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Rwanda: Ibitero bya FDLR cyangwa biyitirirwa bifitiye inyungu FDLR kurusha FPR

Ibitero bya FDLR cyangwa biyitirirwa bifitiye inyungu FDLR kurusha FPR

 

laforge bazeyePhoto:umuvugizi wa FDLR, Laforge Fils Bazeye
Nyuma y'ibitero 2 bya FDLR cyangwa biyitirirwa ku butaka bw'u Rwanda, nirinze kugira igitekerezo mbitangaho ku giti cyanjye kuko nifuzaga kubanza gusa nk'aho nitegereza neza nkirinda guhubuka ngo nemeze ibyo ndafitiye ibimenyetso nka bamwe wenda bahubutse ku bushake kubera amarangamutima, inyungu runaka cyangwa bahubutse kubera kutamenya.
Ese FDLR ishobora gutera u Rwanda?
Gutera u Rwanda ni ibintu bishoboka cyane kuri FDLR, yaba iturutse muri Congo cyangwa mu Rwanda imbere kuko hose irahari.
Hari abavuga ngo FDLR yacitse intege ngo isigaranye abantu batagera kuri 2500, none se ko Leta y'u Rwanda yavuze ko hateye kompanyi 2 ni ukuvuga abasirikari barenga 200, mushyize mu kuri mu 2500 ngo FDLR isigaranye haburamo 200 bo gutera? Ese haburamo 10 bo kujya gutera mu Kinigi?
Hari abavuga ko aho yaturutse hari mu birindiro bya M23, ariko bakirengagiza ko M23 ifite abasirikare bake ndetse n'ab'u Rwanda bari bagiye kuyifasha abenshi bari i Goma no hafi yaho abandi bakomeje na za Sake berekeza i Masisi ni ukuvuga ko ako gace ka Kibumba katari karinzwe cyane ku buryo FDLR itahakoresha itera?
Niba ari FDLR yateye kuki yarindiriye imyaka 10?
Kuba FDLR yari imaze imyaka 10 idatera bituruka ku mpamvu zitandukanye, navuga zimwe muri zo:
-Kutagira igihugu runaka kiyiha imfashanyo kuva intambara ya kabiri ya Congo yarangira mu 2003
-Guhabwa akato mu rwego mpuzamahanga
-Gutinya ko abaturage bakwicwa na Leta yitwaje ibitero bya FDLR
N'ibindi
Ubu kuba FDLR yakubura ibitero ni ibintu bishoboka ishobora gukora mu rwego rwo kwibutsa ko ihari kandi ikaba yizeye ubufasha bwa Leta ya Congo niba ahubwo Leta ya Congo itaratangira kuyifasha nk'uko Leta y'u Rwanda ifasha M23.
Ikindi gishobora gutuma FDLR itera n'ukuntu ingabo za Congo zigenda zihunga zita intwaro n'ibindi bikoresho, ibi bishobora gutuma FDLR ibibona yaba ibisabye abo basirikare bahunga, yaba ibiguze nabo cyangwa ibitoye aho babitaye
Niba FDLR itarateye ninde wateye?
Niba FDLR itarateye n'ukuvuga ko ari ikinamico cya Leta y'u Rwanda, ikaba yarabikoze yifashishije M23 cyangwa nayo ikabyikorera, abibaza imirambo aho yavuye nabibutsa ko hari imirwano muri Congo gukurayo imwe mu mirambo cyangwa bakazana ba bantu bajya baburirwa irengero bakabicira hariya ni ibintu byoroshye ku bantu babimenyereye nk'igisirikare cy'u Rwanda kandi sibwo bwa mbere byaba bibaye.
FDLR yaba yarateye cyangwa itarateye, Leta y'u Rwanda ibifitemo izihe nyungu?
Inyungu kuri Leta y'u Rwanda ni nyinshi ariko ntacyo byayigezaho mu gihe kirekire:
-Inyungu ya mbere n'ugushaka kurega Leta ya Congo ngo bibe kimwe kuri kimwe, ariko biragoye cyane kuko ubukana n'ukuntu Leta y'u Rwanda yafashije M23 ntabwo FDLR yashobora kugaba ibitero byasiga ibimenyetso biremereye nk'ibiri mu cyegeranyo cy'impuguke za ONU cyangwa ngo bigire ubukana bwinshi kandi Leta y'u Rwanda n'iyo yakora ikinamico gute hari aho cyagarukira. Ikindi n'iyo haboneka ibimenyetso bishinja Leta ya Congo gufasha FDLR ntabwo byakura icyaha kuri Leta y'u Rwanda, byanayigora kwisobanura ukuntu yafashije M23 kujya gufata za Goma n'ahandi nk'aho ariho hari FDLR yari ifite ibirindiro.
-Iturufu ya jenoside Leta y'u Rwanda ishobora kuyikoresha ariko ibyo byasaba ko hagira abatutsi bicwa, ntawe uzi niba FDLR ishobora kuzagera aho ikora iryo kosa cyangwa niba Leta y'u Rwanda izakina ikinamico ikageza aho uretse ko bitaba ari ubwa mbere.
-Gusubira muri Congo ku mugaragaro ngo ishobore gusahura nabyo birashoboka ndetse ni nabyo benshi bibaza ariko biragoye cyane kubera impamvu zikurikira:
<Kujya muri Congo by'u Rwanda bishobora gutuma haba intambara yazamo ibihugu byinshi kuko hari benshi bamaze kurambirwa agasuzuguro k'u Rwanda, kandi ubu Leta ya Kabila abaturage bayimereye nabi ku buryo itakongera kwemera ko u Rwanda rujyayo babyumvikanyeho byasaba ko rujyayo ruteye bityo hakazamo ibindi bihugu cyane cyane ibya SADC.
<Abasirikare b'u Rwanda n'ubwo barwana izi ntambara zose ntawakwizera ko bashobora kongera kujya mu ntambara nk'iyo hagati ya 1998 na 2003 kuko hari byinshi byahindutse twavuga nk'ihunga ry'abasirikare benshi barimo nka ba Lt Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa n'abandi bishobora gutuma abasirikare batashobora kubaha cyane nk'uko bubahaga kera ngo bajye gupfa mu gihe baba bafite bagenzi babo cyangwa abavandimwe babo babakangurira kubireka. Tutirengagije ubusumbane hagati y'abasirikare basanzwe n'abarinda Perezida Kagame mu mishahara kandi abo basanzwe aribo bajya ku rugamba.
<Uburyo ubukungu bw'u Rwanda bwifashe nabi kubera ibihano no kuba wenda ibihugu bimwe byari inyuma y'u Rwanda mu myaka yashize byarahinduye ingendo bikaba byararetse kuruha imfashanyo ndetse bikaba byagora abategetsi b'ibyo bihugu gusobanurira abaturage babo impamvu bafasha igihugu gihora gishoza intambara
<Gusobanurira amahanga ukuntu ari ngombwa gutera Congo nabyo byagorana cyane muri ibi bihe amahanga yose amaze kumenya nta gushidikanya ko Leta y'u Rwanda ijyanwa muri Congono gusahura
<Abanyekongo bamaze kugirira abanyarwanda cyane cyane abatutsi urwango rukomeye ku buryo kugira ngo Leta y'u Rwanda izashobore kongera kubona abanyekongo batari abatutsi bo gushyira imbere byayigora
<Gusahura umutungo muke muke birashoboka nk'uko bikorwa ubu ariko gusahura byinshi nk'uko byakorwaga mbere byagorana kuko abantu benshi muri iyi minsi barayakanuye ku buryo bitagwa u Rwanda amahoro.
<Ingufu za diplomasi no gukingirwa ikibaba bya Leta y'u Rwanda byaragabanutse cyane ku buryo kwisobanura no kubona ibihugu biyishyigikira n'ubwo yaba ifite umwanya mu kanama k'umuryango w'abibumbye gashinzwe amahoro kw'isi byayigora.
