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, November 9, 2013
Ikaze iwacu
EXCLUSIVE SHOW
DRC: Chanzu - the stronghold of M23: diplomats were surprised of finding deadly arsenals were hidden by the
M23 rebels. Hundreds of M23 rebels surrendered
to the FARDC army among which roughly 287 Rwandans and Ugandans were captured.
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| Diplomats visiting Chanzu on Thursday the 11/07/2013 |
This Thursday, November 7,
Governor Julien Paluku led for the second consecutive
year, a mission to Chanzu,
the former stronghold of Makenga. The
delegation from Kinshasa was mostly composed
by diplomats from different countries that came to inquire information about the discovery of arms caches on this famous
hill. Remember that it was on Tuesday,
November 5, 2013 that Makenga
and his allies failed to resist the FARDC firepower.
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| A vehicle belonging to the Rwandan army found at Makenga headquarters in Chanzu |
Arrived to Chanzu , the U.S. diplomats, French, Belgian , Russian, German , Zambia , Egypt , Uganda , Tanzania , Zimbabwe, South Africa ... as well as experts from the United Nations and the European Union , were outraged by hundreds of tons of deadly arsenals and ammunition. Heavy weaponry that could snipe from long range was found abandoned at the place. It was very "impressive" for all diplomats when they found the hidden weapons at Chanzu.
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| 287 Captured including Rwandan and Ugandansfrom which Rwandan constitute the majority |
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| Seized arsenals need more investigations to know their suppliers |
In this region Chanzu - Chengerero , diplomats have seen with their own eyes a Jeep Land Rover brand of the Rwandan army, painted green and yellow color -task to the astonishment of all. In this mission, you could see members of the joint verification mechanism bringing together delegates from 11 Member States of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR).
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| The captured Rwandan army vehicle at Chanzu |
Before returning to Kinshasa on Friday, November 8, diplomats quoted above were taken to Kanyaruchinya , 5kms from Goma , where the army has presented 287 members of M23 captured and surrendered including former FDLR , Ugandan , Rwandan especially young Rwandans expelled recently from Tanzania .
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
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Critics: Rwanda breaks law by seizing protected refugee in Uganda
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT
AFR 47/003/2013
Rwanda: Reveal whereabouts of detained Rwandan refugee
Joel Mutabazi, a Rwandan refugee, was abducted from a safehouse on 25 October 2013 where he was under the protection of the Ugandan authorities and illegally returned to Rwanda. He is currently detained in Rwanda at an undisclosed location. Amnesty International calls for the Rwandan authorities to reveal his whereabouts and to ensure that he has access to a lawyer of his choice, to medical care, and is able to communicate with his family.
The Rwandan police issued a statement on 31 October 2013 confirming that Joel Mutabazi was detained in Rwanda. They said he is suspected of terrorism in Rwanda.
The police have declined to provide any information to Amnesty International, including where he is being detained, the legal basis for his detention and whether he has access to a lawyer.
Joel Mutabazi is at particular risk from the Rwandan authorities because of his former role in the Rwandan security forces, including as a bodyguard to President Kagame. He was detained incommunicado by Rwanda’s Department of Military Intelligence at Camp Kami for several months in 2010 and 2011, where he was subjected to torture. Amnesty International has documented numerous allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of individuals detained at Camp Kami.
The Ugandan authorities transferred Joel Mutabazi without going though official extradition proceedings.
Joel Mutabazi fled Rwanda after receiving credible information that his life was under threat. He sought asylum in Uganda in October 2011.
Background:
Joel Mutabazi had previously survived an assassination attempt on 12 July 2012 at his home in Kasangati, Wakiso District, Central Region, Uganda. Joel Mutabazi reported that he heard voices outside his front door and initially assumed that it was his wife, who had gone to a neighbour’s house to watch television. He opened the door and found a man with a pistol. The man fired one shot immediately, which narrowly missed Joel Mutabazi, as he ducked to protect himself. The bullet hit the door instead. The assailant fired again and the second bullet hit the other door. After Joel Mutabazi cried for help, the assailant fled. After this incident, the Ugandan government in conjunction with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) placed Joel Mutabazi under police protection.
