Hakorwa iki ngo FPR-Inkotanyi ibuzwe kwiba amatora ?

Kwiba amatora mu Rwanda nibyo Demokarasi

Hakorwa iki ngo FPR-Inkotanyi ibuzwe kwiba amatora ?

Mu gihugu cy’uRwanda nta Demokarasi yigeze iharagwa byaba mbere y’ubwigenge aho igihugu cyategekwaga n’Umwami,ndetse no mu gihe cyaza Repubulika.

Leta iriho ubu iyobowe na FPR-Inkotanyi yasubije ibintu mu rudubi, kuko yo yahisemo ubujura bw’amatora n’amajwi.Nyuma y’Ubwami aho hatangiriye ubutegetsi bushingiye k’umatora cyangwa se gufata ubutegetsi k’umbaraga(Coup d’état),Leta zose zagiye zijyaho zagiye zikoresha amatora y’umukadida umwe, arimo uburiganya ,akeshi abaturage babaga ntaruhare bayafitemo.Aho FPR-Inkotanyi ifatiye ubutagetsi yari yarijeje rubanda ko izanye Demokarasi,ibitangaza byayo byahindutse igitugu, itotezwa n’ubwicanyi. Mu igihugu cyose abaturage bahinduwe ibirage bambuwe uburenganzira bwo gutanga ibitecyerezo no kwihitiramo uwo bashaka, hagati y’abahanganye ngo bihitiramo uzabayobora bakurikije ibitekerezo bizima(ideologie politique).Mu nyandiko yacu turi banda ku amatora na Demokarasi muri iki igihe mu Rwanda. Ubutegetsi bwa FPR-Inkotanyi bwahisemo inzira yo kugundira ingoma bukoresheje kwimika ikinyoma, bwiba amatora hakoreshejwe amayeri bunsimburanya uko ibihe by’amatora bigeze.Twabamenyesha ko ubwo bujura bw’amajwi ibufashwamo na Komisiyo y’amatora itigenga n’abusa kuko iyobowe n’abayoboke bayo bimena.Kubera iyo mpamvu abantu bashaka ko ibintu bihinduka bakwiye guhera kw’iseswa ry’iyo komisiyo, idafite ikimaze uretse kwibira Kagame udashora kubora 30% y’amajwi y’abanyarwanda. Hari abashobora kwibaza impamvu na nditse iyi nyandiko kandi hiteguwe kuba amatora ya Perezida wa Repubulika muri kanama 2010.Impamvu nyamukuru ntayindi uretse akababaro agahinda n’impugenge ntewe n’imyitegura y’ubujura bwo kuziba amajwi ,muri urwo rwego FPR ikaba yaramaze gufata ingamba zikurikira :Gukoresha komisiyo itavangiwe. Gushyiraho ibiro by’amatora byishi kugeza ku rwego rwa Kagali, hagamijwe kunaniza indorererezi.Gukumira itangazamakuru ry’igenga n’imiryango mpuzamahanga iharanira uburenganzira bw’amuntu. Kwica abatavuga rumwe nawe, cyane cyane abanyamakuru n’abanyapolitiki hagamijwe gutera ubwoba rubanda.Gushyira mu inzego z’iperereza abantu yizeye kandi bafite uburambe mu kwica(muri urwo rwego Kagame yo ngeye gutanga uburenganzira bwo kwica atabanje kubazwa,ahubwo agahabwa raporo nyuma).Gukumira abanya Politiki n’amashyaka atavuga rumwe nawe mu matora. Gutegeka amashyaka ari mu kwaha kwa kwa FPR-Inkotanyi(PSD,PL,) gutanga abakandida hagamijwe ko bagomba kwemera ibyavuye mu amatora( bemeranyije ko bazihutira gutangaza ko bishimiye ibyayavuyemo ,ko yagenze neza ko yaranzwe n’umucyo n’ibindi, kandi bazahita batanga ubutumwa bwo kwishimira itorwa rya Perezida Paul KAGME).Ibyo byose byamaze gutegurwa n’amajwi kagame azagira arazwi ni 90% ,Ntawukulilyayo 3% naho Higiro wa PL azahabwa 1%(uyu mukadida azwiho kuba yateye inda umuyaya wa koraga iwe,waje kuraswa arashishijwe n’umugore we kubera gufuha!! Aba bikurikiranye bemeza ko yaransiwe muri kiyosiki yari yarapangiwe na shebuja) , Mukabaranga oo,3% (ariko we ni bamwemerere ashobora kuzakuramo kandidatire ye agashyikira Kagame nk’uko yabikoze mbere).Naho azigaye azaba ipfabusa.

