[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying reality : the Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule, tyranny and corruption in Rwanda. The current government has been characterized by the total impunity of RPF criminals, the Tutsi economic monopoly, the Tutsi militaristic domination with an iron fist, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus), mass-arrests and mass-murder by the RPF criminal organization.
So long as justice and accountability for RPF past and current crimes are ignored and delayed, Peace and Stability will remain illusive and impossible in Rwanda=>AS International]
- US Embassy in Rwanda: Power in Hands of a Powerful Tutsi Minority
- PAUL KAGAME, LE PLUS GRAND “CRIMINEL ACTUEL” VOYAGE À PARIS
CSIS Study: RPF Authoritarian Practices Threaten Rwanda’s Future
A new, in-depth study by a leading Africa scholar at the prestigious Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington argues that the current Rwandan government’s authoritarian practices are “cause for considerable concern” and put at risk its future as a peaceful and stable nation.
Rwanda’s “apparent stability masks deep-rooted tensions, unresolved resentments, and an authoritarian government that is unwilling to countenance criticism or open political debate,” writes Jennifer G. Cooke, Director of CSIS’s Africa Program in a study commissioned by the U.S. Africa Command, which is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for U.S. military relations with 54 African countries. “International partners have largely refrained from pressing the government on opening political space, in part for fear of reopening the political and social fissures that have fueled violence in the past and in part because of a legacy of guilt for failing to prevent or adequately respond to the genocide.”
“In the coming decade,” the study adds, “the greatest vulnerability that Rwanda will confront is the unyielding nature of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front and its inability — or unwillingness — to allow and manage genuine political competition and debate.”
The CSIS study reinforces the description of Rwanda’s current political environment that has been documented by Rwanda Briefing. According to the CSIS study, “In the period leading up to the 2010 election, key opposition parties were outlawed or prevented from registering,and their leaderships were arrested on charges including divisionism, promoting genocide ideology, and threatening national security. Andre Rwisekera, an RPF defector who had joined the leadership of an opposition party, was killed by unknown assassins less than a month before the election. Along with opposition party supporters, many journalists and editors were arrested and imprisoned on charges of promoting genocide ideology or incitement to violence.”
The study concludes that Rwanda must “build truly national institutions that are — in both perception and fact — genuinely independent of RPF control. If the ruling party chooses this route, its first priority should be the country’s judicial system. A credible, impartial judiciary will help adjudicate the political, social, and economic tensions that will arise as Rwandans chart their way forward.
“In this situation, political competition and ambition are unavoidable. The question is whether they will be constrained within the legitimate democratic institutions or be compelled, for lack of better
African SurViVors International (ASI) is an international nonpartisan charity organization devoted to defending human rights. It’s an organization working to promote democracy and national reconciliation, inside countries of the African Great lakes Region.
ASI centers its work on the twin concepts of freedom of self-determination and freedom from tyranny. These ideals include the belief that all human beings have the rights to speak freely, to associate with those of like mind, and to leave and enter their countries. Individuals in a free society must be accorded equal treatment and due process under law, and must have the opportunity to participate in the governments of their countries;
ASI’s ideals likewise find expression in the conviction that all human beings have the right to be free from arbitrary detainment or exile and from interference and coercion in matters of conscience. ASI does not support nor condone violence.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a “time”, yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a time, yet It cannot be destroyed => Wolverine
