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.

6 Oct 2014

[AfricaRealities] “Rwanda uses the husband to break Ingabire”

 


break Ingabire" 

Oct 3rd, 2014 at 16:46 | By  | Category:  Top news

On Friday 26th of September, Lin Muyizere, husband of jailed opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, received a letter from the Dutch Immigration Service (IND). In this letter he was accused of genocide. The accusations seem to have a political background: further inflammation of Rwandan opposition.

Lin Muyizere handing over a petition to Angelien Eijsink, member of the Dutch House of Representatives, 21 january 2014

Lin Muyizere handing over a petition about Ingare to Angelien Eijsink, member of the Dutch House of Representatives, 21 january 2014 – Credits: Anneke Verbraeken

Jan Hofdijk, legal advisor, wouldn't accept the letter from the Dutch immigration service sent to Lin Muyizere. 'The IND believes lies from Rwanda.' He returned the letter with an additional letter of his own, summoning the IND to nullify the accusations.

Muyizere has the Dutch nationality since 2012 and is devastated.  'How can I tell my 12-year old son this news?' he said. His Dutch lawyer Jan Hofdijk is furious: "Rwanda uses Ingabire's husband to break her. They have no evidence other than two anonymous witnesses. This letter is Muyizere's death sentence" He added.

Victoire Ingabire was in The Netherlands when the genocide started in 1994. She lived in the Netherlands for 16 years. She returned to Rwanda in 2010 to participate in Rwandan presidential elections. But she never got a chance. In April 2010, she was arrested for the first time. In 2013 the Supreme Court found her guilty of threatening state security, denying genocide and spreading rumours intended to incite people. The Supreme Court reaffirmed a previous judgment and increased her sentence from 8 to 15years imprisonment. Her trial and appeal were branded as 'politically motivated' by human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

The current Rwandan regime is admired for its economic progress, since the elections of 2010 the country's leader Paul Kagame has increasingly become a target of criticism. He supported rebels in Eastern DRC according to several UN-reports and he leads his country with an iron fist.  Last year, hundreds of people disappeared but recently some 40 to 60 bodies were discovered by a fisherman in a lake that borders Rwanda and Burundi.

 

Rwandans in Belgium and The Netherlands panic stricken after accusations against Lin Muyizere

 

'At the time I was only two, but I wouldn't be surprised Immigration service accuses me of genocide.'

Muyizere and Ingabire's sons

Muyizere and Ingabire's sons – credits: Anneke Verbraeken

Following recent accusations of genocide against Lin Muyizere, husband of jailed opposition leader Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire, Rwandans in Belgium and The Netherlands are worried. What happened to Muyizere can happen to every Rwandan in exile. Last year I made a research on the procedure through which these prosecutions are materialised and the findings were shocking. The evidence is based on lies, manipulations, assumptions, prejudice, ignorance, incompetence, indifference and worse of all: anonymous witnesses and lack of checks.

Rwandans in The Netherlands have every reason to be afraid. The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) are busy with a true witch-hunt on Rwandan immigrants. The last four years hundreds of files were re-checked on so-called '1F indications'. 1 F is named after an article about mass murderers and war criminals in the Geneva Convention. As a result, at least 15 Rwandan immigrants are now officially accused of being mass murderers; at least two people are in jail awaiting their eviction and two others are in jail because Rwanda asked for their extradition.

Very important in this procedure is an 'Individueel Ambtsbericht (IAB)' [meaning personal report on the accused]. This report is relied upon throughout the entire procedure as well as in court. This report is based on an investigation carried out in Rwanda by the Dutch embassy. The embassy uses special researchers, mostly experienced lawyers, to do this investigation. They talk to witnesses and collect evidence about the guilt or innocence of concerned individuals. They put their findings on paper and it is the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs which formulates the official personal report.

When I was in Kigali last May, I talked to one of those special researchers. What he told me was really shocking: at least two positive reports he made on two accused were left in a desk drawer in Kigali, while a negative report, made by another researcher, was sent to The Netherlands. He was very angry and that's why he wanted to talk to me, even though he knew it was risky for him and his family.

 

Oostings successor Brenninkmeijer concluded the IAB's were not composed very accurately and said the attitude of the Immigration service was biased and one-sided.

