Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

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Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

JANUARY 28, 2014  

On this January 28, 2014, it is indeed a sad anniversary of Democracy in Rwanda which happens when the Kigali regime assassinates its opponents in exile while the President confesses for the crime. We all recall that during the prayer breakfast of January 12, 2014 in Kigali, President Paul Kagame self-confessed for the murder of political opponent Colonel Patrick Karegeya in South Africa, on the night of New Year's Eve and told the audience that he was surprised by the fact that the public opinion was shocked by such a murder and by his self-confession.

This sad anniversary is marked by a heavier sentence of 8-15 years in prison which was handed over by the Supreme Court to the FDU-Inkingi's Chair, Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for having committed the crime of lese majesty by announcing her intention to run for presidential elections in 2010. The FDU-Inkingi's Secretary General, Mr. Sylvain Sibomana, following his first conviction to two years in prison, has just received a new sentence of 6 years in prison from the High Court of Karongi for having held a private meeting with his party members. Several other members of FDU- Inkingi are in prison for various sentences, accused of having exercised their constitutional right of peaceful assembly and membership in a political party of their choice.

Other opposition political leaders, such as Deo Mushayidi, Chairman of PDP-Imanzi, Bernard Ntaganda, President of PS-Imberakuri and Dr. Theoneste Niyitegeka, the unfortunate candidate in the 2003 presidential elections, are also languishing in prison for political reasons.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, who travelled to Rwanda from 20 to 27 January 2014, politicians who oppose what Paul Kagame presents as a consensus are regularly prosecuted and accused of minimizing the genocide, bigotry, and collaboration with armed groups. And when it comes to former RPF members, they are accused of corruption.

In Paul Kagame's Rwanda, when a political opponent is not murdered, he/she is imprisoned or forced into exile. It is high time to stop such an authoritarian drift of a bygone age that is encrusted in Rwanda so that Democracy can emerge again.

We shall have overcome such a regime!

Done in Lausanne, Switzerland, on January 28, 2014.

Dr. Nkiko Nsengimana,
FDU-INKINGI Coordinator

FDU-CC-01-28-14-triste anniversaire de la democratie (ENG)

[AfricaWatch] Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

 

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Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

JANUARY 28, 2014  

On this January 28, 2014, it is indeed a sad anniversary of Democracy in Rwanda which happens when the Kigali regime assassinates its opponents in exile while the President confesses for the crime. We all recall that during the prayer breakfast of January 12, 2014 in Kigali, President Paul Kagame self-confessed for the murder of political opponent Colonel Patrick Karegeya in South Africa, on the night of New Year's Eve and told the audience that he was surprised by the fact that the public opinion was shocked by such a murder and by his self-confession.

This sad anniversary is marked by a heavier sentence of 8-15 years in prison which was handed over by the Supreme Court to the FDU-Inkingi's Chair, Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for having committed the crime of lese majesty by announcing her intention to run for presidential elections in 2010. The FDU-Inkingi's Secretary General, Mr. Sylvain Sibomana, following his first conviction to two years in prison, has just received a new sentence of 6 years in prison from the High Court of Karongi for having held a private meeting with his party members. Several other members of FDU- Inkingi are in prison for various sentences, accused of having exercised their constitutional right of peaceful assembly and membership in a political party of their choice.

Other opposition political leaders, such as Deo Mushayidi, Chairman of PDP-Imanzi, Bernard Ntaganda, President of PS-Imberakuri and Dr. Theoneste Niyitegeka, the unfortunate candidate in the 2003 presidential elections, are also languishing in prison for political reasons.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, who travelled to Rwanda from 20 to 27 January 2014, politicians who oppose what Paul Kagame presents as a consensus are regularly prosecuted and accused of minimizing the genocide, bigotry, and collaboration with armed groups. And when it comes to former RPF members, they are accused of corruption.

In Paul Kagame's Rwanda, when a political opponent is not murdered, he/she is imprisoned or forced into exile. It is high time to stop such an authoritarian drift of a bygone age that is encrusted in Rwanda so that Democracy can emerge again.

We shall have overcome such a regime!

Done in Lausanne, Switzerland, on January 28, 2014.

Dr. Nkiko Nsengimana,
FDU-INKINGI Coordinator

FDU-CC-01-28-14-triste anniversaire de la democratie (ENG)

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Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

JANUARY 28, 2014  

On this January 28, 2014, it is indeed a sad anniversary of Democracy in Rwanda which happens when the Kigali regime assassinates its opponents in exile while the President confesses for the crime. We all recall that during the prayer breakfast of January 12, 2014 in Kigali, President Paul Kagame self-confessed for the murder of political opponent Colonel Patrick Karegeya in South Africa, on the night of New Year's Eve and told the audience that he was surprised by the fact that the public opinion was shocked by such a murder and by his self-confession.

This sad anniversary is marked by a heavier sentence of 8-15 years in prison which was handed over by the Supreme Court to the FDU-Inkingi's Chair, Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for having committed the crime of lese majesty by announcing her intention to run for presidential elections in 2010. The FDU-Inkingi's Secretary General, Mr. Sylvain Sibomana, following his first conviction to two years in prison, has just received a new sentence of 6 years in prison from the High Court of Karongi for having held a private meeting with his party members. Several other members of FDU- Inkingi are in prison for various sentences, accused of having exercised their constitutional right of peaceful assembly and membership in a political party of their choice.