Ni iyihe mpamvu ituma FPR –Inkotanyi yiba amatora ?

Mu Rwanda ubutegetsi uko bwagiye bunsimbura bwirengagije amateka y’abanyarwanda n’ingorane yagiye ateza.Ahubwo ubuyobozi bugiyeho bugahindura amateka butitaye k’unyungu za banyarwanda.Ibyo byose bigakorwa biyibagiza ko icyo abanyarwanda bagiye bapfa nta kindi, uretse kurwanira ubutegetsi,bikaba bisobanura ko amakimbirane yacu ashingiye kunyota y’ubutegetsi,bityo rero FPR ikaba yiba amajwi igamije kugundira ubutegetsi kuko izi neza ko idashobora gutsinda amatora aramutse akozwe mu mucyo.Ingaruka ni uko hazahoraho amakimbirane n’intambara bidashira mu gihe hatabaye isaranganywa ry’ubutegetsi bishingiye kuri Demokarasi.Iyi ndi mpamvu ,iyo useseguye amateka y’uRwanda usanga zimwe mu ngorana zikomereye u Rwanda harimo,kuba amoko arutuye(Abatutsi,Abahutu n’Abatwa) yara hemukirana cyane. Kubera iyo mpamvu nta na rimwe higeze habaho kwigira hamwe ibyabateranije kugeza bicana , ngo bashakire umuti bagamije ubwiyunge bwabo .Ahubwo bagiye bahitamo kwitana bamwana , uko ingoma zagiye zisimburana, bityo bigahinduka mpima guhime. (katebe gatoki)Imbaraga zagashyizwe mu gucyemura by’abateranije bikomoka ku mateka yabo,ahubwo bakarushaho ku byongera, bitewe no kwikubira ,akeshi bikururwa n’inda nini .Mu bihugu bitandukanye ku isi hagiye haba amakimbirane akomeye abaturage bakicwa bitegetswe n’ubutegetsi buyobora,ariko mu nyungu z’igihugu hari ibihugu byagiye bihitamo inzira yo kubabarirana.Muri ibyo bihugu twavuga nka Afrurika y’epfo,aho Muzee Mandala yarebye kure agahitamo gusaba abirabura n’abazungu kubabarirana bagahana imbabazi hagamije ubwiyunge bwabo no guhagarika inzika n’inzigo burundu. Kubirebana n’uRwanda inzira yakoreshejwe na Mandela ni yo yari ikwiye gukoreshwa,Abatutsi bakababarira Abahutu,hagafatwa icyemezo cyo guhana abari muri Guverinoma y’Abatabazi..Aho gushyira imbere kwihorere bidashira kugeza naho kubica by’iyongeraho no kubamarira muri gereza hitabajwe Gacaca.Iriya nzira twavuzeho haruguru ifite inyugu, kuko n’ubwo abatutsi bakorewe Jenoside n’abamwe mu Bahutu, Abahutu nabo bishwe n’abamwe mu Batutsi ni beshi cyane, ugereranyije n’abatutsi bishwe mu gihe cya Jenoside.Abakurikiraniye hafi amateka yo muri afurika yepfo bemezako abazungu bakoreye abirabura ubugome n’ubwicanyi byi indengakamere,kuburyo byagezaho abirabura batangira ibikorwa byo kwihagararaho baharanira kwibohoza,muri iyo ntambara yabo bishe abazungu bagingiza n’ibikorwa by’amajyambere hakoreshejwe gutega ibisasu, ariko icyemezo cyafashwe na Mandella amaze gutorerwa kuba Perizida cyo kwirengagiza amakosa yakozwe n’ubutegetsi bubi n’ingaruka bwateje ni byo byakijije Afrika y’epfo.

