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27 Jul 2011

UK-Monster behind genocide and rape squads - By Ian Birrell

Who is Andrew Mitchell?
UK Foreign aid, Rwanda, Andrew Mitchell and David Cameron.

Andrew Mitchell is the UK Secretary of State for International Development who has no experience in international development and economic development.  This man   knows Rwanda only.  Every year he takes his summer holiday in Rwanda. In November 2008, Andrew Mitchell said on BBC that there were no Hutu refugees massacres in Congo Democratic Republic.  Andrew Mitchell said that refugees were killed by hunger and diseases while they were Congo Democratic Republic. This is a man who has no empathy toward the poor, the weak and the disadvantaged.  This means that Andrew Mitchell dismisses the UN Mapping Report findings about human rights abuses, genocide and massacres of refugees who fleeing Kagame.
David Cameron and Andrew Mitchell know that Britain's influence is diminishing around the world. They only option that they have to keep some British influence is foreign aid.  Their foreign aid has becomes the tool for advancing British influence and interests around the world. PM David Cameron has consistently said that British Foreign aid helps Britain to advance   British interests.
In Rwanda, British foreign aid is for bribing Kagame to continue to help Britain in promoting British linguistic interests in African Great Lakes Region.
So, Is UK foreign for helping the poor in developing countries or for advancing British interests in these countries?

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Monster behind genocide and rape squads

Last updated at 2:17 AM on 27th July 2011
Kagame has created what one observer calls a well-managed ethnic, social and economic dictatorship
Kagame has created what one observer calls a well-managed ethnic, social and economic dictatorship
Women and children – desperately sick and weak after months on the run – were finally caught by Rwandan army commander Papy Kamanzi.
He told them he would give them food and then send them home.
But he now admits he was lying and says: 'We took them instead into the forest and killed them with a small hatchet.'
Kamanzi despatched scores with a blow to the back of the skull. As the bloodbath went on, his soldiers' methods became cruder. 'We could kill more than 100 a day,' he said.
'We used ropes – it was the fastest way and we didn't spill blood. Two of us would place a guy on the ground, wrap a rope around his neck once, then pull hard.
'The victim's windpipe would break and they would be strangled silently to death.'
The reason this young commander in an elite unit and father of two young children carried out these horrific massacres of Congolese is simple.
In a chilling refrain, so familiar from the darkest deeds in history, he says: 'We were ordered to do it.'
Kamanzi's story should be heard by all Western apologists for the suspected architect of these atrocities, Rwanda's brutal autocratic ruler, President Kagame.
This includes Britain's International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell.
For while world leaders and the aid lobby fawn over Kagame the reality of his repressive regime is becoming clearer by the day.
Enlarge   Handshake: Andrew Mitchell and Paul Kagame at a previous meeting
Handshake: Andrew Mitchell and Paul Kagame at a previous meeting
This is a man who launched a war with neighbouring Congo in 1996 which led to more than five million deaths and tore Congo apart – and has used British taxpayers' money to silence his critics.
Papy Kamanzi's death squad was operating in the Congolese jungle, where it was guilty of acts of genocide.
His story is told in Dancing In The Glory Of Monsters, a brilliant new book about the collapse of the Congo by an American author who has spent ten years in the country.
A United Nations investigation found Kagame's army and its allies killed tens of thousands of innocent refugees.
This is a terrible indictment of the Rwandan president who came to power by ending his own country's bloody civil war in 1994 between the Hutus and Tutsis.
Following the slaughter of a staggering one million mainly Tutsi civilians in less than a year, Kagame led the army which overthrew the Hutu militias responsible for the genocide and seized power.
At the time he was seen as a liberator. Ever since, he has skilfully exploited international sympathy for Rwanda's tragic recent history to stifle dissent at home and win friends, influence and money abroad.
As huge amounts of foreign aid poured in, he has overseen impressive economic growth, promoted the interests of women and eradicated corruption.
This is the Rwanda that so beguiles visiting Western politicians and aid agencies – the lush land of a thousand hills, of gourmet coffee, gorilla tourism and hi-tech ambitions.
They believe this nation's 'success story' could be the answer the swelling chorus of critics who question what has been achieved for all the billions of aid money.
But this desperate desire for good news out of Africa has ensured that for too long, too many people who should know better have ignored grotesque human rights abuses. The whiff of hypocrisy hangs heavy in the air.
First and foremost on the charge sheet is Rwanda's long involvement in neighbouring Congo. It has twice invaded, fought proxy wars with brutal militias and profited from the proceeds of stolen minerals.
Mass rape was commonplace. The gruesome lexicon now includes words such as 're-rape' – for women who have been repeatedly raped – and 'auto-cannibalism' – where victims are forced to eat their own flesh.
President Kagame should no longer be able to avoid blame despite protestations that his regime was merely tracking down remnants of mass-murdering Hutu militias.
Kagame has created what one observer calls 'a well-managed ethnic, social and economic dictatorship'. People speak of a climate of fear, where the wrong words can lead to incarceration – or worse.
Last year's election was a sham, with the regime jailing political rivals and closing newspapers, using institutions shamefully funded by British aid to win with 93 per cent of the vote.
One opponent was beheaded shortly before the election.
Tony Blair :Advises the Rwandan government and uses Kagame's private jet - he sent the president a note of congratulations
Tony Blair :Advises the Rwandan government and uses Kagame's private jet - he sent the president a note of congratulations
Despite widespread international concern, Tony Blair – who advises the Rwandan government and uses Kagame's private jet – sent the president a note of congratulations.
As for the Tories, they invited Kagame to address their party conference four years ago after Mr Mitchell had taken a group of party volunteers to Rwanda.
Now, as international development minister, he remains among the regime's most fervent supporters.
What makes Mr Mitchell's visit so shocking is that it comes just weeks after Scotland Yard warned two Rwandan dissidents living in Britain that their lives were in danger from hit squads sent by Kagame's government.
One of those targets is Rene Mugenzi, a Liberal Democrat activist. He says the Rwandan government 'wants to kill' him and he feels betrayed because the British government both refuses to condemn the threat to his life and continues to send aid.
'Now Mr Mitchell goes out there as if nothing has happened,' he says.
Meanwhile, there have been persistent reports of murders and assassination attempts of people who have fallen out with Kagame.
Paul Rusesabagina, a heroic Rwandan hotel manager who saved 1,268 people amid the hell of genocide, is one of those who has been declared 'an enemy of the state'.
He says: 'I'll continue to speak out about the need for genuine reconciliation and real peace in our country.'
Brave words that shame Andrew Mitchell as he is the guest of a man accused of sending death squads to kill British citizens.


