The dictator Kagame at UN

The dictator Kagame at UN
Dictators like Kagame who have changed their national constitutions to remain indefinitely on power should not be involved in UN high level and global activities including chairing UN meetings

Why has the UN ignored its own report about the massacres of Hutu refugees in DRC ?

The UN has ignored its own reports, NGOs and media reports about the massacres of hundreds of thousands of Hutu in DRC Congo (estimated to be more than 400,000) by Kagame when he attacked Hutu refugee camps in Eastern DRC in 1996. This barbaric killings and human rights violations were perpetrated by Kagame’s RPF with the approval of UK and USA and with sympathetic understanding and knowledge of UNHCR and international NGOs which were operating in the refugees camps. According to the UN, NGO and media reports between 1993 and 2003 women and girls were raped. Men slaughtered. Refugees killed with machetes and sticks. The attacks of refugees also prevented humanitarian organisations to help many other refugees and were forced to die from cholera and other diseases. Other refugees who tried to return to Rwanda where killed on their way by RFI and did not reach their homes. No media, no UNHCR, no NGO were there to witness these massacres. When Kagame plans to kill, he makes sure no NGO and no media are prevent. Kagame always kills at night.

5 Jul 2012

Hate them for Me: The Politics of Rwanda

 
http://salem-news.com/articles/june182012/politics-rwanda-jf.php
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Hate them for Me: The Politics of Rwanda

Jennifer Fierberg, MSW Salem-News.com
President Kagame: the architect of politics of hatred
Paul Kagame's supporters during his recent US visit.
Paul Kagame's supporters during his recent US visit.

(WASHINGTON DC) - A few weeks ago President Paul Kagame delivered the commencement speech at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa USA. I attended this event to cover his speech as well as the protester that were there to peacefully object to a learning institution welcoming such a controversial leader.