Tugarutse kubirena n’uRwanda,abari k’ubutegetsi bagiye bashishikazwa no gushyira imbere amakosa y’ubutegetsi bansimbuye, naho amakosa yabo ntashyirwe ahagaragara , ibibazo bibangamiye abanyarwanda ntibivugweho ngo bigirweho impaka hagamijwe kubi cyemura , ubutegetsi bugahitamo kwimika ikinyoma hagamijwe gutsimbataza inyungu zabwo.

Nti twansoza tutagarutse kuri amwe mu makosa akomeye yabaye mu mateka y’abanyarwanda(UBUCAKARA bwakoreshwaga abahutu mu buryo bw’ubuhake) ,atewe n’imiyoborere mibi,yakozwe n’ingoma ya cyami.Ikindi kandi na Repubulika zose zayoboye uRwanda nk’uko twabikomojeho haruguru ntago zigeze zicyemura izo ngorane hagamijwe ubwiyunge bw’abanyarwanda,ahubwo urwango rwakomeje kwiyongera hagati y’amoko yombi,kugeza naho Abatutsi batotezwa bahunga igihungu cyabo, abatahunze bemere ibyabashyikira byose harimo no kwicwa. Kuba FPR –Inkotanyi mu buyobozi bwayo igizwe ahanini n’Abatutsi, urwikekwe n’urwango ,aho gucika rwararushijeho kwiyongera, iyo ikaba imwe mu mpamvu ikomeye ituma FPR i gira ubwoba ikishyiramo ko idashobora gutsinda amotora, bitewe n’uko abahutu ari bo beshi mu gihugu.Izo mpungenge za FPR-Ikontanyi zigatuma yumva ko habaho gutora ubwoko aho gutota ibitekerezo bishingiye k’umigambi ya Politiki.Tugarutse kuri ubwo bwoba FPR ihitamo kwi ishora mujura bw’amatora n’iterabwoba rikorerwa abaturage hagamijwe kubacecekesha(Politiki yaceceka k’uyobore) ngo bayoborwe buhumyi.Muri macye iyo ikaba ariyo mpamvu iri ku isonga mu zituma FPR-Inkotanyi iba intambamyi ya Demokarasi mu Rwanda, ikigisha ameteka agoretse ,ibibazo bikomereye abanyarwanda ntibiganirweho,maze abanyarwanda bagahora mu nzika n’inzogo bidashira ,aribyo bizongera bikabashora mu marorerwa y’ubwicanyi .Mugihe kingana n’imyaka 17 maze nkurikirana imikorere ya FPR-Inkotanyi,nabashije kugira ibintu bicye menya mu bikorwa byayo,n’ubwo mu byo na menye bitari byiza kandi byose tukaba tutabivugaho muri iyi nyandiko .

Amayeri ya FPR-Inkotanyi mu kwiba ’amatora n’amajwi.

Muri iyi nyandiko yacu turibanda cyane kumayeri yakoreshejwe na FPR-Inkotanyi mu matora ya 2003 na 2008 y’Abadepite n’icyakorwa kugirango ubwo bujura bumaze guhinduka uburenganzira bwayo buhagarikwe.Mu matora ya 2003 yaba aya badepite na Perezida wa Repubulika yose yabayemo uburiganya kuko FPR ntiyatowe ahubwo yarayibye.