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OPJDR expects the UNHCHR report on Human Rights abuses in DRC between

His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon September 2, 2010
UN Secretary-General Nº 29/J/PK/910
760 United Nations Plaza,
Manhattan, NY 10017
New York, NY 10017
Re: OPJDR expects the UNHCHR report on Human Rights abuses in DRC between
March 1993 and June 2003 to be officially released as it was drafted without any
distortion on the content and that a genuine action be taken thereafter.
Excellency,
The Organization for Peace , Justice and Development in Rwanda (OPJDR), Inc; a
human rights organization based in US with area of interest being the Great Lakes region
of Africa, has just read the draft of the report from United Nations High Commission for
Human Rights (UNHCHR) detailing serious violations of human rights and international
humanitarian law, including crimes of genocide perpetrated by the current army of
Rwanda, Rwanda Patriotic Army, against Hutu refugees in DRC between 1996 and 1998.
OPJDR welcomes this report but was disturbed by the information that the Government
of Rwanda has for months being busy pressuring you personally and the whole UN
system to dismiss the entire report or at least to water it down by removing the term
"genocide". This information has been confirmed by the French daily newspaper Le
Monde in its edition dated August 26, 2010, an official letter sent to you on August 3,
2010 by Mrs. Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and finally by
statement of the government of Rwanda dated August 27, 2010 where it threatens to
withdraw its forces from African Union- United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) if
its demands were not met.
Reports and testimonies about the atrocities that have been committed by the RPA are not
new in the UN offices but unfortunately, all of them have been dismissed under the
pressure of Kigali and its lobbies. OPJDR recalls a few of them.
1. On April 6, 1994, the presidential aircraft carrying the then Presidents Juvenal
Habyarimana of Rwanda and Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, has been shoot
down when preparing to land at the Kigali International Airport. All 13 persons
on board perished. Despite the fact that the airport was under the control of the
United Nations Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR), UN did not dare to conduct any
genuine investigation and the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(ICTR), refuses to look at the issue even though it states that this terrorist act
sparked the Rwanda genocide. French and Spanish judges, who investigated the
incident, concluded that the RPF/RPA was responsible of the aircraft shooting.

