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
Saturday, October 23, 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]
NEWS ADVISORY
International Humanitarian Law Institute
Prof. Peter Erlinder, Director
875 Summit Av.
St. Paul, MN 55102/651-290-6384
WHEN: Friday, October 22, 2010, 10 am.
WHAT: Press Conference, Prof. Peter Erlinder
WHERE: Wm. Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Av., St. Paul, MN
“Before my arrest, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair helped create the myth that the Kagame dictatorship had changed. Both Madame Ingabire and I were misled, reality of the situation in Rwanda has become clear.”
“After my release, the banning of all serious political opposition, the beheading of the vice-President of the Green Party, Madame Ingabire’s arrest, the assassination of journalists, the attempted assassination of Mr. Kagame’s former Chief of Staff who defected to South Africa, the assassination of another ICTR defense counsel and Kagame’s “election” with 93% of the vote caused the Obama White House to question the state of democracy in Rwanda for the first time:
‘…a series of disturbing events prior to the election including the suspension of two newspapers, the expulsion of a human rights activists, the barring of two opposition parties from taking part in the election, and the arrest of journalists…[S]tability and prosperity will be difficult to sustain without broad political debate and open political participation…” Democracy is about more than holding elections…’” 
“But, my prosecution has larger implications, as well. If UN immunity does not apply to any prosecution of defense counsel by the Kagame government, a government the former Chief ICTR Prosecutor and the UN, itself, both confirm is led by criminals and has been committing mass crimes for decades, meaningful representation of any UN Tribunal defendants will be impossible.”
Peter Erlinder
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, October 22, 2010
Political opponents
assaulted and
arrested by Kagame police
The threat of terrorism created by Paul Kagame
As a political tool has also been used
as a pretext for repression in Rwanda, repression
that has in all likelihood
contributed to the increase of
RPF terrorist acts :
grenade attack
&
Sexual terrorism
&
Sexual terrorism
• Having regard to Rwanda's membership of the United Nations,
• Having regard on the current situation in Rwanda before during and after the 2010 elections,• Having regard to all relevant UN resolutions on Human rights and violations;
A. reaffirming that the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are basic values of the African Union and the United nations and are crucial for Rwanda´s stability and prosperity;
B. Reaffirming that keeping people in prison for political reasons and denying them the right to due process of law are contrary to the obligations of United Nations;
C. reaffirming that the existence and increasing of political prisoners in Rwanda is an established fact reflected in numerous international documents, reports and statements;
African SurViVors International :
1. Condemns the continuing detention of political prisoners and journalists by the Rwandan military Junta, despite numerous requests and demands;
2. Urges the Rwandan military junta to release immediately all political prisoners and journalists and to bring to an end the practice of persecutions of political opponents.
PROFITEERING
FROM GENOCIDE
IN CENTRAL AFRICA
The Truth, Propaganda and Private Profit Behind Western Plunder and Depopulation
Investigative photo-journalist
keith harmon snow
New York, New York
SAT • OCT 30 • 7pm
THE BRECHT FORUM
451 West Street (between Bank + Bethune) (212) 242 4201
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN :
Some well-known "humanitarians" are soft on corporations to fatten their own funding. Are they saving lives, or facilitating genocide? keith harmon snow will talk and show 200 of the many slides he took in Central Africa between 2000 and 2007
WHAT YOU WILL SEE:
- Militias and soldiers in Central Africa -- FARDC, RPF, SPLA, UPDF, FDLR
- Weaponry
- MONUC, UN mission in Congo, on patrol
- Presidents Paul Kagame and Yoweri Museveni and their connections to western multinationals
- Mines and mining company propaganda
- Western media propaganda: genocide vrs. stability in Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda
- Devastation of the Central African environment
- The people: survivors and citizens
- Historical photos
- Maps of logging, mining, oil concessions
https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/RegentsLectureship.aspx
https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1386
https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/pdf/RegentsLecturerList.pdf
keith harmon snow
USA: 413-626-3800
keith harmon snow is a war correspondent, photographer and independent investigator, and a four time (2003, 2006, 2007, 2010) Project Censored award winner. He is also the 2009 Regent's Lecturer in Law & Society at the University of California Santa Barbara, recognized for over a decade of work, outside of academia, contesting official narratives on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide while also working as a genocide investigator for the United Nations and other bodies. The first UCSB Regent's Lecturer, in 1960, was Aldous Huxley; other recipients include Margaret Mead, Peter Matthiessen and Meredith Monk.