Muti byagenze gute ?(n’ubwo mu kinyarawnda hari umugani uvugako uko byagenzi ibara umupfu,mu nyihanganire mbanyuriremo uko byagenze muri macye)

Mu matora yabaye muri uriya mwaka yaba ay‘Abadepite n’ayatoye Kagame ntago ari inkuru shya , abanyarwanda bose bazi ko FPR idakunzwe n’agato, ariyo mpamvu itanatowe.

Mu matora ya 2003 kwiba amatora byari byoroshye cyane,bitewe ahanini n’uko abaterankunga banze gutera inkunga amatora yagaragaraga ko yateguranwe uburiganya.

FPR nk’ishyaka riri k’ubutegetsi byahise biyibera inzira y’ubusamo mu kwiba amajwi,ibyo ikaba yarabigezeho biyoroheye, kuko yahise ishoramo amafaranga yayo,itegeka n’abacuruzi gutanga amafaranga kugatuza !nkuko iri kubikora ubu.

Ibi byatumye hakoreshwa udusaduku tw’ibiti tutabonerana kuburyo abaturage batabonaga ibiri imbere,kwiheza kw’abaterankunga(amahanga afasha uRwanda) byanatumye FPR itagira icyo yikanga kuko ntagitsure cy’amahanga cyari gifite ijambo.

Ni bwo hafashwe icyemezo cyo gukoresha inzego z’umutekano n‘iziperereza,hiyongereyeho n’umutwe wayo waba Kada, aba aribo ikoramo abashinzwe amatora.Komisiyo y’amatora yabahaye izina ry’abakorerera bushake

maze ibaha imyenda ya komisiyo ya mbarwa nabahagarariye ibikorwa b’amatora .

Abo bambari ba FPR nibo bari bashijwe kuyobora amatora,gutoresha no kubarura majwi.

Kugirango abo bayoboke bayo biborohere kwiba amajwi hashyizweho ahantu mu gihugu hose hibanga ho kurara batorera(mu mango y’abayobozi bari muri syteme no mu bigo by’abashinzwe umutekano) bakurikije imibare icyama cyabo cyabahaye.

Amajwi yatowe nabo bagaragu ba FPR niyo yabaruwe naho ayatowe n’abaturage bayamenye mu misarani.(urugero :Hari ayafatiwe mu Karere ka Kamonyi ari ku menwa mu musarani)

Uretse ayo mayeri yakoreshejwe ,hari ikindi kintu gifasha FPR-Inkotanyi kwiba amatora n’amajwi nta nkomyi,kugirango bizayorohere ikoresha amatora yo mu nzego z’ibanze igaheza andi mashyaka yose kuva mu kagali ,mu milenge no karere k’uburyo usanga abagize izo nzego ari FPR sasa.Iyi ikaba ari inkingi ikomeye ifasha FPR-Inkotanyi mu bikorwa byose byereye abaturage harimo no kwiba amatora.Bimwe mu bisobanuro twatanga kuri iyi ngingo n’uko ibyo yabashije kubigeraho ibikesheje kuniga ubwisanzure bw’amashyaka n’itangazamakuru,muyandi magambo nta Demokarasi kuko nta Opposition ibaho mu Rwanda ruyobowe na Kagame.Ubigerageje ahimbirwa ibyaha agafungwa,udafunzwe akayabangira angata agakiza amagara ye.Irindi pfundo rikomeye ry’amayeri ya FPR yo kubangamira Demokarasi rishingiye ku miterere ya Komisiyo y’amatora ,muri macye Komisiyo y’amatora mu Rwanda ntiyigenga nk’uko bigenda mu bindi bihugu bigendera kuri Demokarasi.Mu bakozi ba Komisiyo y’amatora FPR yashyizemo ba maneko ahandi ishyiramo aba Kada bayo muzi n’ibiranga imyitwarire yabo,ibyo FPR ikaba yarabikoze ihereye ku ikicaro gikuru cya Komisiyo y’amatora no kugeza kubayihagarariye mu nzego zo hasi.Birumvikana ko ntabatagira aho babogamiye baragwa muri Komisiyo y’amatora .