2. In April 1994, when it was clear that the genocide was underway, the UN
preferred to walk away by pulling most of its peacekeeping force of UNAMIR.
People of Rwanda and friends of Rwanda will never forget that moment.
3. In October 1994, Mr. Robert Gersony, consultant to the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), after a four week long investigation
inside Rwanda and Tanzania, concluded that the RPF regime has murdered at
least 30,000 Hutus since July 1994. Kigali regime threatened to terminate the
operations of the UNAMIR, if the report was validated. The UN, represented in
Rwanda by Shaharyar Khan, succumbed to the pressure and sealed the report.
4. On April 22, 1995, the Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) massacred internally
displaced people (IDP) in Kibeho, South West of Rwanda in the presence of
Australian and Zambian UN peacekeepers from UNAMIR. More than 8000
refugees Hutu perished that day and UN kept silent as of today.
5. In 1997, the Special Reporter of the UN commission in charge of human rights in
DRC, the Chilean Roberto Garreton, released a report on crimes committed by the
RPA against the Hutu refugees in DRC. The Rwanda government put an intensive
pressure to suppress the report and managed to block a UN mission that was set to
confirm the results of the Garreton's mission. The public did not hear about this
mission since then.
6. The selectively ethnic killings started in February 1991 in the Byumba and
Ruhengeri prefectures when RPF staged a major attack in several communes of
the Provinces of Ruhengeri and Byumba, selectively killing as many Hutus as
42,200 Hutu populations
7. UN HCR team report of September 12, 1994 "New Human Rights Abuse in
Rwanda" led by George E. Moose concluded that RPF and Tutsi civilians killed at
least 10,000 Hutu civilians per month with a purpose of ethnic cleansing intended
to clear certain areas in the south of Rwanda for Tutsi returnees' habitation. The
killings also served to reduce the population of Hutu males and discouraged
refugees from returning to claim their lands".
8. These are few UN official reports but numerous eyewitnesses, most of them
survivors of these pogroms are available around the world and would be more
than happy to testify.
OPJDR urges the UN not to fail once again the people of Rwanda by dismissing or
altering this genuine report. People of Rwanda has suffered so much in the hand of war
mongers and other criminals that it needs now to know exactly what happened and who
did what, so it can start the long process of healing and reconciliation based on a solid
foundation of truth and justice.
The fact that the Kigali regime threatens to withdraw its troops does not hold at all. First,
that mission in Darfour is not founded by Rwandan taxpayers, so other countries will be
ready to provide necessary troops. Second, UN is setting a very bad example by
employing troops from Rwanda suspected to have committed genocide in peacekeeping
missions as in Darfour where the International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded that
crimes of genocide took place.
OPJDR believes that justice will prevail and that this report will be officially launched
and that genuine actions will be taken thereafter such as the creation of a special tribunal
for Congo or by the amending the status of the ICTR or ICC to prosecute those who will
be found responsible of those crimes. It is only that way that the impunity will be
eradicated in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Due to this report, once again OPJDR asks to the UN Security council and the President
of the ICTR to stop sending cases of detainees in Arusha to Rwanda to be prosecuted by
their war opponents. OPJDR reminds you that, in the resolution 955 creating the ICTR,
the UN Security Council concluded that both parties to the conflict, namely RPF and the
government forces, have been involved in genocide and other crimes against humanity
and should respond before the created tribunal. Therefore, the current government in
place in Rwanda led by RPF doesn't have the moral authority to prosecute anybody else
for the crime they are themselves accused for.
In conclusion we would like to recall this quote from Albert Einstein work "The world
will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but those who look and refuse to act."
Sincerely;
Pascal Kalinganire
Coordinator General
Copies:
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Washington D.C. 0510
Honorable U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
US Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs
506 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-4904
Honorable Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Honorable Mrs. Susan Rice
Permanent Representative and Ambassador of
the United States to the United Nations
140 East 45th Street
New York, N.Y. 10017
Tel: 212-415-4062; Fax: 212-415-4053
Honorable Mark Lyall Grant
Permanent Representative and Ambassador of
the United Kingdom to the United Nations
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885 Second Avenue
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Tel: 212 745 9200; Fax: 212 745 9316
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E-mail: ChinaMissionUN@Gmail.com
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New York, NY, 10017
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Tel.: (212)861-4901, (212)861-4900; FAX: (212)628-0252
E-mail: rusun@un.int
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Développement au Rwanda,
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Fw: *DHR* Rwandan butcher Kagame wins a round