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
The number of political prisoners in Rwanda grows while the international community and Rwanda's key donor states remain silent.
Adramatic move that may ease Kagame's Mein Kampf to finish the job: Extermination of the remaining Hutus.
while Insecurity, Mass Imprisonment
ASSASSINATIONS
and political repression
are increasing in Rwanda
Monday, October 18, 2010
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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]
United Nations Security Council
UN Headquarters
First Avenue at 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
United States of America
RE :
Call on UN Security Council to Urgently Intervene in the Rwandan Political Crisis and the Immediate Release of Ms. Victoire INGABIRE, Bernard NTAGANDA and all political prisoners.
Your Excellencies,
The Permanent Consultative Council of Opposition Parties in Rwanda which brings together, the United Democratic Forces (FDU–Inkingi), the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and the Social Party IMBERAKURI strongly calls for an urgent intervention of the United Nations Security Council in the Rwandan Political crisis.
The Rwandan Opposition is convinced that your urgent intervention will help defuse the current political crisis in the country and help achieve sustainable peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.
Excellencies, as you may be aware, all the three genuine opposition political parties that have challenged the RPF Led Rwandan Government have undergone serious and dangerous trials both in 2009 and 2010. They were all blocked from participating in the recently concluded Presidential elections, which the incumbent run with stooge candidates and later awarded himself 93%.
The Government refused to register the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda after a whole year of risky peaceful struggle that was started on 14th August 2009. Its Vice President Andre KAGWA RWISEREKA was assassinated and found decapitated on 14th July 2010, till now those killers have not faced justice and there are no signs of on-going investigations despite the fact that the UN Secretary General, EU, Government of France
and Government of Canada called for investigations.
The Government of Rwanda also refused to register the United Democratic Forces-FDU Inkingi and many of its members have been imprisoned or released on bail. On 14th October 2010, Ms. Victoire INGABIRE UMUHOZA, FDU Inkingi Leader was arrested and incarcerated in KICUKIRO police custody on politically motivated charges of forming a not-yet known terrorist organization (Coalition of Democratic Forces - CDF as an alleged military wing of FDU-Inkingi). The conditions of her detention are cruel and inhumane: she is day and night in handcuffs and denied any sleeping item.
In April 2010 she was bailed out of jail and kept since then under extended house arrest. She had never been given a chance to defend herself in a court of law and now new politically motivated
charges have surfaced. We are strongly convinced that this was a Government Plan to bar her from competing in the past Presidential elections. We are very concerned that she may be treated and incapacitated like the former Head of State, Mr. Pasteur BIZIMUNGU. We call for her immediate release from Prison. Mr. Jean-Léonard RUGAMBAGE
The Social Party Imberakuri had managed to get registered in July 2009 after several failures and beatings, but was later broken up into several factions, one of them now in the Government’s Political Parties Forum. Its Founding President, Maître Bernard NTAGANDA is in prison since 24th June 2010, he is in critical healthy conditions and had been admitted at King Faycal Hospital last week, he is reported to be losing sight and to be paralyzed due to ill-treatment in the Kigali Maximum Prison known as “1930”. 
The vicious cycle of political violence in Rwanda has been due to a lack of a system for a peaceful competition for and transfers of power between the political elites. We must all take a commitment to make sure that it does not happen again. Justice is needed for the country to achieve genuine reconciliation and sustainable development.It is quite sad that the present government has failed on many of the promises it pledged.
Many ordinary people are fleeing their country at a time when prominent members of the political elite are fleeing for their lives. We fear therefore that the present management of the political system has the potential to lead to another cycle of violence. This must be stopped immediately; UN Security council can prevent this. It should not be like the 1994 Genocide.
In this respect, the members of the Permanent Consultative Council of Opposition Parties in Rwanda, decided to take part in a peaceful democratisation process of the country. We are determined to help break the cycle of fear, mistrust and impunity in Rwanda.
