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.

26 Apr 2014

[RwandaLibre] San Diego University: Rwanda, 20 years later -- in photos and memories

 

Rwanda, 20 years later -- in photos and memories

USD's exhibit explores horrifying saga, yet survivors see a glimmer of hope

By Peter Rowe 04:55p.m. Apr 25, 2014


When the Rwandan genocide began in April 1994, Eugene Gatari lived
near Lake Victoria in neighboring Uganda. He was miles from the
slaughter, yet the slaughter came to him.

"Bodies were being thrown into rivers," he remembered, "and then the
bodies were flowing into Lake Victoria."

After organizing truckloads of food, medicine and other supplies for
survivors, Gatari traveled to Rwanda and descended into despair.

"It was a very, very bad moment," he said. "Even for those who
survived, there was no hope."

Twenty years later, Gatari and other witnesses to this tragedy are in
San Diego for an exhibit at the University of San Diego.

"Rwanda, 1994-2014: Seven Photographers," which opened Thursday and
continues through June 6, raises thorny questions about our capacity
for violence and forgiveness. While the images explore a horrifying
chapter in world history, survivors say the galleries offer glimmers
of that elusive quality, hope.

"This is very important," said Gatari, now a fellow at Harvard's
Kennedy School for Public Policy. "The fact that I can see these
pictures shows me that somebody cares."

"It's good to remember," said Dida Nibagwire, a Rwandan actress who
lost family members in the genocide. "If people are reminded that this
happened, people will learn a lesson from that."

"Rwanda, 1994-2014: Seven Photographers"
Where: Fine Art Galleries, Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace & Justice,
University of San Diego
When: Now through June 6; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, noon
to 5 p.m.; Thursday, noon to 6 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday
Admission: Free
Information: (619) 260-7618

Hanging over the exhibit, though, is a sobering question: Has that
lesson been learned well enough?

Philip Lancaster, a retired Canadian colonel who had served with the
United Nations peacekeeping force in Rwanda, notes rising ethnic
violence in south Sudan and the Central African Republic. Could it
happen again?

"It's already happening," he said.

'What happened?'

Many accounts say the Rwandan genocide occurred over 100 days. From
April 7 through mid-July 1994, between 500,000 and 1 million people
were murdered — most victims were Tutsis, a minority tribe in Rwanda,
while most of the killers came from the majority Hutu tribe.

In fact, this tragedy's roots are more tangled, involving 19th century
colonial politics, long-standing rivalries, simmering resentments,
revolution and civil war.

The aftermath, too, has been complicated. Over a 10-year period, more
than 2 million people appeared before community tribunals known as
gacaca, charged with numerous crimes; 75 appeared before the
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where 47 were convicted.

These hearings, especially the local gacaca sessions, helped bind this
society's wounds. Victims were able to face their tormentors and tell
their tales.

"Significant progress was made in dealing out justice," said Daniel
Bekele, an Ethiopian who directs Human Rights Watch's Africa Division.
"But there are still a number of perpetrators at large."

Some of those took shelter in nearby countries, where they have raised
troops and launched attacks on camps that harbor uprooted Rwandans.
This in turn prompted the new Rwandan government to send troops into
Zaire, slaughtering suspected collaborators.

"The people involved had held back revenge for so long," Lancaster
said, "at a certain point they lost control."

Vengeance, though, has been surprisingly rare.

"The level of forgiveness that people show — that's just taught me so
much about human nature," said Paige Stoyer, one of the photographers
whose work is shown here. "People live next to perpetrators. I don't
know how they do it."

One reason so few struck back, in Gatari's view: conscience.

"We didn't want to be like that," he said.

Nibagwire cited another inhibiting factor: shock.

"People were traumatized," the actress said. "They would ask, 'What
just happened?' It took time to realize what happened."

State of shock

Some of this confusion is reflected in the exhibit. In the work of
Robert Lyons, Rwandans stare straight at the camera. Some of these
people are murderers; others lost loved ones in the bloodbath. Lyons
doesn't tell us which is which, yet all appear haunted.

In the aftermath of the genocide, Rwanda was a haunted land,
struggling to reclaim the trappings of normal life.

"You would go into little settlements and find one or two people
walking around in a state of shock," Lancaster said. "And yet at the
end of September, you would find schools open and children attending,
even if there were no teachers."

After fleeing her native land to save her life, Nibagwire was also
eager for peace and its mundane routines. Returned to Rwanda, she
founded a drama troupe in 2006. On stage, Art For Peace regularly
explores the theme of reconciliation. Offstage, the director found
herself responsible for — and responsive to — people from varied
backgrounds.

"That's where I started thinking outside myself," Nibagwire said.
"What about this boy who has both parents in prison for life? Because
of what they did, other people see him as a killer."

Not Nibagwire, whose company welcomes such children.

Her country faces challenges, she said, and there's still tensions and
misunderstandings. But there's something else: hope that Rwanda can
move beyond its tragic past.

"I talk to people," she said, "and they feel, after 20 years, yes, we
can do it."

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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.