It was reported in August 2013 that a previous abduction attempt failed. On this occasion, Joel Mutabazi was allegedly put in a car and was set free when the Office of the Prime Minister intervened by telephone and called on the Inspector General of Police to ensure he was not extradited to Rwanda because of his refugee status.
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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
[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule with an iron hand, 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, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus)and mass arrests of Hutus by the RPF criminal organization =>AS International]
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| Ms. Ingabire Victoire The Would-Be President of Rwanda Now in Kagame's prison
For politically motivated reasons
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Not to release Ms. Ingabire reflects the obvious inefficiency of the judicial process as a whole. There is no doubt the Rwandan judicial system serves the interests of the repressive RPF ruling government. Postponing Ingabire's judgment is exactly one of the Rwandan dictator's weapons used to break the law, an act which is destructive and does not help to solve the conflict and avoid the opportunity that would lead to the reconciliation among Rwandans and the fact that Paul Kagame wants Ms Ingabire in prison is again and again kagame's way of blackmailing the world community and that has much to do with the US along waited measures to isolate the Kagame regime. More of that to put off the judgment shows up again Kagame's involvement in the Rwandan judicial system aiming not to heal internal wounds of millions of Rwandans.
Ms. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza is alone in a cell in the
infamous 1930-prison of Kigali, in Rwanda, where her hijackers are General Kagame and his RPF Tutsi-led government. Her sister with her one-year child, many of relatives were slaughtered by RPF fighters not only before during 1994 but also the remaining brothers and sisters were slaughtered in 1997 and during the infamous period of January, February, March and April months during the very well planned assassinations and massacres took place particularly in Ruhengeri and Gisenyi prefectures.Since 1997, Umuhoza has been involved in the struggle of the Rwandan political opposition in exile. Umuhoza has been quoted as saying "My objective is to introduce Rwanda to the rule of law and a constitutional state where international democratic standards are respected, where nationalism will at last be the cornerstone for all public institutions." Her political activities are centred around the idea of a state of justice where individuals choose their associations based on their shared political aspirations rather than their ethnic or regional background. She has also been vocal in calling for more women's empowerment in Rwanda.
In 1997, Umuhoza joined the Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda. A year later, she became the president of its Netherlands branch and in 2000, she was nominated president of RDR at the international level.
Ingabire was placed under house arrest in April 2010. She was arrested on 14 October 2010. She appeared in court and was charged alongside four alleged co-conspirators (Colonel Tharcisse Nditurende, Lieutenant Colonel Noel Habiyaremye, Lieutenant Jean Marie Vianney Karuta and Major Vital Uwumuremyi).
Rwandan prosecution accused her of "Forming an armed group with the aim of destabilising the country, complicity to acts of terrorism, conspiracy against the government by use of war and terrorism, inciting the masses to revolt against the government, genocide ideology and provoking divisionism". She denies all the charges which she claims are politically motivated.
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is a founding member of many associations and foundations in the union sector:
Association Contact, Dialogue et Actions Caritatives (CODAC) which seeks to give moral, legal advice and material support to the survivors of the Great Lakes region in the Netherlands or in their region; Association URAHO of women refugees from Rwanda in the Netherlands, focusing on getting Rwandese women out of isolation and helping them integrate into Dutch society, to assist non-accompanied children and asylum seekers; Fondation PROJUSTITIA-Rwanda, committed to fighting in favour of fair justice for all victims of the Rwandan tragedy; HARAMBE, platform of African women’s associations in the Netherlands committed to promoting development of African women on the continent. Umuhoza was also member of the executive committee of ZWALU, a platform bringing together foreign women in the Netherlands to promote their emancipation.