The Rwandan Opposition has been subjected to verbal and physical intimidation and abuse. The legal framework has been used against us to stop United Democratic Forces (FDU–Inkingi), the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda from registering our political parties and exercising our political rights. The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda’s founding convention on 30th October 2009 was sabotaged violently, by people suspected to be connected to security organs and others to be working for the Government.
An independent press has almost completely disappeared. In July 2010, Mr. Jean-Léonard RUGAMBAGE, a journalist and critic of the government, was murdered.
The papers that are critical of government have been forced to close down (UMUSESO and UMUVUGIZI Newspapers) and their owners forced to flee the country, because their lives were in danger. Both are now operating online from exile. The Government has recently lifted the suspension on these papers, but the present Media Law and National Media Council are legal tools used by the Government to control free media in the country. The Media Law need serious revision. Journalists are jailed on charges related to their freedom of expression. Other media houses exercise self-censorship in order to survive. Two Editors of UMURABYO Newspaper (Ms.Agnes UWIMANA NKUSI and Ms.Saidat MUKAKIBIBI) are in Prison. Civil society organisations are forced to take the official Government line in order to operate.
We are very convinced that only a democratic system of government and rule of law can bring durable peace and development to Rwanda and to the Great Lakes Region at large. Rwandans are capable of solving these problems without resorting to violence. We have hard enough violence.
Andre KAGWA RWISEREKA
Andre KAGWA RWISEREKA
In conclusion, we are appealing to the UN Security Council to do everything in its power to bring the Rwandan Government to respect the United Nations conventions it has signed including the UN convention on political and civil rights and the African Charter on democracy, elections and good governance.In particular, we request you to impress upon the President of Rwanda to immediately release all political prisoners: Ms. Victoire INGABIRE UMUHOZA, Maître Bernard NTAGANDA, Mr. Deo MUSHAYIDI, Mr.Charles NTAKIRUTINKA, Ms.Seraphine MUKAMANA, Mr.Andrew MUGANWA plus many others and also allow political parties that are critical of the regime ( the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and FDU-Inkingi) to register and exercise their full political rights and let the legally recognised leader of Social Party Imberakuri, Maître Bernard NTAGANDA, manage his party without Government interference.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Frank HABINEZA
Founding President, Democratic Green Party of Rwanda
Mr. Sylvain SIBOMANA
Secretary General, United Democratic Forces, FDU INKINGI
Mr. Theobald MUTARAMBIRWA
Secretary General, Social Party Imberakuri
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
Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, the Pro-Democracy Leader of the coalition Rwandan Political Parties was arrested in Kigali.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Ingabire is detained at the Kicukiro police station in Kigali. A police spokesperson told Radio Netherlands that Ingabire will be interrogated by the Kigali police. She is suspected of forming a terrorist organisation, amongst other counts.
The timing of her arrest remains unclear. Sources say that the operation is orchestrated by the Rwandan president Kagame. Although the president was re-elected with overwhelming margins, Kagame feels isolated due to the publication of a damning UN report earlier this month. In the report, the Rwandan army is blamed for the crimes against humanity and probable crimes of genocide that took place in the eastern Congo provinces, after the 1994 genocide.
Ingabire is the head of the United Democratic Forces, a party formed in exile but not registered. On April 21 she was also arrested on counts of denying the 1994 genocide and collaborating with a terrorist organisation. She was released on bail a day later.
Sunday, October 17, 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]
Terrorism plot as a Pretext for Increased political Repression
Using terrorism plot as a Pretext for Increased political Repression, Paul Kagame has become a cancer inside Rwandan institutions. Western-backed Kagame´s terrorism and atrocities has led up to war crimes crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide inside and outside Rwanda and the current silence and hesitation to take thouth measures against the bloody dictator indicates either cynical bias or "ignorance of what really is going on in Rwanda".The Rwandan directory of military intelligence DMI in collaboration with national police force may have masterminded the conspiracy to indict and eliminate Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza with charges of participating in terrorist activities.
The Newspaper confirmed that “General Rwarakabije picked one of his men from FDRL, a certain Major [Vital] Uwumuremyi who arrived in Rwanda a few months ago with his group. Once in Rwanda he was given a mission to return to Congo to spy on his comrades. He carried out his secret mission on several occasions before they were able to trust him. Information we have confirms that he received a large amount of money to convince him and be confident.”