Rwanda's Paul Kagame
My time was equally spent interviewing protesters; parents, students and listening to President Kagame address the graduating class. It was a long day full of overwhelming passion and excitement for all involved. I recorded the speech President Kagame gave and analyzed for an article entitled "Two Recognitions and one Dictator from Rwanda" (http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may142012/kagame-visit-jf-1.php)
The sun beat down on the protestors who never complained of any discomfort and who were told to use the bathroom of local gas station over a mile away since they were not allowed on school property. There was heavy police presence surrounding the peaceful protest and at one point this writer overheard a police officer telling a protester, "we are here for you and if anyone approaches to give you trouble please alert us."
Yet, anyone who attends an international event for President Paul Kagame where protestors are present also know that there is an opposing side of supporters for Mr. Kagame who are just as passionate and just as vocal. Although, my encounter with them was a bit more aggressive than I expected. I will return this interaction in a moment.
In Rwanda there is a phrase in politics "politiki ya munyangire" which roughly translates to "Hate them for me" or "the politics of hate." This seemed an odd phrase for a country that sells itself on peace and reconciliation so; I asked many of my Rwandan friends to translate this phrase for me and what it means to them.
One stated, "its Kagame's policy where if he hates someone he wants all people to hate that person if not you will also be called an enemy of course you can imagine how it has affected many people who have lost lives because they were friends to Kagame's enemies."
Another friend replied, "It applies to the Head of state and his subordinates and anyone who supports the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). You hate who I tell you to hate. Everyone is scared; they don't take calls from anyone who is anti-government. This policy also affects the justice system. The whole of the country is affected. Ingabire is in prison because of this policy."
A friend in Rwanda explained how far back this policy goes by saying, "The major players are these who are in power or in control who want to secure them from a divergent voice. It has affected Rwanda since 1959 up to date. These periodical political crises (wars or genocide) resulted from this alternative kind of politics. In a word, discrete discrimination based on hatred."
A close friend explained it this way: "In Rwanda, when one person hates you, he or she goes makes an effort to convince (or spread the word) about how bad or evil you are. And in the end, the whole village or country may look at you as an enemy when in actual fact you are not.
President Kagame is very good in coercing people to gang against the person he does not like. He's the architect of politics of hatred; and he has managed to use this type of politics to bring down many former RPF leaders by accusing them of corruption and making sure that everyone else believes him and joins his band wagon (forcefully). Unfortunately, some people or institutions have taken up this bad attitude to crucify others.
In a country where institutions are not independent but only dependent on the government, you have the heads of these institutions who victimize others (either because they have been asked by the president to do it) or simply because they have succumbed to the virus. An example is his Minister of Local Government (James Musoni) and former NSS Director General Col Emmanuel Ndahiro. Kagame uses these two guys to achieve his politiki ya munyangire.
The politiki ya munyangire has affected our basic and fundamental values. For example, trust, friendship, relationship, working together etc. In Rwanda today, people do not trust each other because you never know who has been sent to spy on you and compile a report which may cost you either your job or your life. It is hard to trust what a person is telling you, or even say what you think it is right because it may be used against you (Freedom of speech has been adversely undermined). I also think that politiki ya munyangire has promoted lots of political intrigues, he and his people are not ashamed to turn a lie into truth and influence people to believe it."
Finally, one friend responded as if I was a part and parcel to this policy by responding as such, "If you want to do a complete research based on truth, I would advise you to go in Rwanda as well (If your research is based on Rwandan political issues) in that respect, you will earn more credit for your work (research).
I am sorry but I view your questions as having intent to spy on me and I am not appreciating that. I also advice you not to write articles about the country you have never been to or visited. Whoever is using you is using you in a wrong way. Cheers and hope u understand!" Ironically, this individual announced his own oppositional political party just two weeks ago.
Now, back to the William Penn University protest. After the commencement ceremony was over and their final rituals were completed I returned to the protest area to interview a few more protesters that had arrived while I was in the graduation. I noticed what I thought to be a family of a student who were very well dressed and the police were escorting them away from the protestors.
I approached them to ask about the ceremony, how they found the speech and where was their graduate. At first the woman in the orange dress stated she was from the Congo and did not speak English, a second woman dressed in silver began belligerently discussing the protestors calling them criminals, liars and distorting the image of a peaceful Rwanda. I continued to press about how they found the speech and where their graduate was, they then explained that they did not have anyone in the ceremony and had missed the speech but came to support their President.
As the conversation heated up the woman in the orange dress began to speak perfect English! Their two male companions, one younger and one older, took over the conversation and even more aggressively made sure I was aware that the Rwandans in the US were criminals or they would be back in Rwanda. This group of Kagame supporters continued to try and gain access to the other protesters but the police continued to block them. So, they continued to yell their sentiments at me though directed at the other side of the protest. I listened to everything they said and as I was backing away the older gentleman was reaching for me to stay and continue to hear his speech. I remained so as not to incite further physical contact. After a time when they felt their side had been heard they began to leave.
I returned to the Anti-Kagame protestors for a final goodbye and thank you for their interviews. As I approached my car I noticed the four Pro-Kagame supporters (total for the day's attendance was seven) were at my car and blocking me from entering it. I tried to open my door when the youngest protestor blocked it and insisted I accept his invitation to visit Rwanda with him so I could see how peaceful it is. (It is a true dream of mine to one day visit the Land of a Thousand Hills but not under the current ruling regime.)
I was finally able to get to my door and open it; as I was placing my belongings in my car the four continued to speak over each other making sure I understood their point of view and their praise of President Kagame when I noticed one of the men held my car door open and kept me from closing it. This interaction began to make me uncomfortable and since the event was over the police had left or I would have called for their assistance.
They asked me my name and what publisher I worked for. I provided that information to them and asked them to look on Salem News for the article to follow. Upon finally agreeing, falsely as the offer was, to travel to Rwanda they allowed me to enter my vehicle and leave. I was taken aback by their forceful gestures and have only encountered this in social media. In person it is quite a different experience.
One final friend contributed his definition of "politiki ya munyangire," "If it wasn't this type of political play fewer Rwandans would be abroad, so it has impacted Rwanda in a large way, most-infamously manifested in the genocide. The Hutu-dominated regime was telling people how the RPF wanted to take them back to the days of serfdom, how their babies would be bashed by the royal family, etc. It's the same thing right now where everyone who speaks against the regime is a genocidaire, (hater of Rwanda), and a threat to Rwandan unity. Dissidents are painted as wanting to return Rwanda to the days of division and genocide; you will see many of President Kagame's supporters using this tactic a lot in social media."
I recently finished reading a memoir where this exact political maneuver is described in an honest and painful way. The book "Rwanda: Where souls turn to dust" by Um'Khonde Habamenshi. He describes how he was forced out of his position in the Rwandan government and even though he never used this term his book certainly describes this political maneuver.

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-“The enemies of Freedom do not argue ; they shout and they shoot.”