Ms. Ingabire
Mother, Daughter and Sister
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Mother, Daughter and Sister
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The best friend of mine
We always think of you at each passing night and day
Three years have come to an end there.
What crime did You commit to deserve prison?
Because of your love to all of us
Within these walls of Kagame's prison
Your mind and thoughts run free.
At the other side, inside and outside of our mother'sland
We think of you, Ingabire Umuhoza wacu and days gone by
We feel so helpless, so weak. Most of our relatives were mass-slaughtered
The RPF impunity for millions of crimes still flourishes in our lovely country
If you were here, We would have Freedom and democracy,
What you always dreamed for.
We wonder how life of all Rwandans would have been
if you weren't jailed by the Rwandan criminal still at large
And we ask the world community why you remain behind these bars
If you were free today
How would our life be different? !
And of what You mean to us.
Would this be considered a miracle ?? Just have a look:
Your last name : INGABIRE
Your middle name : UMUHOZA
Your First name : VICTOIRE
We began to hope it might be possible.
The Rwandan youth has risen like lions
Determined to free their country's daughter and mother
We''ve asked a million times, sending letters, by visits and demonstrations
Multiple signs were sent throughtout the world
Still no reaction to our tears with no sun in sight
If we could only freely talk to you, if you were released
You might have stopped RPF and Kagame's crimes.
We are thankful for the time we had
But you know all about Rwandans' thoughts
They seek for the truth and happiness, as you do
In the years since you've been imprisoned.
We need you and miss you so much
We love you for a fact: You happened to be Ndabaga wacu
But we know our life is different as you still in your hijackers'hands
Many of exiled Rwandans and your cocitizens
won't stay abroad, we all need you and our daily tears won't stop
We know You have been betrayed.
The obstacle that we will encounter on the path to freedom is betrayal
We need to survive it and we will.
God, the defender of our cause, is answering us
We cannot control or hide, we still have hope and dreams
You are' a prisoner but not alone, all of us think of you and are with you
With each passing day, we grow stronger
No one in this world can comprehend how hard it is
But We will win !
To have you in Kagame's jail, because of your thoughts
and goowill to set us free.
Still We put all of our faith in the Lord who looks after you
We are wating for you,as as israelis did for Jesus
But Still It is True.
We know that changing the world is not easy
but it remains necessary nonetheless.
And We will win !
Sunday, October 27, 2013
[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule with an iron hand, 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, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus)and mass arrests of Hutus by the RPF criminal organization =>AS International]
(Reuters) - The Congolese army said...
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RDC : la Monusco « extrêmement préoccupée » par la reprise des combats au Nord-Kivu
Nord-Kivu: après Kibumba, les FARDC récupèrent la localité de Kiwanja
Les combats qui ont repris entre les FARDC et les M23 & Alliés ce vendredi 25 octobre 2013 à 4h00 du matin à Kanyamahoro non loin de Kibumba et qui se sont intensifiés toute la journée et la nuit ont continué ce samedi et se sont généralisés sur plusieurs fronts en zone rebelle. Rappelons que dans la zone de Kibumba, trois fronts avaient été ouverts : Kanyamahoro, Butebo et Trois Antennes.
En fin de journée, les FARDC avaient pris le contrôle de la position M23 des Trois Antennes de Kibumba, vers 21h, le front de Butebo, au Nord-Est de Kibati a observé une accalmie relative tandis que celui de Kanyamahoro continuait et que les FARDC repoussaient les M23 & Alliés vers Ruhunda (où se trouvait jadis le marché ayant lieu tous les lundis et jeudis) à Buhumba.