It is believed that, when General Kayumba and Colonel Karegeya defected and fled the country, the Kagame’s army intelligent services planned to accuse them of terrorism crimes so that they can be brought back to Rwanda. The plan was also to get them isolated especially that both men have strong support in the army and civil community of the RPF party.
Umuvugizi confirms also that, earlier, the plan was devised by the Directory of Military Intelligence (DMI), which invented a ghost army called CDF (Coalition of Democratic Forces) and issued press releases and tracts to back it up.
In actual fact, this army group does not exist. It was only invented to create grounds for extraditing exiled army generals back to Rwanda.
“When this strategy did not work as planned as South Africa refused to extradite both generals, the plan was redirected at Mme Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza’s arrest, using agent Major Uwumuremyi, especially because her earlier accusations were widely seen as false.” Umuvugizi continues.
International community has condemned the controversial genocide laws behind common accusations as a political tool to stifle the opposition to the point that Kagame’s government accepted to undertake a review of the laws.
“Secret services carefully planned Victoire Ingabire’s case. When the conspiracy was properly set, the plan was submitted to Kagame who accepted it. He immediately started to stress that it is not illegal to indict an opposition figure when they are guilty. He passed on the plan to the police and the prosecutor’s office so that they can start acting on it. Agent Uwumuremyi was already prepared to falsely accuse Victoire Ingabire of participating in the formation of the army group”
Kagame intentionally kept stating to international press that it was not illegal to arrest and bring to court someone who threatens national security. This argument was also heard in his speech during the new government swearing in ceremony a few days ago. He complained that the international community is asking him to allow space for his political opponents while they, in their countries, punish those who are opposed to their governments: “We know that they arrested a member of parliament because of his anti-Muslim views, but they condemn our arrest of those with genocide ideology” Kagame said.
He kept hammering the same argument and that they have no right to call him a dictator. These statements were paving a way to the planned Victoire Ingabire’s arrest.
At this moment, International community, especially donor countries, are putting pressure on Kagame to accept to form a government with members of opposition parties. With his plan, he would be able to prove that the opposition is only made up of people with questionable background. Another reason is that Ingabire was being very competitive to Kagame since she was criticising him publicly and was effectively collaborating with donors on Rwandan political issues. She was being a serious obstacle to Kagame’s foreign policy.
Bernard Ntaganda approached by Kagame
Another thing that was revealed by the newspaper’s informant is that, as the international community was putting pressure on Kagame, he devised a plan to approach Lawyer Bernard Ntaganda [PS Party chairman who is now in prison] to use him to character assassinate Mrs Victoire Ingabire. The plan was to lure Ntaganda on the govermnent side as they did with many other opposition politicians, such as [Senator Stanley] Safari, who helped destroy their own parties in exchange good posts.
Information received stated that [Ntaganda] was met in prison and was asked to sign statements apologizing to Kagame and stating that he disowns Victoire Ingabire. In exchange he was to be released from prison and rewarded an important post in the government. The informant revealed that he was called in the “1930” Prison Director’s office, at night to meet with those in charge of convincing him. It is stated that he was taken outside the prison to convince him even further.
Bernard Ntaganda categorically refused to sign. As a punishment, he was transferred into a solitary confinement in atrocious conditions.
According to Umuvugizi newspaper, information received corroborates that “Victoire Ingabire will be given a slow killer type of poison that will put an end to her political career. At the same time, agents of special intelligence in diplomatic missions in Rwanda are working hard to convince ambassadors that Victoire Ingabire was part of the terrorist army group”
As soon as she arrived in Rwanda, Mrs Victoire Ingabire was accused of genocide ideology and genocide denial as well as of collaborating with armed group FDRL. It is alleged that she provided financial support to the army group.
Today all of these allegations have changed. She is now accused of participating in the formation of a new army wing CDF and of supplying it with weapons. Umuvugizi Chief Editor, Jean Bosco Gasasira who is familiar with these ever-changing charges confirmed that this is pure fabrication. This culture within the RPF party led by Kagame has cost lives of many innocent people who happen to have different political opinion from that of its leader.