<N'ubwo Leta y'u Rwanda ikunze gufata ibyemezo byinshi bitishimiwe n'abaturage bakicecekera, muri ibi bihe hari umwuka utari mwiza uterwa n'ubukene bukomeje kwiyongera, ubusumbane hagati y'abakire n'abakene, abatavuga rumwe na Leta bakomeje kuzamura ijwi n'ibindi ku buryo Leta y'u Rwanda itakwibeshya ngo ikome imbarutso yatuma byose biturika dore ko n'abasirikare yifashisha yaba yabohereje muri Congo ku bwinshi.
Muri make kujya mu ntambara yeruye muri Congo muri iki gihe kuri Leta y'u Rwanda n'ubwiyahuzi mu gihe yaba itizeye kongera gukora udutendo nka kera kandi gutakaza abasirikare benshi no gutsindwa mu bitero bimwe na bimwe byakongera ukutishima mu gisirikare bikaba byakwihutisha ihirima ryayo.
FDLR niyo ifite inyungu nyinshi muri biriya bitero n'iyo yaba atari yo ibigaba
Inyungu FDLR ifite muri biriya bitero ni nyinshi n'ubwo abantu babyirengagiza. Kuba umuvugizi wa FDLR, Laforge Fils Bazeye yaremeye ko bateye n'iyo baba atari bo ntabwo bibuza FDLR kubikuramo inyungu. Natanga nk'urugero:
<Kuba FDLR imaze igihe kinini itavugwa hari benshi bari barakuyeyo amaso ariko ibitero bishya bishobora kubagarurira icyizere, byakwivanga n'akarengane n'ubukene biri mu Rwanda abayishyigikiye bakaba benshi
<Abanyarwanda bakunda abantu bafite ingufu za gisirikare kurusha abafite ibitekerezo byiza, kandi agasuzuguro n'iterabwoba rikunze gukoreshwa n'abashyigikiye Kagame bitwaje ingufu za gisirikare bitera benshi kwifuza izo ngufu no kuba bashyigikira uwaba uzigaragaje n'iyo yaba adafite gahunda ya politiki ihamye. Rero FDLR iramutse igaragaje ingufu nyinshi yabona abayoboke benshi.
<Kubera agasuzuguro n'ubwishongozi, n'agahararo k'amahanga, Leta ya Kagame imaze kugira mu karere abantu benshi bayifitiye urwango n'ishyari iyo bigeze ku bakongomani byo birakabya rero mu gihe FDLR yagaragaza ingufu ntabwo yabura abayifasha.
<Gutera Congo k'u Rwanda ku mugaragaro gushobora gutuma Leta ya Congo itabarwa n'amahanga ndetse ikanifashisha FDLR nk'uko yabigenje mu myaka yashize bityo FDLR ikabona intwaro zihagije n'imbaraga ndetse n'ubuvugizi muri abo baba bafatanije nayo ku buryo intambara bashaka kuyimurira ku butaka bw'u Rwanda bakoresheje FDLR, kuko hari benshi badatinya kuvuga ko ikibazo cyo mu burasirazuba bwa Congo kizarangirira i Kigali cyangwa ko Congo nta mahoro izagira mu gihe Kagame azaba akiri ku butegetsi mu Rwanda.
Kuki hari benshi mu barwanya Leta y'u Rwanda barwanije igitero cya FDLR
Hari benshi mu barwanya ubutegetsi bwo mu Rwanda barwanije iki gitero cya FDLR, benshi bavuga ko ari ikinamico ku bwumvikane bwa FPR na FDLR ariko bigaragara ko batanashyigikiye icyo gitero n'iyo cyaba atari ikinamico. Ibi biterwa n'impamvu nyinshi ariko zimwe muri zo ni izi:
<Hari ababona ko Leta y'u Rwanda ishobora kubona icyo yitwaza ngo itakambire amahanga ayikureho igitutu ndetse n'ibihano yerekana ko impungenge z'uko FDLR ishaka gukomeza genocide Leta y'u Rwanda ihoza mu kanwa zaba zifite ishingiro, ibi byatuma imbaraga za diplomasi u Rwanda rwari rumaze gutakaza zimwe zigaruka ahubwo imbabazi amahanga yarafitiye Congo nazo zikagabanuka.
<Hari abadashyigikiye intambara batifuza na gato ikintu cyose kimena amaraso y'abanyarwanda
<Hari ababona ko ba rusahurira mu nduru b'abanyamahanga bashobora guhita bafasha Kagame mu ntambara yaba igamije kujya kurwanya FDLR ariko impamvu nyamukuru ari ugusahura, iryo sahura n'ubwo bukungu bwaba buri mu maboko ya Kagame bukaba bwamuha ijambo ahafatirwa ibyemezo bityo abatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi bw'u Rwanda ijwi ryabo ntirihabwe agaciro.
<Ubwoba bw'uko abanyarwanda benshi babavaho bakikurikirira FDLR kuko yaba ariyo igaragaza ibikorwa mu gihe abandi akenshi bakoresha amagambo gusa.
<Kutizera niba FDLR ifite umurongo wa politiki uhamye no gutinya ibyaha biyivugwaho ko byatuma isura yabo igaragara nabi mu banyarwanda bamwe na bamwe no mu mahanga. Aha niho benshi bahera bahitamo guhita bayicira urubanza bakayishyira mu gatebo kamwe na FPR.
Abayobozi b'u Rwanda niba badafite ubwoba bwabarenze ni abakinnyi kabuhariwe b'ikinamico
Nyuma y'ibitero bya FDLR cyangwa byitiriwe FDLR, abayobozi ba gisirikare na gisiviri bihutiye gukoresha amanama bagamije gukanga abaturage bo babyita kubahumuriza, ndetse bakoresha amagambo ashekeje avanze no kwigiza nkana, iyo ubyitegereje usanga harimo ubwoba cyangwa kwijijisha ndetse ahubwo gushaka gusebya FDLR bigasa nko kuyamamaza.
None se niba abarwanyi ba FDLR batera mu birunga ari 10 nk'uko Brig Gen Nzabamwita yabivuze igikuba kigacika hakaba amanama y'abaturage, abayobozi ba polisi, igisirikare n'abandi bagakoresha amanama ubwo FDLR intego yayo ntiba yayigezeho? Ariko buriya n'uko abantu batareba mu mitima y'abandi muzi umubare w'ababa bari kwicinya icyara bicaye muri ziriya ngirwa nama?
Icyo narangirizaho n'uko hakiri kare kugira icyo umuntu atangaza kuri ibi birimo kuba kubera ko ibi bitero nta bukana byagaragaje byagira icyo bihindura mu birimo kuba mu karere, ibyo bivuze ko tugomba gutegereza ibindi bitero bya FDLR cyangwa izindi za kinamico, wenda byombi bikanabera rimwe nk'uko byagenze mu myaka ishize. Umuntu ntiyabura kwibaza ku bintu bidasanzwe byabaye muri biriya bitero, nko kuba abasirikare batariraye mu baturage ngo bice ngo barahiga FDLR nko mu myaka yashize ndetse nk'uko byavuzwe na Brig Gen Nzabamwita ngo FDLR yahunganye abaturage batatu yabafasheho ingwate ngo bigatuma abasirikare batarasa kubera abaturage, nabyo n'ibyo kwibazaho kuko iyo myitwarire ntabwo dusanzwe tuyimenyereye kuri ziriya ngabo ahubwo bari kuba bagize Imana babonye impamvu yo kwikiza abo baturage.
Ibyiza n'ugutegereza ibimenyetso bifatika tugashobora kumenya ukuri kw'ibiri kuba kuko mu bihe turimo ukuri n'ikinyoma bisigaye byenda gusa ku buryo kubitandukanya bigoye.
Marc Matabaro