 

Rwandan butcher Kagame wins a round

(http://www.africandictator.org/?p=3387)
July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Features | Posted by: Herman
As the British say, wonder never cease. The UK International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell, yesterday (25 July 2011)landed in Rwanda to join fellow conservatives on annual voluntary work in Rwanda. Amazing!
We had put a bet of one cow if Andrew Mitchell went to shake hands with the devil, the butcher of Rwanda General Kagame. We reasoned that the Butcher of Rwanda is beyond redemption given his near-total isolation due to his recent actions.
We lost the bet. The Kagame sycophants who taunted us that Mitchell will visit their hero the butcher of Rwanda can now collect their cow.
You win some you lose some.
The Rwandan dictator will no doubt claim this visit as an endorsement to his murderous regime. But Mr Dictator, as you continue your charm offensive, the voices committed to exposing your true colours will not cease.
These voices include Rwandan Diaspora in UK that was recently warned by Scotland Yard of imminent danger posed by Kagame kIlling machine.
We read from http://www.umuvugizi.com/ that Uganda's Kaguta Museveni you have been desperately attempting to win over will also visit you shortly.
No doubt you will claim his visit too as a victory and an endorsement to your crazy agendas – if he lands in your shiny Capital City, Kigali.
Gloat as you wish.
But as we pay our one cow bet, we would make another bet that you don't sleep in one place. You are a haunted man. The people you harass, intimidate and kill are haunting you.
Superficially the visits of Andrew Mitchell and President Museveni will allow you and your sycophants to claim a victory in your propaganda war. You will sing loudly that you are an African 'leader'. You are not. And they know it.
Paul Kagame, you recently declared yourself to be an unstoppable elephant that bulldozes its way to the water. In this scenario of yours, those who try to engage you to stop your excesses are useless noise-making frogs. The silver lining is that these guests, no matter their own agendas, bring warnings to you Mr Dictator that if you go on with your killing rampage, the over-confident and powerful elephant might meet an unexpected end. Thanks to the persistent frogs' noise that alert the entire animal kingdom to rebel against the murderous bully. History shows many such examples Mr Elephant Sir – including your predecessor, Dictator Habyarimana.
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Fw: *DHR* US wants Rwanda action on “organized prostitution networks”

US wants Rwanda action on "organized prostitution networks"

Tuesday, 28 June 2011 17:14 by RNA Reporter
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Kigali: Rwanda must do more to curb an increasing problem of its young girls and boys being pushed into prostitution and forced labour by "organized prostitution networks", according to a report released Tuesday by the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
"Older [Rwandan] females offer vulnerable younger girls room and board, eventually pushing them into prostitution to pay for their keep," says the 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report. "Brothel owners reportedly supply girls and young women in prostitution to clients staying at hotels for conferences."