Ibyo bikaba bikwiye gukonsorwa no kwamaganwa rugikubita, niba abanyarwanda bashaka Demokarasi ,bagomba guharanira ko Komisiyo y’amatora iyoborwa n’abadafite aho babogamiye.Ntibyumvikana uburyo Komisiyo yitwa ko y’igenga,iyoborwa na Komiseri ushinzwe ubuhwituzi muri NEC ya FPR ariwe Bwana Crislogue KARANGWA.

Ngibyo rero muri macye ibigomba kurwanywa kubashaka kujya mu matora mu Rwanda,kuko ibyo bidahindutse niyo waba ushyigikiwe n’abanyarwanda bose kubera ibitekerezo byiza n’ingamba zibafitiye akamaro ntacyo wageraho mu Rwanda ruyowe na Kagame Paul.Tubibutse ko atari abaturage batanga ubutegetsi binyuze mu matora ahubwo ishyaka riri k’ubutegetsi rirabwiha ryiba amatora n’amajwi.

Naho kubireba amatora y’Abadepite yabaye mu 2008 mu Rwanda,urebye kubirebana n’amayeri hiyongereyeho ubundi buryo bushya ,bitewe n’uko abaterankunga bari bateye inkunga Leta y’uRwanda kugirago hategurwe amatora anyuze mu mucyo.

FPR imaze kubona ko indorerezi ari nyinshi, kandi hahinduwe n’ubusaduku hazamywe ububonerana,hafashwe icyemezo cyo guhatira abaturage kuzinduka bakajya gutora indorerezi zitaragera ku biro by’amatora,bivuze ko isaha yo gutoreraho itubahirijwe.

Kutubahiriza isaha yo gufunguriraho ibiro by’amatora aheshi mu Rwanda byatumye indorerezi zitarabukwa,kuko amajwi yari yaraye atowe yari yamaze kugezwa mu biro by’amatora.Aya mayeri mashya icyatumye yorohera FPR-Inkotanyi kuyakoresha,byatewe ahanini n’ubwishi bw’abagize umutwe w’Intore yashyizeho,(Reka tugire icyo tuvuga ku imikorere y’intore, umutwe w’intore washyizweho na FPR mu rwego rwo guceneza amatwara yayo, abagize uwo mutwe,babarizwa mu bice byose by’abaturage cyane cyane mu rubyiruko no mu barimu aho bava bakagera, mu ri ikigihe mu Rwanda ni cyo kintu kigezweho,kubazi uko Interahamwe za Muvoma zavutse bemeza ko ntaho bitandukaniye n’intore ,,ngo itangukaniro n’uko Interahamwe zabaga zifite imbunda , ngo naho intore ziraziga gusa zigansubira mu ngo zazo,ariko kubirebana no gucegezwamo amatwara ngo y’ishyaka ntaho bitandukaniye.Ugereranije ubu intore z’imaze kwigishwa amatwara ya FPR ziteguye kwitabira ibyo itorero rikuru ry’igihugu(FPR) ryabategeka gukora,dore ko ubu bakabakaba mu bihumbi 70,agashya muri uwo mutwe n’uko utemeye kuwujyamo abizira ndetse bikamuviramo gutakaza akazi,cyagwa se gufugwa ashijwa ingengabitekerezo ya Jenoside.)

kuko uwo mutwe ufatanyije n’abayobozi bo mu nzego zibanze,wategetse abaturage k’uziduka cyane bakajya ku biro by’amatora .Ikindi n’ubwo abaturage bazindurirwaga gutora,ntibivuze ko abataje gutora bagira icyo ba batwara, kuko abambari ba FPR baba bamaze kubatorera.

Birababaje ariko biranagayitse kuko indorerezi z’amahanga ni iza mashyaka zahuye n’abaturage bataha,bitirirwa gutora kandi mu by’ukuli baba maze gutorerwa.

