to use all your powers and accord immediate justice to many suffering Rwandans in prisons and outside prisons, and also help diffuse the growing political and military tension in the country.
Mr. President, you are very much aware of all the sad events that happened to the Rwandan Opposition Parties before the presidential elections of August 2010, these sad events cannot just be wished away, they need to be addressed thoroughly, so that the nation can move ahead as a whole.
The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, would like to re-affirm its position that we strive for a fully democratic society in Rwanda: free of injustice, free of poverty, free of sending its sons and daughters into political exile, free from impunity, having a vibrant independent media and independent state institutions, working on the principle of sustainable development and rule of Law.
We would also like to request for your attention and provide immediate justice on the following cases:
1. Urgent Investigations into the Assassination of Green Party Vice President, Andre KAGWA RWISEREKA.
Mr. President, you are very much aware that our Vice President went missing on 13th July 2010 and the next day was found decapitated in Butare-Rwanda.
The police arrested one Thomas Ntivuguruzwa a few days later and assumed it was a business dispute, we ruled out that assumption, actually we found that version completely misleading, a few days later we heard that the above mentioned person was released from Police custody.
Our misery now is that ever since that release, we got a feeling that the investigators have adopted a posture of irresponsible passivity in the matter as we have never received any more information about these investigations.
This is why we are appealing to you Mr. President to use all your powers and quicken these investigations, so that justice can be accorded and the criminals be brought to court and be punished. Then we can start having hope that such a thing will never happen again in modern Rwanda.
Mr. President, we are very committed to a peaceful democratization process of our country, but in such circumstances where a political leader is assassinated and justice is delayed, it increases political tensions Mr. President, as much as you promised Rwandans to sleep and not be bothered with insecurity threats, it is very hard for us to sleep and relax when we know that the killers of our Vice President are still out there at large waiting for the next prey to devour. Yet we know that if all security organs joined hands and started hunting down these criminals, they would not fail to arrest them and handle them over to relevant authorities, like they have done before in other cases.
2. Senior Military Officials in Detention need Immediate Justice.
Mr. President, the Rwanda Defense Forces Spokesman, confirmed the arrest of General Karenzi Karake and General Charles Muhire, in April 2010 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8632986.stm). Several months have
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Website : www.rwandagreendemocrats.org passed and these two senior Rwandan citizens have not seen justice. We understand that the Military has its own way of doing things, but we are very concerned that they have not even appeared in any court of law and are possibly not held up in official detention facilities.
Recently, we have also heard the case of Lt.Colonel RUGIGANA, whose parents have failed to trace his whereabouts in all official military detention facilities. He has also not appeared in any court of law for over a month now and some Rwandans are very concerned whether this will be the trend of events in your Second Term of Office as President of Rwanda. The Military Spokesperson has confirmed his arrest.
There is also a pending case of a Congolese national, Gen. Laurent NKUNDA, who was arrested in Rwanda on 22nd January 2009, (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7846339.stm), since then he has never appeared in court, his family has expressed serious concerns, your intervention is called for.
In the course of the last few months at the time of the grenade attacks, some people have been arrested and confessed to the Rwandan Police not only to have been responsible but also to have belonged to FDLR- Rebel force based in Congo. However, they have never appeared in court, though later the case of grenades became wider, it now seems to become a new culture for people to be delayed to appear in courts. Who knows, may be they could be innocent or guilty but that is the work of judiciary.
The Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda, which you vowed to protect a few weeks ago,
(http://www.afriqueavenir.org/en/2010/09/06/paul-kagame-sworn-in-for-second-term-as-rwandan-president/) gives these military men and all Rwandans a right to appear in court, we are hopeful that you will take this matter with utmost urgency and importance, as you always do Mr. President, since you are the Commander- in -Chief of all Armed Forces.
3. Opposition Parties Need Immediate Justice
Mr. President, Opposition Parties to your ruling party-RPF, namely: the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, Parti Sociale Imberakuri (PS Imberakuri) and the United Democratic Forces (FDU Inkingi) have all faced very challenging circumstances beyond any human measure.