The report says the trafficking is facilitated by women who supply other women or girls to clients or by loosely organized prostitution networks. These networks are operating in secondary schools and universities, says the massive report that also covers all countries.

The report was released by Hillary Clinton at a ceremony at the State Department in Washington. The document commends Rwanda for "making significant efforts" in tackling human trafficking, but the Obama Administration wants more.

"Rwanda is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking," said the report.

Rwandan children also are said to be recruited and transported to Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania, where they are subjected to forced agricultural labor, domestic servitude, and child prostitution, sometimes after being recruited by peers. In 2010, a female Rwandan trafficking victim was reportedly identified in Israel.

Rwandan girls and boys are said to be exploited in domestic servitude within the country; some of these children experience nonpayment of wages or physical or sexual abuse within their employer's household.

The US government is urging Rwanda to enforce the trafficking provisions in the 2009 Labor Law through increased investigations and prosecutions of trafficking offenders.

"Enact and enforce trafficking provisions in the draft penal code, thereby creating an easily understandable legal regime with clear definitions of human trafficking," the report said.

The Obama administration also wants government to launch a nationwide anti-trafficking public awareness campaign. The authorities have to establish mechanisms for providing increased protective services to victims, possibly through the forging of partnerships with NGOs or international organizations.
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2 Jul 2011

Rwanda: Opposition ‘forces cancellation of major Rwanda convention in Europe’

Opposition 'forces cancellation of major Rwanda convention in Europe'

The dictator and criminal General Kagame is using Brish taxpayer money  for political propaganda in the UK and USA. The Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members who live in Europe are planning to hold a three day meeting in the UK with Kagame. Kagame is using British taxpayer money to create the so-called Rwanda Diaspora Associations around the world as political tools to maintain him on power. Members of these  Rwandan Diaspora Associations are  Rwanda Patriotic Front's  soldiers living in Europe and Britain who committed war crimes in Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. In Britain these RPF members are mainly  living unpunished  in West Midlands.



Opposition 'forces cancellation of major Rwanda convention in Europe'
Tuesday, 28 June 2011 09:46 by RNA Reporter
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Kigali: A major convention that had been scheduled to take place in London where hundreds of Rwandan were expected to host President Kagame later next month has been called off after the opposition petitioned the British government, RNA reports.
The 7-day occasion dubbed the Rwanda Diaspora Convention Europe that had been organized in two phases was cancelled by the Rwandan Community Association in the UK. The group said in a statement that the guests who were expected to come from Rwanda had indicated at the last minute they would not be available due to conflicting plans.

A similar event was organized in Chicago for North America in which several Rwandan exiles including exiled ex-PM Celestin Rwigema and an ex-Foreign Minister attended. Hundreds of people including musicians, politicians and the business community were ferried from Rwanda to the event on government budget.

As for the Europe event, it was to be in two phases. There would first be the Rwandan youths convention from July 17-22, then the mega final convention from 22-24, in which President Kagame could address the attendees.

However, the organizers said Monday that the events had been pushed at a later date. The explanation was that the moment the guests from Rwanda were ready, the convention would be rescheduled.

But the opposition umbrella group which calls itself the Rwanda National Congress says there is no way they could allow such an event to take place at the expense of the Rwandan tax payer. The group says it petitioned the UK government which apparently raised its concerns with Kigali.

An opposition politician told the BBC greatlakes Kinyarwanda service on Monday evening that they had written to different British departments to block the event. He said such events that are being organized in western capitals were consuming resources that could be better used in Rwanda.

However, Mr. Ignatuis Mugabo, the head of the UK Rwanda diaspora dismissed the claims – saying there had been no communication from the UK authorities over the convention. He told the same BBC program that it was due to changes in programs in Rwanda and that the convention would at some point happen. He did not give any new dates.

The latest spat between the vocal opposition and Kigali comes a few weeks after UK police notified two little-known Rwandan exiles that they needed to watch their steps because Rwanda has sent assassins to kill them. Rwanda has vehemently denied the accusations.

President Kagame told a press conference last week that the UK police was "incompetent" for having let a suspect go and then turn around and point accusing fingers at Kigali.
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