Iyo igikorwa cy’amatora kirangiye akazi kaba gasigaye kaba ari ka Crislogue Karangwa umuyobozi wa komisiyo y’amatora,ko guhuza imibare n’iyateganyijwe na Kagame ,hagamije gusagurira ingirwa amashyaka PL na PSD. Abanyarwanda beshi barabizi ko FPR-Inkotanyi yiba amatora na FPR irabizi ko abaturage batayitora, aho ikibazo gisigaye abanyarwanda bashyira mu gaciro bibaza uburyo iyo ngeso mbi yo kwiba amatora uko yazacika bikabayobera.,hari abemeza ko uburyo bushoboka ari intambara gusa.Mu kinyarwanda baravuga ngo ntawe uvuma iritararenga abanyarwanda bangomba kumenyako Demokarasi iharanirwa itizana,bagahaguruka bakamagana ingeso mbi ibabuza kwihitiramo abayobozi,bagomba kumenya kandi ko buri ngoma yose y’igitugu igera iherezo ryayo,bimwe mu bimenyo byo kurunduka kwayo haba harimo n’ibyo kutizerwa n’abaturage nk’uko bimeze ubu mu Rwanda.

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Zapatero cancela su cita con el presunto genocida Kagame

Zapatero cancela su cita con el presunto genocida Kagame

Moratinos representará a España en la reunión con el presidente ruandés

M. ALTOZANO / M. GONZÁLEZ - Madrid - 16/07/2010

El presidente del Gobierno, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, decidió a última hora de ayer cancelar su asistencia a una reunión prevista hoy en Madrid a la que está también invitado el presidente ruandés, Paul Kagame, al que la Audiencia Nacional imputa los presuntos delitos de genocidio, crímenes de lesa humanidad, crímenes de guerra y asesinato .Kagame llegó ayer a Madrid para participar en el encuentro del grupo de apoyo a los Objetivos del Mileno -del que es copresidente, igual que Zapatero-, con el objetivo de preparar la cumbre prevista en septiembre en Nueva York.La reunión, que estaba previsto celebrar en La Moncloa, tendrá lugar finalmente en un hotel de Madrid. Zapatero, que no acudirá, ha delegado en el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, y en la secretaria de Estado de Cooperación, Soraya Rodríguez. En cambio, sí recibirá en La Moncloa al secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon.Fuentes de Presidencia indicaron que "las circunstancias del momento" habían aconsejado suspender la participación de Zapatero en la reunión, para evitar que la polémica sobre la presencia de Kagame eclipse la importancia de los Objetivos del Milenio, que buscan la erradicación de la pobreza.Las mismas fuentes agregaron que Zapatero tomó su decisión tras recibir una carta firmada por diputados de siete partidos (CiU, IU, ICV, Esquerra, CC, Na-bai y BNG), en la que recordaban que Kagame fue presunto inductor del asesinato de ciudadanos españoles.Un portavoz de la ONU defendió el nombramiento de Kagame -una decisión de Ban Ki-moon- por "el extraordinario compromiso de Ruanda con los Objetivos del Milenio".

Spanish PM changes plans, will not meet Rwandan president

Spanish PM changes plans, will not meet Rwandan president
(AFP)