© theproxylake.com/
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]
Using terrorism plot as a Pretext for Increased political Repression, Paul Kagame has become a cancer inside Rwandan institutions. Western-backed Kagame´s terrorism and atrocities has led up to war crimes crimes against humanity and crimes of genocide inside and outside Rwanda and the current silence and hesitation to take thouth measures against the bloody dictator indicates either cynical bias or "ignorance of what really is going on in Rwanda".The Rwandan directory of military intelligence DMI in collaboration with national police force may have masterminded the conspiracy to indict and eliminate Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza with charges of participating in terrorist activities.
On a tip off from an informant from Kagame’s secret services, the exiled Umuvugizi newspaper Chief Editor Jean Bosco Gasasira revealed that the plan to eliminate Madam Victoire Ingabire was engineered by Colonel Dan Munyuza assisted by Army General Rwarakabije.
General Rwarakabije was asked to find an agent to play a central role to carry out the plan. He was tasked to hire a Hutu ethnic agents from FDRL that can be as reliable as easily influenced to collaborate in the Machiavelli plan, Umuvugizi Newspaper revealed Sunday 17th October.The Newspaper confirmed that “General Rwarakabije picked one of his men from FDRL, a certain Major [Vital] Uwumuremyi who arrived in Rwanda a few months ago with his group. Once in Rwanda he was given a mission to return to Congo to spy on his comrades. He carried out his secret mission on several occasions before they were able to trust him. Information we have confirms that he received a large amount of money to convince him and be confident.”
It is believed that, when General Kayumba and Colonel Karegeya defected and fled the country, the Kagame’s army intelligent services planned to accuse them of terrorism crimes so that they can be brought back to Rwanda. The plan was also to get them isolated especially that both men have strong support in the army and civil community of the RPF party.
Umuvugizi confirms also that, earlier, the plan was devised by the Directory of Military Intelligence (DMI), which invented a ghost army called CDF (Coalition of Democratic Forces) and issued press releases and tracts to back it up.
In actual fact, this army group does not exist. It was only invented to create grounds for extraditing exiled army generals back to Rwanda.
“When this strategy did not work as planned as South Africa refused to extradite both generals, the plan was redirected at Mme Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza’s arrest, using agent Major Uwumuremyi, especially because her earlier accusations were widely seen as false.” Umuvugizi continues.
International community has condemned the controversial genocide laws behind common accusations as a political tool to stifle the opposition to the point that Kagame’s government accepted to undertake a review of the laws.
“Secret services carefully planned Victoire Ingabire’s case. When the conspiracy was properly set, the plan was submitted to Kagame who accepted it. He immediately started to stress that it is not illegal to indict an opposition figure when they are guilty. He passed on the plan to the police and the prosecutor’s office so that they can start acting on it. Agent Uwumuremyi was already prepared to falsely accuse Victoire Ingabire of participating in the formation of the army group”
Kagame intentionally kept stating to international press that it was not illegal to arrest and bring to court someone who threatens national security. This argument was also heard in his speech during the new government swearing in ceremony a few days ago. He complained that the international community is asking him to allow space for his political opponents while they, in their countries, punish those who are opposed to their governments: “We know that they arrested a member of parliament because of his anti-Muslim views, but they condemn our arrest of those with genocide ideology” Kagame said. At this moment, International community, especially donor countries, are putting pressure on Kagame to accept to form a government with members of opposition parties. With his plan, he would be able to prove that the opposition is only made up of people with questionable background. Another reason is that Ingabire was being very competitive to Kagame since she was criticising him publicly and was effectively collaborating with donors on Rwandan political issues. She was being a serious obstacle to Kagame’s foreign policy.
Bernard Ntaganda approached by Kagame
Another thing that was revealed by the newspaper’s informant is that, as the international community was putting pressure on Kagame, he devised a plan to approach Lawyer Bernard Ntaganda [PS Party chairman who is now in prison] to use him to character assassinate Mrs Victoire Ingabire. The plan was to lure Ntaganda on the govermnent side as they did with many other opposition politicians, such as [Senator Stanley] Safari, who helped destroy their own parties in exchange good posts.
Information received stated that [Ntaganda] was met in prison and was asked to sign statements apologizing to Kagame and stating that he disowns Victoire Ingabire. In exchange he was to be released from prison and rewarded an important post in the government. The informant revealed that he was called in the “1930” Prison Director’s office, at night to meet with those in charge of convincing him. It is stated that he was taken outside the prison to convince him even further.