Other opposition political leaders, such as Deo Mushayidi, Chairman of PDP-Imanzi, Bernard Ntaganda, President of PS-Imberakuri and Dr. Theoneste Niyitegeka, the unfortunate candidate in the 2003 presidential elections, are also languishing in prison for political reasons.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, who travelled to Rwanda from 20 to 27 January 2014, politicians who oppose what Paul Kagame presents as a consensus are regularly prosecuted and accused of minimizing the genocide, bigotry, and collaboration with armed groups. And when it comes to former RPF members, they are accused of corruption.

In Paul Kagame's Rwanda, when a political opponent is not murdered, he/she is imprisoned or forced into exile. It is high time to stop such an authoritarian drift of a bygone age that is encrusted in Rwanda so that Democracy can emerge again.

We shall have overcome such a regime!

Done in Lausanne, Switzerland, on January 28, 2014.

Dr. Nkiko Nsengimana,
FDU-INKINGI Coordinator

FDU-CC-01-28-14-triste anniversaire de la democratie (ENG)

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Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

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Rwanda: Sad 53rd anniversary of Democracy

JANUARY 28, 2014  

On this January 28, 2014, it is indeed a sad anniversary of Democracy in Rwanda which happens when the Kigali regime assassinates its opponents in exile while the President confesses for the crime. We all recall that during the prayer breakfast of January 12, 2014 in Kigali, President Paul Kagame self-confessed for the murder of political opponent Colonel Patrick Karegeya in South Africa, on the night of New Year's Eve and told the audience that he was surprised by the fact that the public opinion was shocked by such a murder and by his self-confession.

This sad anniversary is marked by a heavier sentence of 8-15 years in prison which was handed over by the Supreme Court to the FDU-Inkingi's Chair, Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza for having committed the crime of lese majesty by announcing her intention to run for presidential elections in 2010. The FDU-Inkingi's Secretary General, Mr. Sylvain Sibomana, following his first conviction to two years in prison, has just received a new sentence of 6 years in prison from the High Court of Karongi for having held a private meeting with his party members. Several other members of FDU- Inkingi are in prison for various sentences, accused of having exercised their constitutional right of peaceful assembly and membership in a political party of their choice.

Other opposition political leaders, such as Deo Mushayidi, Chairman of PDP-Imanzi, Bernard Ntaganda, President of PS-Imberakuri and Dr. Theoneste Niyitegeka, the unfortunate candidate in the 2003 presidential elections, are also languishing in prison for political reasons.

According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and association, who travelled to Rwanda from 20 to 27 January 2014, politicians who oppose what Paul Kagame presents as a consensus are regularly prosecuted and accused of minimizing the genocide, bigotry, and collaboration with armed groups. And when it comes to former RPF members, they are accused of corruption.

In Paul Kagame's Rwanda, when a political opponent is not murdered, he/she is imprisoned or forced into exile. It is high time to stop such an authoritarian drift of a bygone age that is encrusted in Rwanda so that Democracy can emerge again.

We shall have overcome such a regime!

Done in Lausanne, Switzerland, on January 28, 2014.

Dr. Nkiko Nsengimana,
FDU-INKINGI Coordinator

FDU-CC-01-28-14-triste anniversaire de la democratie (ENG)

Strong 'No' to Rwandan Paper Claims - allAfrica.com

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Strong 'No' to Rwandan Paper Claims

31 January 2014 , Source: Daily News

THE Tanzanian mission in Rwanda has expressed shock and displeasure over reports published by the 'News of Rwanda' that accuse President Jakaya Kikwete of supporting and holding meetings with members of rebel groups opposed to the administration in Kigali.

It has described the reports as 'untrue and malicious.'

A statement issued by the Tanzania Embassy in Rwanda through the Directorate of Presidential Communications in Dar es Salaam said the reports are "nothing but a bunch of dangerous lies fabricated with obvious malicious intent to create an impression that Tanzania is working with enemies and groups opposed to the government of Rwanda."

The statement said that the report and other similar reports published in recent weeks by the 'News of Rwanda' were not only untrue, baseless and mere fabrication but also dangerous and threatening the diplomatic and social relations between the two neighbouring countries.

According to the statement, President Kikwete is deeply hurt by 'these lies' and it has advised the editors of the publication to stop fabricating untrue claims "which have the potential of creating and fuelling animosity and confusion among the people of our two neighbouring and friendly countries."

The embassy said it did not take such allegations by the 'News of Rwanda' lightly, given the position that the publication occupies in Rwanda.

It noted that since Presidents Kikwete and Paul Kagame of Rwanda had agreed in Kampala to foster friendly relations, such newspaper claims can only sour the atmosphere.

"President Kikwete would like to know what the editors of the publication were up to," the statement added. The statement categorically denied that Mr Kikwete has never met any of the people mentioned anywhere - in Tanzania or outside.

"Moreover, on the day that 'News of Rwanda' claims that the meeting took place, Thursday, January 23, the president was not even in the country; he was in Davos attending World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting."

Besides, according to the statement, Tanzania's Immigration Department does not have records of such people entering or exiting the country.

"The former Prime Minister of Rwanda, Mr Faustin Twagiramungu, was also not in Tanzania on any or the same mission and did not attend the meeting with representatives of RNC and FDLR as no meeting of such nature took place in Dar es Salaam or anywhere in the country," it explained.

The statement further noted that the Immigration Department has never issued any travel document to any Rwandan citizen, including those the 'News of Rwanda' has claimed that they travelled to Mozambique using Tanzanian passports on or around December 20, 2013.