SITUATION A KIBUMBA
Tôt ce matin,
nos sources ont indiqué que d’importants renforts avaient été infiltrés
vers le front de Butebo par les villages rwandais de Kanyesheja, Munege
et Giko. Vers 6h, des combats acharnés avaient lieu dans cette zone
frontalière avec le rwanda avant de baisser d’intensité vers 11h. Les
M23 & Alliés y auraient perdu de nombreux hommes et abandonné
d’importantes quantités d’armes. Joint au téléphone, le porte-parole
militaire a rassuré ce matin en ces termes : « de ce côté, soyez calmes,
le terrain est trop miné et nos éléments les y attendent de pieds
fermes. Ils ne s’en sortiront pas. Nous savons que c’est la frontière et
que là tout est possible. Nous avons donc pris toutes les dispositions, laissez-les venir, ils vont subir la puissance de feu des FARDC ». L’on pense que ce que prédisait le Col Olivier AMULI s’est concrétisé car les rescapés ont pris le large et seraient rentrés d’où ils étaient venus à l’aube.
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| FARDC officers strategy |
Ces éléments M23 & alliés qui s’étaient retranchés sur la colline Nyundo y ont résisté de 11h jusqu’à 15h30, heure à la quelle les FARDC les y ont délogés et s’y sont installées dans un concert des tirs de joie sous. Les éléments M23 ont détalé et se sont dirigés vers la frontière rwandaise.
Pendant ce temps, les 4 armes d’artillerie lourde qui étaient à Kabuye et Kabuhanga ont été retirés et tractées vers le Rwanda, rapportent nos sources. Les habitants qui suivaient ces événements à partir des collines surplombant la zone de combats, dans les villages de Gitotoma et Hehu, ont applaudi et nous ont appelé pour nous faire vivre en direct sur leurs téléphones leur joie et les tirs joyeux des FARDC nouvellement positionnées sur le sommet de la colline Nyundo. Les FARDC ont alors progressé vers le bureau du territoire de Nyiragongo et au Centre de Santé de Référence Afya Kibumba où elles sont arrivées vers 16h locales sans trop résistance. Sur leur route, un constat : le village Nyundo et le petit centre Ruhunda dans la localité Rwibiranga ont été vidés de leur population.
Contrairement à ce que certaines radios ont affirmé ce matin, le chef-lieu du territoire de Nyiragongo n’a été libéré que ce samedi, 26 octobre 2013 que vers 16h10. Il ne fallait pas confondre ce chef-lieu avec la petite bourgade de Kibumba où se trouve le marché des légumes sur la route Goma-Rutshuru avant d’entrer dans le parc qui sépare Kibumba de Rugari (Mwaro). Cette petite cité s’appelle Kingarame (« Ku Mboga »). Les témoins rapportent que de nombreux M23 & Alliés et, malheureusement, leurs familles auraient péri sur la colline appelée « Bya Karenge », dans la ferme de feu le chef coutumier Makombe.
Ce soir, tous les rescapés M23 & alliés se dirigent clandestinement vers Gasizi, derrière les collines Hehu, au pied du volcan Mikeno où ils tenteraient de se regrouper pour aller l’on ne sait dans quelle direction. Les FARDC sont en direction de Kabuhanga où ils prendront position face aux éléments « officiels » de la RDF postés sur le territoire rwandais. En ce moment, des chars des FARDC contrôlent la route Goma-Kibumba (Kingarame) et les FARDC ont libéré totalement tout le groupement de Buhumba et quasiment 98% du territoire de Nyiragongo.
SITUATION A KIWANJA-KAUNGA-MABENGA
Les rumeurs qui circulaient hier soir dans la cité de Kiwanja sur une éventuelle avancée des FARDC de Rwindi vers Kiwanja en passant par le pont Mabenga se sont confirmées ce matin. De violents combats ont en effet eu lieu toute la journée durant sur cet axe. Alors que la cité de Kiwanja s’était réveillée dans un calme relatif, malgré la tension perceptible, et que les élèves avaient pris le chemin de l’école, la situation a vite dégénéré. Les bombardements que l’on entendait au loin, vers Mabenga, se sont intensifiés et des crépitements des tirs à l’arme automatique se sont approchés dangereusement de la cité.