- The first opposition party, PS-imberakuri got registered in July 2009 after a long period of serious challenges; it is now divided into two factions and its founding President Maître Bernard NTAGANDA is in prison since 24th June 2010 in all probability on politically motivated charges.
Several PS Imberakuri members are also in prison, they all need justice.
- Mr. President, the Second opposition Party that was born last year is the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, which was launched officially on 14th August 2009, we have faced so many challenges, we were beaten-up, our people arrested, denied legal papers to have a founding congress and of recent our Vice President was assassinated-in such an alarming manner, we need fair justice and fair standards.
- Our coordinator for Kigali City, Ms.Seraphine MUKAMANA is suffering in Kigali Maximum prison since November 2009 on trumped up charges of bribing a police officer with 40 USD which had been asked as a fine to release her husband who had been arbitrary arrested. When she appealed her prison sentence of five years after having been denied bail. The court decided to program her hearing in 2012, by that time she will have been in prison for almost three years. Indeed Justice delayed is justice denied. We appeal to you Mr. President to intervene. She is a mother of four and was the main bread earner of the family, her children risk to become street kids.
- Mr. President, during your first media interview after the August Presidential elections, which is also available on (http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14350&article=32443), you said that we failed to get the 200 signatures and did not follow the procedure to register the party. This was not the case, in our last congress of 30th October 2009 at St.Paul, we had over 1500 delegates and the one of 2nd October 2009 at CANA Conference hall, we had 900 delegates, all much above what the Law requires. We never failed to get the 200 signatures; we fulfilled all the legal requirements but were blocked by different government officials, using different unfair mechanisms.
Mr. President,
we are pleased to inform you that we never fought amongst ourselves, but we were beaten and the names of the people who attacked us were given to police but they have never been arrested.
- Mr. President, you need to personally intervene in this situation, because you had promised on CNN’s Christiane Amanipour’s program on 17th March 2010
(http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/17/rwandan-president-rejects-human-rights-criticism/), that you will let us participate in the elections if we fulfilled all the legal requirements, but this never appened. We never missed out on any legal requirement; actually it’s the District of Gasabo that finally refused to respond to our last quest to have the Congress on 4rd June 2010, details about our registration struggle can be found here (http://rwandagreendemocrats.org/spip.php?article98).
- The Third opposition Party is United Democratic Forces –FDU Inkingi, it was functioning from exile (Netherlands) and in January 2010, its Leader Ms. Victoire INGABIRE decided to come back home and register it as a party under Rwandan Law, so that she could be able to stand in the Presidential elections.
- She has faced a lot of challenges. You are very familiar with her case, but she needs justice, she has been under extended house arrest since April 2010. FDU Inkingi has also tried several times to get registered but faced several stumbling blocks, many of its members are suffering in prison and they need justice.
In Conclusion, all the three opposition parties were not allowed to participate in the August 2010 presidential
elections, Mr. President, this is not something your party can just wish away. These are very serious concerns that you need to address as a Head of State, so that the country can be on the right track towards sustainable peace and development.
There cannot be sustainable economic development without democracy; Rwanda should not be a sample of economic development versus democracy.
Democracy and human rights are not niceties as you said Mr. President on 29th May 2010, in the UK’s Independent Newspaper (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rwanda-is-not-ready-for-the-medicineof-democracy-says-kagame-1986210.html).
In the same Interview you also said that Rwanda is not ready for the medicine of democracy. We Rwandans are ready for democracy and we need it now. It is part and partial of our sustainable future. Without democracy the future of our country is at risk. It is the medicine we need to heal all our sickness and other problems. You have a role to play.
We would like to once again appeal to you, Mr. President to release all political prisoners, independent journalists especially Ms.Agnes Nkusi Uwimana and Ms.Saidat MUKAKIBIBI, Editors of Umurabyo Newspaper, lift a ban on the Independent media and allow Newspapers critical of Government to work.
