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.

16 Nov 2012

Rwanda, il faut mettre un terme aux détentions illégales et aux disparitions forcées

Action : Rwanda, il faut mettre un terme aux détentions illégales et aux disparitions forcées


 http://www.isavelives.be/fr/node/10160

Un nouveau rapport d'Amnesty International fait état de détentions arbitraires sans inculpation ni jugement, de disparitions forcées et d'actes de torture et autres mauvais traitements commis à Camp Kami, dans le camp militaire de Mukamira et dans des lieux de détention clandestins situés dans la capitale, Kigali.
Ce rapport, intitulé Rwanda : dans le plus grand secret. Détention illégale et torture aux mains du Service de renseignement militaire, a été réalisé sur base de sept visites effectuées entre mars 2010 et juin 2012 et de 70 interviews avec des personnes ayant été détenues par l'armée, des proches de personnes disparues et des avocats.


Afin que l'Etat de droit acquière une réalité tangible, le Rwanda doit respecter et faire respecter les droits humains et mener les enquêtes nécessaires à l'identification du système de détention parallèle qui échappe à l'autorité du Service correctionnel du Rwanda (SCR), ainsi que juger les personnes responsables de ces atteintes aux droits humains. Un terme doit être mis au caractère secret qui entoure ces exactions.
En vertu du principe de responsabilité hiérarchique, les personnes qui contrôlent les services de renseignements militaires ou d'autres membres de l'armée peuvent être tenus pour responsables d'atteintes au droits humains lorsqu'ils savaient ou auraient dû savoir que les subordonnés commettraient, ou étaient susceptibles de commettre ces actes.
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Les arrestations récurrentes sont la suite d'enquêtes menées par les autorités rwandaises sur des questions de sécurité à l'approche du scrutin présidentiel d'août 2010, à la suite d'attaque à la grenade et de la fuite de l'ancien chef d'état-major, Kayumba Nyamwasa. Ces arrestations arbitraires sont menées par l'armée agissant parfois en collaboration avec la police.
La violence utilisée par les services secrets peut revêtir la forme de disparition forcée. L'armée procède à des enlèvements et à des détentions de personnes sans admettre leur arrestation ni divulguer leur lieu de détention.
Ces personnes détenues secrètement ne bénéficient pas des garanties auxquelles elles auraient eu droit en cas de détention dans des postes de polices ou dans des lieux de détention officiels. Elles sont soustraites à la protection de la loi et dépossédées de tous leurs droits. En effet, chaque disparition viole d'autres droits humains, notamment le droit à la sécurité et à la dignité, le droit à ne pas être privé arbitrairement de sa liberté, le droit à un procès équitable, le droit à ne pas être soumis à la torture ou autres traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, le droit à une vie de famille, le droit à la liberté d'expression, le droit à la vie dans certains cas, etc.
Les interrogatoires menés lors de ces détentions dépourvues de tout contrôle sont trop souvent assortis d'actes de torture ou autres mauvais traitements – passage à tabac, décharges électriques, isolation en étant attachés – ce qui peut nous faire douter de la fiabilité des aveux qui en résultent.
Par ailleurs, les disparitions forcées affectent également les familles qui n'ont plus aucun contact avec la personne détenue/disparue. Les autorités ne fournissent généralement aucune réponse officielle qui confirmerait l'arrestation de l'un ou l'autre personne, et dans de rares cas où un membre de l'armée ou de la police donne une confirmation orale, elle sera assortie d'un refus d'indiquer le lieu où la personne se trouve.
Cela pose, en outre, des problèmes de survie pour les familles si l'on est en présence d'un décès. Non seulement elles n'ont pas la capacité de faire leur deuil, mais cela engendre aussi des obstacles légaux à l'obtention d'une aide ou une pension en cas d'absence de certificat de décès.
Une autre violation constatée est la privation de contact avec un avocat. Font également défaut les soins médicaux et la possibilité de contester les charges qui pèsent sur eux devant les tribunaux.
Dans les cas de réapparition, de nombreuses personnes arrêtées et détenues illégalement ont été par la suite inculpées pour avoir menacé la sécurité nationale. D'autres sont libérés avec la consigne de garder le silence…
L'état de la législation au Rwanda
Amnesty International accueille avec intérêt la pénalisation de la torture au Rwanda et la ratification, le 13 juin 2012, du Protocole facultatif se rapportant à la Convention contre la torture, ratification qui est assortie de l'invitation faite au rapporteur spécial sur la torture à se rendre au Rwanda.
Cependant, les enquêtes peinent à se mettre en route. Les responsables ne sont pas poursuivis en justice, par conséquent le Service de renseignement militaire (appelé J2) risque d'être tenté de recourir à nouveau à de telles pratiques en cas de menaces à la sécurité, qu'elles soient réelles ou supposées.
Amnesty International ainsi que le Comité des Nations unies contre la torture appellent le gouvernement rwandais à enquêter sur les informations faisant état de lieux de détention secrets et à fournir des informations sur les disparitions forcées. Effectivement, aucune des allégations de torture exposées dans le rapport du Comité, Dans le plus grand secret, n'a fait l'objet d'une enquête des autorités rwandaises.
D'autre part, Amnesty International demande également à ce que les responsables des détentions et enlèvements soient déférés devant les tribunaux et cessent de jouir d'une impunité inadmissible. La disparition est un crime de droit international qui est rarement sanctionné et auquel recourent encore de trop nombreux Etats afin de réduire les dissidents, opposants ou groupes ethniques, religieux et politiques au silence. La même menace pèse sur quiconque tentera de présenter des allégations de détention illégale ou de torture.
Amnesty condamne toutes les disparitions forcées. Elle sollicite des États la libération des personnes qui ne seraient pas inculpées d'une infraction légale et jugées équitablement, et exigent qu'ils indiquent les lieux de détention et le sort des victimes de disparition forcée.
Pour cette raison, Amnesty International et les autres membres de la Coalition internationale contre les disparitions forcées (ICAED) exhortent le Rwanda à ratifier la Convention internationale pour la protection de toutes les personnes contre les disparitions forcées (entrée en vigueur le 23 décembre 2010).
La Convention consolide la législation internationale existante et codifie les droits des victimes et/ou de leur famille à la vérité, la justice et la réparation. En outre, des procédures de prévention des disparitions (notamment la mise à jour d'un registre des personnes privées de liberté) et des mesures pour traduire en justice les coupables sont prévues par la Convention.
Elle organise également la mise en place d'un Comité (réalisée le 31 mai 2011) sur les disparitions forcées qui a pour mission de surveiller la mise en œuvre de la Convention par les Etats parties. Ce Comité est également chargé de recevoir, d'une part, un rapport faisant état des mesures prises pour donner effet aux obligations découlant de la Convention, et d'autre part, de recevoir les plaintes émanant d'individus et d'Etats, si ces derniers reconnaissent la compétence dudit Comité. Par ailleurs, si le Comité est informé qu'un Etat porte atteinte aux dispositions de la Convention, il peut effectuer une visite dans le pays concerné. Il a, de plus, une fonction d'alerte puisqu'il notifie toute pratique généralisée et systématique de disparition forcée, par l'intermédiaire du Secrétaire général des Nations unies, à l'Assemblée générale, laquelle pourrait alors inciter le Conseil de sécurité à saisir la Cour pénale internationale pour un tel crime contre l'humanité.

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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.