Et le sauve qui
peut s’en est suivi. Les quelques rares rebelles encore visibles dans
la cité ont commencé à dire, pour calmer la population, que ce sont les
M23 qui venaient d’infliger une lourde défaite aux FARDC alors qu’il
n’en était rien. Pendant que la guerre faisait rage à Mabenga et Kaunga
entre les M23 et leurs alliés (que nos sources qualifient de mercenaires
ougandais et des soldats RDF), les jeunes d’un groupe armé Mai-Mai
anti-M23 ont attaqué les quelques positions M23 dégarnies dans la cité
de Kiwanja et à Rutshuru-Centre. En ce moment, les FARDC sont en
progression vers Kiwanja tandis que les M23 & alliés pris entre deux
feux ne savent plus où aller. Décidément la zone M23 est en ébullition
de toutes parts. Malheureusement, ce soir depuis 17h30, aucun de nos correspondants à Kiwanja n’est joignable par téléphone. Le réseau Airtel a vu son signal coupé dans la zone de Rutshuru depuis 11h, heure locale. Le réseau Tigo qui passait encore semble également avoir des problèmes. Nous attendons avoir plus de précision dans la nuit.
En attendant, l’on signale des combats dans les environs du Camp de Rumangabo, autour de Katale et Rubare en territoire de Rutshuru. Les heures du M23 seraient-elles comptées ? En tout cas pour le porte-parole des FARDC, le Colonnel Olivier AMULI, les M23 n’ont d’autre choix que de « déposer les armes ». Signalons en passant que le Gouverneur et le Vice-Gouverneur de Province du Nord-Kivu, Julien PALUKU et Feller LUTAITSHIRWA, s’est rendu dans la plaine de Kibumba (Kibaya) se rendre compte lui-même du travail abattu par les FARDC.
A Goma, la situation reste calme et la vie poursuit son cours normal. La joie est perceptible sur les visages des gomatraciennes et gomatraciens qui caressent déjà le rêve de se rendre dès la semaine prochaine à Kibumba et Rutshusu tandis qu’un douanier rencontré cet après-midi espère regagner son poste d’attache dans les tous prochains jours à Bunagana quand l’on en parlera plus des M23 dans le coin. Pour tout le monde, pas question de revenir à Kampala pour des négociations qualifiées d’INUTILE, comme le recommande Kobler… Il est temps que les déplacés rentrent dans leurs villages…
Par Thomas Kabuya
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
Sunday, October 20, 2013
[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule with an iron hand, 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, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus)and mass arrests of Hutus by the RPF criminal organization =>AS International]
Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com
Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa testifies in Spain
Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
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(WASHINGTON DC) - In a brief statement on social media
today, Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa, founding member of the Rwanda National
Congress, made the following statement:
PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KILLING OF NINE SPANISH CITIZENS
Today, 14/10/2013, I appeared before the Spanish
Investigative Judge Andreu Merelles to testify that President Paul
Kagame is responsible for the death of nine Spanish citizens.
Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa
Madrid, Spain
Dr. Rudasingwa testified in three specific areas before
Judge Andreu Merelles covering the downing of former President
Habyarimana’s plane in April 1994 killing two sitting heads of state as
well as the French crew aboard the plane. Further, he testified about
Tri-star Investments and the case of the nine Spanish nationals who were
killed by the RPF/RPA in Rwanda.
The Spanish newspaper, El Pais, reported in Spanish
that, “according to legal sources, the information contributed by
Rudasingwa was "very important" for the murders of the four Spanish
monks in October 1996. He also cited the names of several of the
military processed by Judge Andreu and who are under international
search warrants, such as James Kabarebe, current Rwandan defense
minister, Karake Karenzi and Jack Nziza.”
Dr. Rudasingwa testified about the company Tri-Star
Investment, founded by himself, and he stated that this is the main tool
for money laundering and abuse of natural resources in Rwanda.”