The principal key root causes that lead to the Rwandan genocide of 1994 that affected all Rwandan ethnic groups were:

1)The majority Hutu community’s fear of the return of the discriminatory monarchy system that was practiced by the minority Tutsi community against the enslaved majority Hutu community for about 500 years

2)The Hutu community’s fear of Kagame’s guerrilla that committed massacres in the North of the country and other parts of the countries including assassinations of Rwandan politicians.

3) The Rwandan people felt abandoned by the international community ( who was believed to support Kagame’s guerrilla) and then decided to defend themselves with whatever means they had against the advance of Kagame’ guerrilla supported by Ugandan, Tanzanian and Ethiopian armies and other Western powers.

-“The enemies of Freedom do not argue ; they shout and they shoot.”

-“The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.”

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.”

The Rwanda war of 1990-1994 had multiple dimensions.

The Rwanda war of 1990-1994 had multiple dimensions. Among Kagame’s rebels who were fighting against the Rwandan government, there were foreigners, mainly Ugandan fighters who were hired to kill and rape innocent Rwandan people in Rwanda and refugees in DRC.

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United Kingdom's Proxy Wars in Africa: The Case of Rwanda and DR Congo:

The Rwandan genocide and 6,000,000 Congolese and Hutu refugees killed are the culminating point of a long UK’s battle to expand their influence to the African Great Lakes Region. UK supported Kagame’s guerrilla war by providing military support and money. The UK refused to intervene in Rwanda during the genocide to allow Kagame to take power by military means that triggered the genocide. Kagame’s fighters and their families were on the Ugandan payroll paid by UK budget support.


· 4 Heads of State assassinated in the francophone African Great Lakes Region.
· 2,000,000 people died in Hutu and Tutsi genocides in Rwanda, Burundi and RD.Congo.
· 600,000 Hutu refugees killed in R.D.Congo, Uganda, Central African Republic and Rep of Congo.
· 6,000,000 Congolese dead.
· 8,000,000 internal displaced people in Rwanda, Burundi and DR. Congo.
· 500,000 permanent Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees, and Congolese refugees around the world.
· English language expansion to Rwanda to replace the French language.
· 20,000 Kagame’s fighters paid salaries from the British Budget Support from 1986 to present.
· £500,000 of British taxpayer’s money paid, so far, to Kagame and his cronies through the budget support, SWAPs, Tutsi-dominated parliament, consultancy, British and Tutsi-owned NGOs.
· Kagame has paid back the British aid received to invade Rwanda and to strengthen his political power by joining the East African Community together with Burundi, joining the Commonwealth, imposing the English Language to Rwandans to replace the French language; helping the British to establish businesses and to access to jobs in Rwanda, and to exploit minerals in D.R.Congo.



Thousands of Hutu murdered by Kagame inside Rwanda, e.g. Kibeho massacres

Thousands of Hutu murdered by Kagame inside Rwanda, e.g. Kibeho massacres
Kagame killed 200,000 Hutus from all regions of the country, the elderly and children who were left by their relatives, the disabled were burned alive. Other thousands of people were killed in several camps of displaced persons including Kibeho camp. All these war crimes remain unpunished.The British news reporters were accompanying Kagame’s fighters on day-by-day basis and witnessed these massacres, but they never reported on this.

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25,000 Hutu bodies floated down River Akagera into Lake Victoria in Uganda.

25,000  Hutu bodies  floated down River Akagera into Lake Victoria in Uganda.
The British irrational, extremist, partisan,biased, one-sided media and politicians have disregarded Kagame war crimes e.g. the Kibeho camp massacres, massacres of innocents Hutu refugees in DR. Congo. The British media have been supporting Kagame since he invaded Rwanda by organising the propaganda against the French over the Rwandan genocide, suppressing the truth about the genocide and promoting the impunity of Kagame and his cronies in the African Great Lakes Region. For the British, Rwanda does not need democracy, Rwanda is the African Israel; and Kagame and his guerilla fighters are heroes.The extremist British news reporters including Fergal Keane, Chris Simpson, Chris McGreal, Mark Doyle, etc. continue to hate the Hutus communities and to polarise the Rwandan society.

Kagame political ambitions triggered the genocide.