Bernard Ntaganda categorically refused to sign. As a punishment, he was transferred into a solitary confinement in atrocious conditions.
According to Umuvugizi newspaper, information received corroborates that “Victoire Ingabire will be given a slow killer type of poison that will put an end to her political career. At the same time, agents of special intelligence in diplomatic missions in Rwanda are working hard to convince ambassadors that Victoire Ingabire was part of the terrorist army group”
As soon as she arrived in Rwanda, Mrs Victoire Ingabire was accused of genocide ideology and genocide denial as well as of collaborating with armed group FDRL. It is alleged that she provided financial support to the army group.
Today all of these allegations have changed. She is now accused of participating in the formation of a new army wing CDF and of supplying it with weapons. Umuvugizi Chief Editor, Jean Bosco Gasasira who is familiar with these ever-changing charges confirmed that this is pure fabrication. This culture within the RPF party led by Kagame has cost lives of many innocent people who happen to have different political opinion from that of its leader.
© theproxylake.com/
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Amsterdam, October 16, 2010
Call on Paul Kagame, the head of the Rwandan military junta, to immediately release Ms. Ingabire Victoire and all political prisoners.
Police say she is implicated in an investigation into the activities of an ex-commander of a Hutu militia group.Call on Paul Kagame, the head of the Rwandan military junta, to immediately release Ms. Ingabire Victoire and all political prisoners.
Ms Ingabire returned from exile in January to challenge President Kagame but she was barred from standing in the August election. Ms Ingabire has spent 5 months under house arrest since April 2010. Since Ms Ingabire returned from exile in January to challenge President Kagame, she was barred from standing in the August presidential election as RPF and Paul Kagame know she has all support of the majority of Rwandans.
Three months ago, Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza has always been subjected to constant threats and humiliation; she got the shock of her life after being released from detention on bail. After arriving at her home, she reportedly found her house ransacked by Rwandan state security personnel. Her personal documents and other items including computers and telephones were missing. Mrs. Ingabire s passport was also confiscated by police. It was reported that there was tight security deployed at her home located in the Gacukiro, a Kigali suburb inhabited mainly by the upper class of Rwanda.
African SurViVors International is calling on the Security Council, the UN and the world community to draw their attention and especially the attention of the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, and Netherlands from the intolerable conditions that the RPF regime has created for the Rwandan people. Taking into consideration of what is going on in Rwanda, there is no denying that the opposition leaders and all Rwandans are legally deprived of the right to elementary rights. The freedom of speech and freedom of the press are indispensable tenets of democracy. The RPF regime and government are decided to repress the Rwandan Opposition leaders, the civil society and massively violate human rights against Rwandans.
African SurViVors International organization expresses its deepest concern about the appalling health conditions of Me Ntaganda Bernard the founding president of the PS Imberakuli detained since 3 months in retaliation to his political activities.
Her second detention, and that several political prisoners throughout the country including hundreds of thousands prisoners mainly from the Hutu ethnic group wrongly accused of genocide and genocide ideology , contravenes international human rights law and casts a long shadow over reconciliation in the country. African SurViVors International urges the RPF military junta and Kagame’s government to release all political prisoners immediately and unconditionally, and respect the human rights of Rwandans’ people.
As we call on the perpetrators for Ms Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire immediate-unconditional release, she has made clear her commitment to working with all parties to achieve national reconciliation. It is high time the regime released her and accepted her offer of dialogue instead of fabricating charges of terrorism while linking her to inexistent terrorist organizations.
ASI foundation reminds the UN Security Council, the European Union and world community in particular that, after the crimes of Rwandan and the genocide in Congo, there is more than a human tragedy, a tragic waste of talent, vision and leadership for a country that desperately needs all three.
Since 1990, the Rwandan people have suffered enough. A genuine transition to civilian and accountable government is long overdue. African SurViVors International is committed to making sure the European Union plays a part in helping Rwandans to achieve this so that Rwanda can be part of countries thriving democracies.
African SurVivors International is also inviting people around the world to post the illegal arrest messages for Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire on its Facebook wall.
African SurViVors International has received alarming information about the health condition of Mr. Bernard Ntaganda detained in Kigali prison.
