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 Jun 2012

Fw: *DHR* Victoire Ingabire: The Woman who is Making the Rwandan Dictatorship Tremble

 
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Victoire Ingabire: The Woman who is Making the Rwandan Dictatorship Tremble

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Some three years ago, I was fortunate to meet Madame Victoire Ingabire. It was at a small town hall-style meeting involving a very diverse audience. She had come to articulate her vision with regards to Rwanda's future and her role in it. Repeatedly in her speech, she said that she was prepared to promote democracy in Rwanda even if it meant facing the "bull by its horns". I felt immediately captivated.There is a something immensely charming about Ms. Ingabire. Something that has yet to be fully appreciated by the vast numbers of journalists and scholars who seem quite eager to understand her. This is what I call, for the lack of a better description, the "Ingabire phenomenon". Despite the efforts by the Rwandan government to ruin her reputation, Ms. Ingabire remains a leader of a different kind--at least in the view of her many supporters. To understand this, one must recognize the difficult context and set of circumstances that Ms. Ingabire was trying to weave through  in order to promote democracy in Rwanda.Before Ms. Ingabire's arrival to Rwanda, Mr. Kagame had completely uprooted all forms of civil society. Though a lot of that had been accomplished through the use of brutal force, some of it was through legal mechanisms such as the changing of the constitution in 2003.The last challenge against Mr. Kagame's rule had been during the 2003 presidential elections, which, according to multiple reports, had been manipulated in his favor. Since that time, most of Mr. Kagame's critics had either been killed, jailed or exiled. Mr. Kagame was now living in a dictator's paradise! So palpable was Kagame's terror that when Ms. Ingabire landed in Kigali, a close friend picked the phone to tell me that, "Ingabire's return seemed like more like suicide". Indeed, we were all aware that the regime would react in an uncivilized and heavy handed manner. But on her part, Ms. Ingabire felt she was paying the necessary price. I have some vivid memories of parts of Ms. Ingabire's speech. For instance, she felt that it was upon us as Rwandans to champion for democratic reforms rather than relying on outsiders to do that for us. It seemed very clear to her that the international community could only do so much. "They [Spanish and French courts] have already identified Mr. Mr. Kagame's crimes, it is upon you to bring him to justice", she had urged. More than anyone else, it is Ms. Ingabire's charisma and fearlessness that has helped rejuvenate the current pro-democracy movement in Rwanda. In truth, it is upon her arrival in Rwanda that Mr. Kagame's once unified camp fell into disparate tatters. People who previously felt completely powerless, started sensing the urge to do something. Many were mobilized for the cause of democracy. I was among them. It is under these circumstances that my blog was born. As I tell my friends, it was the cowardly thing to do. Though I felt the necessity of political change, I was not ready to be involved with some sort of political group. Challenging Mr. Kagame's narrative appeared to be much more impressive. At the time, I also considered it to be less risk. At least I admit I was wrong on the last count. Mr. Kagame's killing machine has spared neither journalists nor bloggers who try to ruin his dictatorial paradise.Even in prison, Ms. Ingabire continues to gain more influence. I have seen much more pro-democracy movements born after her arrest than ever before. One  of the new movements is Jambo News, a new media venture by young Rwandans based in Brussels. Jambo News has taken the center stage of counteracting Mr. Kagame's media monopoly at a time when Rwandan journalists are severely threatened. Their work is helping give a much needed balanced view on Rwandan political affairs.Ms. Ingabire's inspiration has perhaps been mostly felt on the internet. More Rwandans have started blogging and the pro-democracy movement is especially active on both Twitter and Facebook. Of course the challenge here is that only a very small percentage of Rwandans regularly use the internet--most of whom are likely to be closely tied to the dictatorship. Even in a limited way, internet has nonetheless helped reawaken collective consciousness.With the release of United Nations Mapping report on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which accuses Mr. Kagame of committing genocide against his own people, more genocide survivors have started speaking out. Just to mention a few, Claude Gatebuke is a young Rwandan genocide survivor who has been fearlessly raising awareness on Mr. Kagame's criminal past. Another survivor, Jean Luc Dushime, hopes to film a documentary exposing Kagame's atrocities in the DRC. These are ordinary young citizens with a big heart for justice and fairness.I honestly think that Mr. Kagame now finds himself forced between a rock and a hard place. I sometimes cannot help but feel pity for him. He is quite a cornered man. The biggest challenge for him  at the moment is what to do with Ms. Ingabire. When asked by journalists yesterday about Ingabire's arrest, he responded that Ms. Ingabire had already pleaded guilty (watch the video here). Of course, this is a big lie. Which makes me highly suspicious that the government has no idea what to do with her. Since the charges that Ms. Ingabire faces have already been proven to be bogus, this is the dilemma that the government faces. Sentencing Ms. Ingabire is automatically going to cause international condemnation. As such, Mr. Kagame can hardly afford to do so at such a fragile period in his presidency. Even worse for Mr. Kagame, freeing her is bound to help start a popular grass-root movement that is likely to leave Kagame toppled. Such an action would be interpreted by many as a sign that the ruling junta is getting weakened. Something that Kagame cannot tolerate either.Looking at my crystal ball, I can predict that Mr. Kagame will opt for the first option. Dictators do not easily accept to lose power. But imprisoning Ms. Ingabire will not stop her revolution from taking place.To learn more about Jean Luc Dushime's courageous project, click here. Also, visit his site for amazing photography. http://dushimejeanluc.com/
  
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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.