Rwanda: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is opposed to the weekly visits of Ms. Victoire Ingabire
Boniface Twagirimana
Interim Vice President
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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.
-“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. 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.
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.
My wife Josee (who is Rwandan) and I began Project OSANI, an ongoing ministry in Rwanda, in 2005.
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Our objective was to assist people to become independent, not dependent. At first, the Rwandan government permitted and encouraged our activities. Eventually, we were actively opposed, after we were approached by several Rwandan government officials, demanding that we give them money and also grant them supervisory authority in our programs.
During the past nine years - several of our former employees and associates have been harassed, detained, imprisoned, sometimes died - under very suspicious circumstances. I have personally come to accept being harassed, threatened and challenged by the Rwandan government in any of my ongoing ministry efforts. As an example, last year I received the following correspondence –
From: nadiasifa@hotmail.com
To: chuckculpepper@msn.com
Subject: Stop what you are doing
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 16:46:18 -0700
Mr Chuck we need you to stop thinking you have any thing to do in our country, if you can't respect rules of our country
If you have any qwestion feel free to ask, best on what you have done
To which I replied –
Ms. Nadia -
According to Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, it is and always will be my duty and a privilege to represent God's Love and care for widow's and orphans, feed hungry brothers and sisters, cloth the naked, visit the sick and prisoners of this world (including Rwanda).
When I obey God and do these things I demonstrate my Love for God and do them for Jesus, because I am a sheep and not a goat.
Actually I do always respect the rules of your country, so long as they do not oppose the teachings of the Bible. I can also advise that if you do not have a Bible you may ask and I can bless you with one at anytime.
I pray that God will bless you to know the truth,
Chuck
The U.S. State Department, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other credible organizations have clearly documented significant violations of international law by the Rwandan government, including suppressing freedom of speech, journalism and political freedom.