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.

28 Oct 2012

Kambale Musavuli explains what US citizens could do to help Congolese people

http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/10/27/kambale-musavuli-explains-what-us-citizens-could-do-to-help-congolese-people/#more-3119


Kambale Musavuli explains what US citizens could do to help Congolese people

"Six millions Jews were killed by a dictator. They were innocent. The entire world went to war against him to end the genocide. More than six million Congolese people have been killed. And yet no one dares to end this genocide."Kambale Musavuli. 

My take on this is that it is only racism that can explain such attitude. 

Kambale Musavuli – Spokesperson of Friends of the Congo

Kambale Musavuli, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a human rights activist, Student Coordinator and National Spokesperson with the Friends of the Congo (FOTC). He has written for The Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus, The Huffington Post and numerous other academic and news publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, Democracy Now, ABC News, Al Jazeera English Television, Radio France International and a myriad of radio and television programs. He has been featured in documentaries such as Iara Lee's "Cultures of Resistance," Martin Scorsese's "Surviving Progress," and the film "Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth." 

Very tenacious and resourceful in his campaign of raising awareness about the situation in DRC, iIn August 2010, I got from him a copy of the then leaked UN Mapping Report, this in the very early hours when the document started circulating onto the public. More recently, many of us learnt from him the attempt of assassination on Dr. Denis Mukwege, Director of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu – South Kivu – DRC. In the following text, he explains what US citizens could do to help. If you are American and care much about what your government does with your tax money, Kambale Musavuli shows you how by taking a few actions, you can make a difference in the lives of millions of Congolese, particularly women, children, and elderly. 

I've had a few calls and meetings with allies around the situation in the Congo and I believe that I needed to share with you some points so that you are effective in your lobby in your community.

This is mainly for people living in the United States.

First thing: It is important to be clear that as Americans, we have contributed in the devastation in the Congo since 1996. The crisis in the Congo can be traced all the way back to US policy in 1986 to support a rebel called Museveni to take over Uganda in a military coup. Since then, for the past 26 years, things have been terrible in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo.

How have we, as citizens, contributed to fueling this instability? Our tax money unfortunately has supported dictators and oppressive regimes in Africa. In the case of the Congo, since 1996, our government has funded the Rwandan and Ugandan governments and military in tune of billions of dollars while knowing exactly what was going on with these regimes and their devastating actions in the Congo. Many reports have been written, yet there is deafening silence in Washington.

Second thing: In the United States, we actually have a law to help this situation. Public Law 109-456 clearly states in its section 105 that :

"The Secretary of State is authorized to withhold assistance made available under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [...], for a foreign country if the Secretary determines that the government of the foreign country is taking actions to destabilize the Democratic Republic of the Congo."

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/109/s2125/text

It simply means, Hillary Clinton can cut off aid (our tax we pay to our government) to Rwanda and Uganda if she has evidence they are fueling the conflict in the Congo.

On July 21, 2012, the State Department made this following statement as they froze only $200,000 to Rwanda.

"In light of information that Rwanda is supporting armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Department of State has decided it can no longer provide Foreign Military Financing (FMF) appropriated in the current fiscal year to Rwanda, considering a restriction imposed by the 2012 appropriation act."

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/droi/dv/509_usstatedept_/509_usstatedept_en.pdf

This means that the State Department led by the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has evidence that Rwanda is supporting rebel groups in the Congo. The law gives her the power to not use our tax money to fund a country supporting rebels in the Congo.

Note: This statement has never been posted on the State Department website to my knowledge yet was sent to the press who published it. I still wonder why.

Third thing to be clear on: The United States government is divided on the issue of the Congo. There are people who are tired of the continuous cover-ups which is causing the deaths of millions in the Congo. There are those who still do not want the past mistakes to be uncovered. As a Congolese refugee in this country, I know many Congolese could care less of the mistakes of the past. What they want is peace and security and for the United States to stop supporting oppressive regimes fueling conflict in the Congo, from Kampala to Kigali, all the way to Kinshasa.

Last thing: There are things you can do… and not just one action. The best way to understand it is that Congolese need your engagement, passion, time, energy, and commitment to see peace in the Congo. It is a lot to ask, but the battle is going to be long and is morphing as time passes.

What can you do right now while you are in the United States?

Section 105 of Public Law 109-456 must be enforced. Your Congressperson, your senators have the power to get it enforced. Now you know that Secretary of State is not enforcing it… the US president is not even talking about this… nor his national security staff who don't even know about this law… That's where you can help.

Primary points of pressure are your legislators.

Letters and phone calls to 3 people: Your one congressperson and your two senators.

Ask: I care about the Congo. I am appalled that the US government is not doing more. I understand we have a law called 109-456 where in section 105 it calls for sanctions to help in the Congo crisis. I urge you to do everything you can to enforce this law by freezing military aid to Rwanda and Uganda given the credible reports that exist on their actions in the Congo.

I hope you get the drift… The law needs to be enforced! We only cut $200,000 to Rwanda and in July and that has caused over 5 "peace" meetings to happen since that time with the countries in that area. Pressure must continue to be placed on the situation.

I have yet spoken about the issue we have with Rwanda being now a member of the UN Security Council starting January 2013. We shall talk about it soon.

I hope some of my thoughts can help you in seeing what needs to happen. I believe that outside pressure on the belligerent forces can bring peace and stability simply because we are funding the military of nations supporting the rebels in the Congo. The complicity of our government is so blatant that each one of us need to be clear about what is actually happening and know what we can do while we are on the outside of the Congo.

So… Hillary Clinton had her birthday celebration yesterday… now let's keep working on peace in the Congo. Organize your community for action in support of the Congolese people.

Above message is addressed only to US citizens. But we are well aware that the situation in DRC is a global issue. Because of the country's many mineral resources needed in strategic industries around the world, there are multinationals involved in what is going on in the suffering of Congolese people. The culprits have been identified through several investigations over the years. In recent months, aid suspension to Rwanda has been decided by a number of countries normally supporting its development. This explains that what is being asked from US citizens also applies to those from Canada, Germany, Holland, UK, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, etc. They should ask too their governments to stop assisting Rwanda and Uganda who have been causing mayhem in DRC for so many years.

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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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SUMMARY : THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE BRITISH BUDGET SUPPORT AND GEO-STRATEGIC AMBITIONS

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.