UN experts: Rwanda led rebels in capture of Goma

 

UN experts: Rwanda led rebels in capture of Goma

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EDITH M. LEDERER | December 4, 2012 07:56 PM EST | AP
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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts accused the Rwandan military of commanding Congolese rebel forces in their recent capture of the strategic city of Goma, saying a top Rwandan commander traveled to Congo to oversee the offensive and hundreds of Rwandan troops fought alongside the M23 rebel fighters.
In a letter to a U.N. Security Council committee, the experts provided a day-by-day outline and photos backing their conclusion. The M23 rebels held Goma, a provincial capital of 1 million, for two weeks before Congolese soldiers took back control Monday.
The letter, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, is a follow-up to a report preceding the capture of Goma that made similar accusations against Rwandan forces.
A call to Rwanda's U.N. Mission seeking comment on the letter was not immediately returned. Rwanda has repeatedly denied assisting the rebels.
M23 is made up of hundreds of officers who deserted the Congolese army in April. Since then the rebels have occupied vast swaths of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo. The rebels accuse Congo's President Joseph Kabila of failing to honor the terms of a 2009 peace deal that incorporated them into the national army, although most analysts believe that the origin of the rebellion is a fight over the country's vast mineral wealth.
The expert group said it has repeatedly concluded that the government of Rwanda and allies in the Ugandan government have "created, equipped, trained, advised, reinforced and directly commanded the M23 rebellion."
"The information initially gathered by the group regarding the recent offensive and seizure of the North Kivu provincial town of Goma strongly upholds this conclusion," said the letter to a committee that monitors sanctions against armed groups in Congo.
After deserting the army, M23 fighters seized a series of small towns and villages in the North Kivu province, where a good chunk of Congo's mineral wealth is found, culminating with the Nov. 20 capture of Goma. The Congolese army fled in disarray and U.N. peacekeepers, whose mandate is to protect civilians, held fire.
The experts quoted several senior Congolese commanders and former Rwandan officers as saying the Goma offensive was under the overall command of the Rwandan army's western division commander, Gen. Emmanuel Ruvusha, who personally went to Congo to oversee the operation.
The same sources were quoted as telling the experts that Col. Sultani Makenga, an M23 rebel leader, joined Ruvusha in leading the offensive. Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, who is believed to be the leader of M23 and is wanted for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, led rebel troops operating near the Rwandan border at Kibumba and in the vicinity of Goma airport, the sources were quoted as saying.
The letter, dated Nov. 26, said preparations for the Goma offensive took place over a two-month period and included significant logistics supplies for the rebels from Uganda. The experts said they personally witnessed a delivery of hundreds of rain boots for the rebels to the Ugandan town of Bunagana, on the border with Congo. They included a photo of the Oct. 14 delivery.
At the end of October, they said, Rwanda and Uganda deployed additional troops to Congo to support M23. The letter details specific units and the towns where they were sent.
As the Goma offensive began, the rebels benefited from direct Rwandan military support on the front lines at the village of Kibumba, a center for refugees from a 2009 rebellion 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Goma, the experts said, citing former Rwandan officers, Congolese army officers and local leaders.
On Nov. 15, while Makenga's M23 fighters were advancing, four companies from Rwanda's 305th brigade crossed the border to conduct operations against Congolese army positions at Kibumba, the experts said.
The Congolese army repelled the initial attack and killed over 40 rebels and Rwandan soldiers, many of whom wore Rwandan military uniforms and carried weapons used by Rwandan forces, they said. The letter includes photos of soldiers in both M23 and Rwandan uniforms.
Two days later, M23 fighters attacking Kibumba were reinforced by the four companies from Rwanda's 305th brigade as well as three companies from other Rwandan brigades and a Rwandan special forces unit led by Col. Vincent Gatama.
The experts cited former Rwandan officers and senior Congolese army officers, who estimated that, in total, well over 1,000 Rwandan troops went Congo to assist in the Kibumba operations.
The M23 and Rwandan military used night vision goggles, usually used by Rwandan special forces, during the nighttime advance on Kibumba, as well as heavy weaponry including 120mm mortars, which the experts said Makenga obtained from support networks in Rwanda and Uganda before he deserted from the Congolese army in May. The letter included a photo of 120mm mortars said to come from Makenga's private stock.
"The group learned through diplomatic sources in the region that the government of Rwanda had sought assistance to destroy 120mm mortars still within its arsenal in August 2012 in anticipation of eventual accusations of Rwandan weapons supplies to the rebels," the letter said.
When M23 progressed toward Goma on Nov. 19, Rwandan units operated alongside the rebels in combat at the airport and close to a post in Goma on the Rwandan border, the experts said.
On Nov. 20, they said, M23 defeated the Congolese army at the Goma airport and a mixture of rebel and Rwandan troops clandestinely entered into Goma from the Rwandan town of Giseny, just across the border.
They took control of the city, marching through downtown dressed in a combination of Rwandan and new M23 uniforms, the experts said.
The experts said that former Rwandan officers, Congolese government officials and Congolese officers estimated that roughly 500 soldiers from Rwanda's 73rd and 75th battalions based in Gisenyi supported the M23 during the seizure of Goma.