MADRID ? Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has decided not to go ahead with a meeting on Friday in Madrid with Rwandan President Paul Kagame which had been contested by charities, a government spokesman said.
Zapatero and Kagame, who is targeted in a Spanish probe into the 1994 genocide, had been scheduled to meet Friday, during a the first meeting of a group set up last month by the United Nations to advance the fight against poverty.
The meeting, which was due to be held at Moncloa palace, the seat of the Spanish government, will instead be held at a downtown Madrid hotel and Spain will be represented by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, the spokesman said.
Zapatero will meet with UN chief Ban Ki-moon separately, he added.
Last month the UN chief named Zapatero and Kagame as the co-chairs of the advocacy group pushing for progress on the Millennium Development Goals that set the aim of halving extreme poverty by 2015.
Earlier on Thursday the Coordinating Committee for Development NGOs in Spain (CONGDE) said in a statement that the UN's choice of Kagame for the post was "questionable."
It criticised "Zapatero's passivity for accepting without objection to work beside someone accused of genocide".
Asked about the statement, the government spokesman said only that the decision to move the meeting to a hotel was taken on Thursday and the the government felt that Moratinos' presence at the meeting was "sufficient".
In 2008 Spain's High Court announced its intention to prosecute 40 Rwandan army officers for genocide, crimes against humanity and terrorism related to events that took place between 1994 and 2000, including under the Kagame's rule.
Kagame's then rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front in July 1994 put an end to the 100-day slaughter of at least 800,000 people, mostly from his Tutsi minority, by Hutu extremist militias and government troops.
But the Spanish judiciary accuses Kagame of fomenting the ethnic clashes in a bid to seize power. The Rwandan officers are accused, among other things, of murdering missionaries and Spanish expatriates who were allegedly witnesses to massacres.
Under Spanish law, a court can prosecute human rights crimes even if the alleged offences took place abroad.
But Kagame is immune from prosecution because of his status as head of state. His government has formally rejected the judge's accusations.
Others in the so-called MDG Advocacy Group, named after the Millennium Development Goals, include Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, CNN founder Ted Turner and Jeffrey Sachs of The Earth Institute and Columbia University

Ruanda: Tribunal arriesga brindar 'Justicia del Vencedor'

Ruanda: Tribunal arriesga brindar 'Justicia del Vencedor'

Tribunal debe perseguir enérgicamente los crímenes del Frente Patriótico Ruandés

Junio 1, 2009

El fracaso del Tribunal para abordar los crímenes de guerra cometidos por el Frente Patriótico Ruandés arriesga dar la impresión de que sólo brinda ‘la justicia del vencedor’. Eso es un mal legado de este esfuerzo histórico de la justicia internacional.