Gerald Gahima
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Dr. Gerald Gahima spoke exclusively to this reporter
about today’s development and his role in this case before the Spanish
courts in the past. Dr. Gahima stated that he represented General
Kayumba Nyamwasa and met with the judge who wanted to question him about
the Rwanda Briefing and other issues.
He stated that, “The judge wants to speak with Kayumba
Nyamwasa as well but due to inter-country agreements that has not been
possible” but stated that General Nyamwasa is willing to speak with him.
This reporter asked Dr. Gahima if he believes that the qualification of
genocide and crimes against humanity can be applied to this case. He
replied that the case is broad and covers the entire military from 1990
to the RPF wars in the Congo.
Such a case would take a lot time and vast research
effort in order to thoroughly investigate, as well as large amounts of
resources in order to be properly prosecuted. He emphasized that this
case is too broad in scope and therefore appears to be an overwhelming
task.
When I specifically asked Dr. Gahima what he knows
about those killings of the Spanish nationals, when it happened and who
was involved he was unable to reply due to his ongoing involvement in
this case.
When I specifically asked Dr. Gahima what he knows
about those killings of the Spanish nationals, when it happened and who
was involved he was unable to reply due to his ongoing involvement in
this case.
In his specific role of Attorney General in Rwanda from
1999-2003 I questioned why he never prosecuted those crimes while in
this top position in the Rwandan Government. He replied that, “As soon
as we got into Rwanda the law was changed. The RPF could not
investigate itself and then hold its own members accountable. This is
not a credible system of accountability for any country, including
Rwanda.”
Dr. Gahima stated, “I am personally critical of the
case. Its starting point is that the RPF struggle was a criminal
enterprise from the very beginning. I definitely do not subscribe to
that view.
When I asked him for more details on this statement he
replied, “While there are Spanish victims of RPF abuses who deserve
justice, the scope of the case as a whole is in my opinion too sweeping
for the case to be a credible judicial process. Over the years, the
case has become a dumping ground for real and imagined grievances of
opponents of the RPA / RPF.”
Dr. Gahima stated that President Kagame has been “struck off” the case because he is a sitting head of state.
Some have said that the Spanish case is potentially
groundbreaking because it is focusing on crimes blamed on President
Kagame and his forces, something that a United Nations tribunal set up
in 1994 to prosecute war crimes in Rwanda yet did not do.
I asked Dr. Gahima if he agreed with this analysis, he
replied the following, “It is the first time that crimes alleged to be
committed by the RPF would be tried by an independent, outside justice
system. It is not credible that the RPF can investigate its own members.
Yet, this situation is not unique to Rwanda.
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"Therefore, it is not new to Rwanda that they do not
want to hold their own soldiers accountable in a court of law. This is
why the international criminal justice system is necessary in order to
provide an independent judicial review for such situations."
When I asked Dr. Gahima what he thought should happen
with this case at this point and if the Spanish courts should drop the
case or continue to pursue it; he replied the following, "I think they
should continue to prosecute it but, personally, I do not think there
has been an adequate investigation. Nor do I believe they have the moral
right to bring foreigners into their courts when they have not
prosecuted their own citizens for crimes committed in their own
countries.
"If you do not allow your own courts to deal with the
violence of your own past then what right do you have to deal with the
crimes committed by other nations? Spain and Portugal are young
democracies and democracy takes time to have a stronghold so I am not
surprised they have not dealt with the violence of their past.”
When asked what he believes this testimony will do for
the case at this point he replied, "Most of the war was not in the
military but it was on the diplomatic front."
Some are speculating that the actions of both Dr.
Gahima and Dr. Rudasingwa have been to secure General Kayumba Nyamwasa
being excused from this indictment.
Dr. Gahima replied to this that, "General Nyamwasa was
not in Rwanda during the time of these charges against him he was not in
Rwanda at the time the crimes were committed. Therefore, he could not
have been in command of the units to have committed the crimes for which
he is accused, including those in Congo."
He stated that this evidence is documented "in his passport and other official papers".
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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