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Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda’s Selection

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kitty Kurth Lampe <kitty@kurthlampe.com>
Date: December 4, 2012, 12:18:03 AM EST
To: Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation <info@hrrfoundation.org>
Subject: Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection 




Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection

Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection

Paul Rusesabagina, President & Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation (HRRF), wrote to the UN Security Council to ask them to reconsider selecting Rwanda for UN Security Council due to Rwanda's actions in support of the M23 rebels.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 03, 2012 – Contact: Kitty Kurth  Phone: 312-498-9279

Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, President and Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation (HRRF), wrote to the United Nations Security Council in the hope that they will take special note of Rwanda's actions in support of the M23 rebels.  He wrote, "I am asking you to consider whether this is appropriate behavior for an incoming Security Council member. I hope that you will re-consider the selection of Rwanda to this critical post."

Rusesabagina's letter continued "Before Rwanda assumes this important and honorable position, I trust that you will keep in mind the violence the current regime of President Paul Kagame has created in the region.  The recent UN Group of Experts reports on Congo and the Great Lakes of Africa have proven that Rwanda and President Kagame do not have clean hands with respect to the killing, raping, looting and ever increasing refugee problems going on right now in the region.

While it is a great blessing that Rwanda is able to take up such an important role on the most important international governing body, it is troublesome that they will be able to have a say in matters that involve decisions concerning their very own actions in the region.

My name is Paul Rusesabagina, and you might be familiar with my story from the film Hotel Rwanda (2004) or my autobiography, An Ordinary Man. Both tell the story of my experiences during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. More than 800,000 people were brutally slaughtered during this terrifying time, and I did everything I could to help save the lives of 1,268 people who took refuge at the Milles Collines Hotel. During those dark days of 1994 Genocide, I tried every means I could to get the international community to pay attention to what was happening and to ask for their help. 

I am now asking for help from the international community once again, but now it is for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The United Nations and  the Security Council itself have recently called for all outside support to the Congolese rebels to be stopped.

Despite undeniable evidence that his government is assisting these rebels, Rwandan President Paul Kagame continues to deny involvement and responsibility.

Rwanda and President Kagame have recently been the focus of long overdue media attention regarding their support of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This, of course, is only the most recent of many rebel groups supported by Rwanda since the conflict began. According to a leaked UN report and a report by a United Nations Group of Experts, Rwanda has been fueling the conflict in DRC and sending soldiers and supplies to the rebels. While Rwandan officials repeatedly deny these allegations, there is overwhelming evidence against their claims of innocence. Rwanda has a long history of provoking conflict in the DRC in order to assist in their exploitation of the country's rich mineral resources and the profits it reaps. 

I ask you to keep this in mind when dealing with members of Kagame's cabinet if Rwanda takes it's place in the Security Council. Please remember that the government of Rwanda's methods of progress and political influence, which allows them to sit on the Security Council, have created gross violence, violations of human rights and loss of life throughout the Great Lakes region of Africa.

During the dark days in 1994, I tried by every means possible to get the international community to pay attention to what was happening and to ask for their help. I am now asking the same of you. I ask that you do not let Kagame's dictatorial regime, with their newfound influence in the United Nations, hold power over important decisions regarding the safety and future of millions in my homeland, in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and in the world."