Back in the Netherlands I talked to IND, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with judges. However, the police and the prosecutors have up until now not agreed to an appointment. From these talks I found out that the IAB's witnesses are actually anonymous, the only person who knows who they are and who is in contact with them is the special researcher. In this sense the researcher can invite witnesses, evidence, and leave evidence out: there is nobody to really check his work. There is nobody from the embassy, IND or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who would talk to these witnesses in order to check their statements. In a country like Rwanda, where truth has many faces, a procedure such as this is at least alarming.  I am not the only critic of the IAB, the Dutch Ombudsman wrote negative reports on two occasions, in 1998 and 2007. Ombudsman Marten Oosting concluded that embassies were not transparent about witnesses, sources and how they got their information. Also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not check if sources and information were complete and the Ministry was careless with names of sources and witnesses. Things had not changed much in 2007. Oostings successor Brenninkmeijer concluded the IAB's were not composed very accurately and said the attitude of the Immigration service was biased and one-sided. From my own experience I can say nothing has changed. Yet, this controversial procedure is the basis on which accusations of the world's worst crimes are formed.  Dutch judges seem to trusts an IAB almost unconditionally.

 

The ways in which the IND prepares a file is disturbing.

 

In addition, the ways in which the IND prepares a file is disturbing. Often the file on the accused is full of mistakes. Places and names are misspelled or confused. The IND uses a lot of unreliable Internet sources, regime-tied ONG's like African Rights and quotes a lot from the Arusha Tribunal, with no relation to the accused.  Together with their counsels, the people targeted by these prosecutions are left with all these documents to demonstrate that none of it is true.

Well, at least the Dutch judicial system is honest and transparent, so the accused has a fair chance one would say. On the contrary, the Dutch judicial system works very much against him. The accused has to cope with administrative law, not the criminal law. In administrative law, the prosecution may accuse, but doesn't have to prove anything. The burden of proof falls on the accused.  In the case of Rwanda, for an accused to prove his/her innocence is practically impossible given that the crimes at issue occurred twenty years ago.

Dutch judges have, up until now, decided in almost all cases that the accused can be sent back to Rwanda. This follows a verdict of the European Court of Human Rights issued a few years back in which the Court  found the Rwandan judicial system of good quality. People, who are accused of 1F, loose everything in The Netherlands. They become illegal, they are not allowed to work and have no right on housing or health care. For their children it is devastating. Worth noting, it seems to be Rwandans active in the political opposition and Rwandans with estate in Rwanda who are targeted.

 

It is very difficult for Dutch authorities to admit that there is still something wrong in a system they invested so much in.

 

Prison of Nyanza - Credits: Anneke Verbraeken

Prison of Nyanza – Credits: Anneke Verbraeken

But what makes The Netherlands so eager to accuse Rwandans? Officially, the government says it will not house mass murderers and that it is better to send these people to Rwanda where the crimes were committed. For the Dutch government, Rwanda is best placed to decide on these cases.  Also it is much cheaper to send them to Rwanda because a trial in The Netherlands is more expensive and a time consuming affair. Fact is The Netherlands supported the Rwandan judicial system since the genocide. They trained judges, prosecutors and lawyers. They even built part of a prison in Nyanza. Therefore, it is very difficult for Dutch authorities to admit that there is still something wrong in a system they invested so much in. The only counterbalance is that the Dutch have not signed an extradition treaty with Rwanda.

With the new accusations on Muyizere, every Rwandan is afraid. Remy, his son said on Facebook: 'I was only two years old in 1994. But I wouldn't be surprised if they send me an accusation as well.'

When we look at Muyizere's personal report (the IAB), there are issues of concern. The request was received by the embassy in Kigali on June 10, 2010. That is just a few weeks after the first arrest of his wife, in April 2010, and only a few weeks before the presidential elections. During this period in Rwanda a minor spark could produce a big explosion. The tension was enormous. Journalists and politicians fled the country, media were banned; grenades were falling everywhere. A journalist and a member of The Green Party was also murdered at this time.  Yet it was during this period that some Dutch civil servants decided to start an investigation targeting Ingabire's husband. Either one is deadly naïve or completely ignorant of the situation, or there are other motives in starting an investigation at this moment. I let the reader decide.

By Anneke Verbraeken

Jambonews.net

Anneke Verbraeken is an independent research journalist, specialized in Great Lake Region.

She is currently writing a book about Victoire Ingabire and a Congolese human rights activist.




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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.