Mr. Bernard Ntaganda is suffering a serious deterioration of his health due to the poor conditions of detention and the ill-treatments he has been subjected to in prison. However, his family and PS Imberakuli leadership and members reported to BBC that his health continues to deteriorate and notably reported that he had lost weight, he feels constantly tired and has difficulty to walk.
African SurViVors International further recalls that a number of Rwandan political leaders remain arbitrarily detained because of their legitimate political activities.
African SurViVors International is calling for immediate and unconditional release of Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire together with all detained political leaders and journalists.
African SurViVors International joins in the vehement condemnation of Ms.Victoire Ingabire abduction in the highest terms, we are very much saddened by the fact that, the condemnation of the oppression, murder and intimidation of the political opponents inside Rwanda has remained inefficient to protect and preserve the safety of the citizenry whether Hutus or Tutsis. The abduction of Ms. Ingabire Victoire is a classic example of this, as it happens at the very heart of Western supporters and backers of the dictator Kagame where democracy and freedom are supposed to be fully respected.
The people of Rwanda are experiencing difficult times domestically: Criminals and genocidaire on power, the RPF military junta, a despotic state which is – through constant and organized repression – sending to prison all the proponents of freedom and democracy. In this particular case, Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire has been arbitrary arrested before yesterday on the pretext that she is organizing acts of terrorism aimed to destabilize the country. However, all Rwandans and the world observers remain convinced that Ms. Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire is arbitrarily detained because of her legitimate political and human rights activities.
More recently, Me Ntaganda Berndard has been accused for the same baseless charges. We have recieved reliable and alarming information that she does not receive appropriate medical care, as the Rwandan prison serves bad, insufficient food and salted water to the detainee.
African SurViVors International is extremely worrying about daily intimidations by the police and RPF and government agents against its members. To make more pressure on the West, the RPF regime and President Kagame have made internal conditions very difficult for the opposition leadership and members together with the proponents of freedom and human rights throughout the country.
The European Union, for its part, by approving a fund for the recent August 2010 elections in Rwanda, which has in fact being largely spent on RPF and Paul Kagame’s campaign, has made it easy for the RPF junta to make pressure, torture, send to prison and refuse to investigate assassinations of journalist and the VP of the Rwandan Greens, crimes that are done with total impunity.
We believe that RPF creation of the permanent enemy inside and outside Rwanda, the imprisonment of Ms Ingabire Umuhoza Victoire, the oppression of the Rwandan people, the physical and moral torture of the political opponents (FDU, Rwandan Greens, PS Imberakuli) and journalists will fuel, widespread and prolong tensions between Rwandans.
At the same time, even speaking about “the coup d’état” , the terrorist acts in Rwanda make things extremely difficult for us as the opponents of the current RPF regime and of course much more difficult for all of those human rights and pro-democracy activists in and outside Rwanda. No single Rwandan from all ethnic groups wants to see what happened to Rwanda in the February 28th 1993, April 6th 1994, 1995 Kibeho extermination of Hutus,1996 up to 1998 extermination of Rwandan and Congolese Hutu repeated.
We want Justice, democracy and peace for Rwanda and for all Rwandans... In order to help the process of democratization in this country, the western countries should best help by promoting dialogue between all parties in the conflict and pave the way for the creation of a truly stability in Rwanda through reconciliation. The impunity and repression should not be the basis of economic development in any country nor in Rwanda.
The opposition leaders are facing more deplorable conditions with every passing day. We do hope that the world community and all the forums that defend democracy and human rights will be unflinching in their support for such a regime quest for freedom and democracy.
The Rwandan people are entitled to freedom, democracy, reconciliation and human rights respect.
Therefore, we demand the immediate release of the FDU-Inkingi chairperson whose detention has only served to show the RPF’s intolerance of real democratic debate. It is prime time for the Kagame and RPF government to show leadership and to end the climate of fear, intimidation assassinations and imprisonment, which still surround the work of the opposition and of all Rwandans who differently think otherwise about the current socio-political situation in Rwanda.
Thank you for your attention to this pressing issue. We trust that you and appreciate its importance and that you will help to do what is right. The rest of world is watching.
Adopted and signed in Amsterdam this 16th October 2010
Very sincerely,
Jean-Christophe Nizeyimana
Founding Chairperson
African SurViVors International
Email : contactsurvivors@yahoo.com
Tel.: +31684030562
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