Peace,

Paul Rusesabagina

President and Founder

Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation

www.hrrfoundation.org


Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda’s Selection

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kitty Kurth Lampe <kitty@kurthlampe.com>
Date: December 4, 2012, 12:18:03 AM EST
To: Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation <info@hrrfoundation.org>
Subject: Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection 




Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection

Hotel Rwanda's Paul Rusesabagina Asks UN Security Council to Reconsider Rwanda's Selection

Paul Rusesabagina, President & Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation (HRRF), wrote to the UN Security Council to ask them to reconsider selecting Rwanda for UN Security Council due to Rwanda's actions in support of the M23 rebels.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) – Dec 03, 2012 – Contact: Kitty Kurth  Phone: 312-498-9279

Humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina, President and Founder of the Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation (HRRF), wrote to the United Nations Security Council in the hope that they will take special note of Rwanda's actions in support of the M23 rebels.  He wrote, "I am asking you to consider whether this is appropriate behavior for an incoming Security Council member. I hope that you will re-consider the selection of Rwanda to this critical post."

Rusesabagina's letter continued "Before Rwanda assumes this important and honorable position, I trust that you will keep in mind the violence the current regime of President Paul Kagame has created in the region.  The recent UN Group of Experts reports on Congo and the Great Lakes of Africa have proven that Rwanda and President Kagame do not have clean hands with respect to the killing, raping, looting and ever increasing refugee problems going on right now in the region.

While it is a great blessing that Rwanda is able to take up such an important role on the most important international governing body, it is troublesome that they will be able to have a say in matters that involve decisions concerning their very own actions in the region.

My name is Paul Rusesabagina, and you might be familiar with my story from the film Hotel Rwanda (2004) or my autobiography, An Ordinary Man. Both tell the story of my experiences during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. More than 800,000 people were brutally slaughtered during this terrifying time, and I did everything I could to help save the lives of 1,268 people who took refuge at the Milles Collines Hotel. During those dark days of 1994 Genocide, I tried every means I could to get the international community to pay attention to what was happening and to ask for their help. 

I am now asking for help from the international community once again, but now it is for the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The United Nations and  the Security Council itself have recently called for all outside support to the Congolese rebels to be stopped.

Despite undeniable evidence that his government is assisting these rebels, Rwandan President Paul Kagame continues to deny involvement and responsibility.

Rwanda and President Kagame have recently been the focus of long overdue media attention regarding their support of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This, of course, is only the most recent of many rebel groups supported by Rwanda since the conflict began. According to a leaked UN report and a report by a United Nations Group of Experts, Rwanda has been fueling the conflict in DRC and sending soldiers and supplies to the rebels. While Rwandan officials repeatedly deny these allegations, there is overwhelming evidence against their claims of innocence. Rwanda has a long history of provoking conflict in the DRC in order to assist in their exploitation of the country's rich mineral resources and the profits it reaps. 

I ask you to keep this in mind when dealing with members of Kagame's cabinet if Rwanda takes it's place in the Security Council. Please remember that the government of Rwanda's methods of progress and political influence, which allows them to sit on the Security Council, have created gross violence, violations of human rights and loss of life throughout the Great Lakes region of Africa.

During the dark days in 1994, I tried by every means possible to get the international community to pay attention to what was happening and to ask for their help. I am now asking the same of you. I ask that you do not let Kagame's dictatorial regime, with their newfound influence in the United Nations, hold power over important decisions regarding the safety and future of millions in my homeland, in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and in the world."

Peace,

Paul Rusesabagina

President and Founder

Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation

www.hrrfoundation.org


-“The root cause of the Rwandan tragedy of 1994 is the long and past historical ethnic dominance of one minority ethnic group to the other majority ethnic group. Ignoring this reality is giving a black cheque for the Rwandan people’s future and deepening resentment, hostility and hatred between the two groups.”

-« Ce dont j’ai le plus peur, c’est des gens qui croient que, du jour au lendemain, on peut prendre une société, lui tordre le cou et en faire une autre ».

-“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.”

-“I have loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile.

-“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”

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