All the Opposition Parties have expressed a desire to have an open and honest dialogue with you Mr. President and your ruling RPF and iron out serious issues of national importance. It is your call.
Issued on 27th September 2010
Frank HABINEZA
Founding President
Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
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For immediate contact:
Phone: +46737588927
Email: fhabineza@africangreens.org
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
Friday, September 24, 2010
Rwandanet Forum
Tough analysis in "J'accuse"
Thursday, September 23, 2010
(Novum/AP) - Spanje heeft om uitlevering gevraagd van de voormalige Rwandese generaal Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa voor genocide en de moord op drie Spaanse hulpverleners. Dat hebben de autoriteiten woensdag bekendgemaakt.
Het Spaanse kabinet kondigde vrijdag aan om de uitlevering van Nyamwasa te zullen vragen. Een Spaanse rechter veroordeelde hem en 39 andere leden van het Rwandese leger in 2008 voor massamoord nadat ze in Rwanda aan de macht kwamen en de Hutu's verdreven die in 1994 meer dan vijfhonderdduizend Tutsi's en gematigde Hutu's vermoordden. Nyamwasa en andere hooggeplaatste Tutsi's worden beschuldigd van het voeren van een uitroeiingscampagne tegen Hutu's.
Spaanse rechtbanken kunnen schenders van mensenrechten vervolgen, ook als die misdrijven in een ander land gepleegd zijn. Er dient wel een link met Spanje te zijn. De drie Spaanse hulpverleners werden in 1997 vermoord.
© Trouw
Spain asks SAfrica to extradite ex-Rwanda general
JOHANNESBURG – Spain is seeking the extradition of a former Rwandan general on genocide charges but Rwanda said Wednesday it should have priority in prosecuting him.
Gen. Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa has been in South Africa since reportedly falling out with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Nyamwasa's wife says Kagame was behind the shooting of her husband in Johannesburg in June that left him hospitalized with a bullet wound in the stomach. Rwanda's government denies involvement.
State prosecutor Malose Samuel Monene said there was a second plot to kill Nyamwasa while he was in the hospital. A total of 10 suspects have been arrested in the shooting and the second alleged plot. One of the suspects planned to strangle Nyamwasa with string in the hospital but the attack was never carried out, The Star newspaper reported.
A magistrate on Wednesday suspended a bail hearing until Oct. 7 for Pascal Kanyandekwe, a Rwandan who is the sole suspect charged both with the shooting of Nyamwasa and the conspiracy to kill him in the hospital.
A Spanish judge in 2008 charged Nyamwasa and 39 other members of the Rwandan military with the mass killings of civilians after they seized power in Rwanda and pushed out Hutus who in 1994 killed more than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in a genocide.
Nyamwasa and other senior Tutsis are accused of waging a subsequent extermination campaign against Hutus.
Spanish courts can prosecute human rights crimes even if they are alleged to have occurred in other countries so long as there is a clear link to Spain. Three Spanish aid workers were killed East Africa in 1997 — homicides for which Nyamwasa has also been charged in Spain.
Rwanda has accused Nyamwasa of trying to destabilize Kagame's government and asked South Africa to send the general home on charges linked to grenade attacks in Rwanda's capital earlier this year.
Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said in an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday on the sidelines of a U.N. anti-poverty summit in New York that the country was hopeful South Africa would complete its investigation and respond soon to the government's request to return Nyamwasa.
She again vehemently rejected allegations that the Rwandan government assassinated Nyamwasa.
"We cannot want General Nyamwasa to be extradited and to want him dead," Mushikiwabo stressed, "so we definitely are not the kind of government that engages in assassination.
"We want him to answer to the justice system, and also as a Rwandese citizen to have his day in court," she said.
Associated Press Writer Edith M. Lederer contributed to this report from the United Nations.
© Associated Press -AP
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
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