Kagame  political  ambitions triggered the genocide.
Kagame’s guerrilla war was aimed at accessing to power at any cost. He rejected all attempts and advice that could stop his military adventures including the cease-fire, political negotiations and cohabitation, and UN peacekeeping interventions. He ignored all warnings that could have helped him to manage the war without tragic consequences. Either you supported Kagame’ s wars and you are now his friend, or you were against his wars and you are his enemy. Therefore, Kagame as the Rwandan strong man now, you have to apologise to him for having been against his war and condemned his war crimes, or accept to be labelled as having been involved in the genocide. All key Kagame’s fighters who committed war crimes and crimes against humanity are the ones who hold key positions in Rwandan army and government for the last 15 years. They continue to be supported and advised by the British including Tony Blair, Andrew Mitchell MP, and the British army senior officials.

Aid that kills: The British Budget Support financed Museveni and Kagame’s wars in Rwanda and DRC.

Aid that kills: The British Budget Support  financed Museveni and Kagame’s wars in Rwanda and DRC.
Genocide propaganda and fabrications are used by the so-called British scholars, news reporters and investigative journalists to promote their CVs and to get income out of the genocide through the selling of their books, providing testimonies against the French, access to consultancy contracts from the UN and Kagame, and participation in conferences and lectures in Rwanda, UK and internationally about genocide. Genocide propaganda has become a lucrative business for Kagame and the British. Anyone who condemned or did not support Kagame’s war is now in jail in Rwanda under the gacaca courts system suuported by British tax payer's money, or his/she is on arrest warrant if he/she managed to flee the Kagame’s regime. Others have fled the country and are still fleeing now. Many others Rwandans are being persecuted in their own country. Kagame is waiting indefinitely for the apologies from other players who warn him or who wanted to help to ensure that political negotiations take place between Kagame and the former government he was fighting against. Britain continues to supply foreign aid to Kagame and his cronies with media reports highlighting economic successes of Rwanda. Such reports are flawed and are aimed at misleading the British public to justify the use of British taxpayers’ money. Kagame and his cronies continue to milk British taxpayers’ money under the British budget support. This started from 1986 through the British budget support to Uganda until now.

Dictator Kagame: No remorse for his unwise actions and ambitions that led to the Rwandan genocide.

Dictator Kagame: No remorse for his unwise actions and ambitions that led to the  Rwandan genocide.
No apologies yet to the Rwandan people. The assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana by Kagame was the only gateway for Kagame to access power in Rwanda. The British media, politicians, and the so-called British scholars took the role of obstructing the search for the truth and justice; and of denying this assassination on behalf of General Kagame. General Paul Kagame has been obliging the whole world to apologise for his mistakes and war crimes. The UK’s way to apologise has been pumping massive aid into Rwanda's crony government and parliement; and supporting Kagame though media campaigns.

Fanatical, partisan, suspicious, childish and fawning relations between UK and Kagame

Fanatical, partisan, suspicious, childish and fawning relations between UK and Kagame
Kagame receives the British massive aid through the budget support, British excessive consultancy, sector wide programmes, the Tutsi-dominated parliament, British and Tutsi-owned NGOs; for political, economic and English language expansion to Rwanda. The British aid to Rwanda is not for all Rwandans. It is for Kagame himself and his Tutsi cronies.

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This blog reports the crimes that remain unpunished and the impunity that has generated a continuous cycle of massacres in many parts of Africa. In many cases, the perpetrators of the crimes seem to have acted in the knowledge that they would not be held to account for their actions.

The need to fight this impunity has become even clearer with the massacres and genocide in many parts of Africa and beyond.

The blog also addresses issues such as Rwanda War Crimes, Rwandan Refugee massacres in Dr Congo, genocide, African leaders’ war crimes and crimes against humanity, Africa war criminals, Africa crimes against humanity, Africa Justice.

-The British relentless and long running battle to become the sole player and gain new grounds of influence in the francophone African Great Lakes Region has led to the expulsion of other traditional players from the region, or strained diplomatic relations between the countries of the region and their traditional friends. These new tensions are even encouraged by the British using a variety of political and economic manoeuvres.

-General Kagame has been echoing the British advice that Rwanda does not need any loan or aid from Rwandan traditional development partners, meaning that British aid is enough to solve all Rwandan problems.

-The British obsession for the English Language expansion has become a tyranny that has led to genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, dictatorial regimes, human rights violations, mass killings, destruction of families, communities and cultures, permanent refugees and displaced persons in the African Great Lakes region.


- Rwanda, a country that is run by a corrupt clique of minority-tutsi is governed with institutional discrmination, human rights violations, dictatorship, authoritarianism and autocracy, as everybody would expect.