Kenneth Roth, director ejecutivo de Human Rights Watch

(Nueva York) - El Tribunal Penal Internacional para Ruanda debe acusar, de manera urgente, a los altos funcionarios del Frente Patriótico Ruandés (FPR) que presuntamente cometieron crímenes de guerra en Ruanda en 1994, dijo Human Rights Watch en una carta enviada hoy al Jefe de la Fiscalía del Tribunal Penal Internacional para Ruanda. Hasta la fecha, el Tribunal sólo ha juzgado figuras en puestos de liderazgo responsables por el genocidio de Ruanda de 1994 y no ha logrado llevar a juicio los casos contra oficiales del FPR, a pesar de que cuenta con la jurisdicción para perseguir estos delitos. El 4 de junio de 2009, el jefe de la fiscalía, Hassan Jallow, y el presidente del Tribunal, el magistrado Dennis Byron, informarán al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU en Nueva York sobre el avance de los juicios por genocidio del Tribunal en los últimos seis meses. El mandato del Tribunal le obliga a enjuiciar a los responsables del genocidio y otras graves violaciones del derecho internacional humanitario cometidas en Ruanda en 1994. Sin embargo, a diferencia del Tribunal Penal Internacional para la ex Yugoslavia, que ha perseguido los crímenes cometidos por todas las partes en el conflicto, el Tribunal Penal Internacional para Ruanda ha enjuiciado a personas pertenecientes a un solo lado. El Frente Patriótico de Ruanda es ahora el partido gobernante del país. "El fracaso del Tribunal para abordar los crímenes de guerra cometidos por el Frente Patriótico Ruandés arriesga dar la impresión de que sólo brinda ‘la justicia del vencedor’", dijo Kenneth Roth, director ejecutivo de Human Rights Watch. "Eso es un mal legado de este esfuerzo histórico de la justicia internacional." En 1994, el Gobierno de Ruanda, con la asistencia de decenas de miles de soldados, milicias, y ciudadanos ordinarios, iniciaron una campaña genocida para acabar con la población tutsi del país. La campaña se llevó a cabo durante más de tres meses, y condujo a la muerte de hasta 800,000 tutsis y hutus moderados, mientras la comunidad internacional observó y fracasó en poner fin a la masacre. El Frente Patriótico de Ruanda, dominado por los tutsis y encabezado por el actual presidente Paul Kagame, terminó el genocidio después de una campaña militar en la que sus fuerzas mataron a decenas de miles de civiles en el mismo período de tres meses. "La búsqueda de justicia para las víctimas de los crímenes del FPR no niega el genocidio ni equipara estos delitos con genocidio," dijo Roth. "Simplemente afirma que todas las víctimas, independientemente del poder de los presuntos autores, tienen el derecho a que se haga justicia". Los crímenes cometidos por el Frente Patriótico de Ruanda han sido bien documentados, incluso por una Comisión de Expertos de las Naciones Unidas en 1994, que llegó a la conclusión de que el grupo "perpetró violaciones graves del derecho internacional humanitario" y "crímenes contra la humanidad." Según el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, entre abril y agosto de 1994, el FPR asesinó entre 25,000 y 45,000 civiles. Por lo menos cuatro organismos de las Naciones Unidas, Human Rights Watch y otras organizaciones no gubernamentales también han documentado los crímenes del FPR. El Tribunal ha investigado los crímenes cometidos por el FPR durante más de 10 años y ha reunido testimonios de testigos y evidencias físicas. En lugar de perseguir el enjuiciamiento de estos casos en el tribunal basado en Tanzania, el jefe de la fiscalía Hassan Jallow decidió en junio de 2008 transferir los archivos de los sospechosos del Frente Patriótico Ruandés a Ruanda para un enjuiciamiento interno. En ese momento, dos de las salas de primera instancia del Tribunal habían negado las peticiones para transferir los casos de genocidio pendientes a Ruanda, sobre la base de que el poder judicial de Ruanda no podía garantizar un juicio justo. "Dada la decisión del Tribunal de no transferir casos de genocidio a Ruanda por temor a la injerencia política de las autoridades ruandesas, es difícil entender por qué el fiscal envió a estas mismas autoridades un caso sensible del Frente Patriótico Ruandés para su enjuiciamiento", dijo Roth. "El Fiscal debió haber garantizado la prevalencia de la justicia al procesar los casos en el Tribunal ante un panel de jueces justo e imparcial ". En un informe al Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU en junio de 2008, Jallow se comprometió a vigilar de cerca el juicio del FPR ruandés y a detener el caso si el procedimiento no cumpliera con las normas internacionales. El enjuiciamiento de los oficiales del FPR en Ruanda ha demostrado ser un encubrimiento político. Autoridades de Ruanda detuvieron a cuatro oficiales del ejército en junio de 2008 y los acusó de crímenes de guerra por la matanza de 15 civiles en 1994, incluidos 13 miembros del clero y un niño de 9 años de edad. El juicio duró sólo unos cuantos días con poca a ninguna atención internacional. La Oficina del Fiscal del Tribunal envió a un observador por un día al juicio, a los argumentos de cierre, y al veredicto. Dos de los oficiales confesaron el asesinato y fueron condenados a ocho años de cárcel (durante la apelación, esta condena fue reducida a cinco años). Otros dos altos funcionarios fueron absueltos. La Oficina del Fiscal aún no ha hecho una declaración que indique si el juicio obedeció las normas internacionales sobre un juicio imparcial. "La Oficina del Fiscal no supervisó diligentemente el juicio y todavía no ha declarado públicamente si se cumplieron las normas internacionales", dijo Roth. "El fiscal Jallow debe proporcionar su evaluación cuando brinde su informe al Consejo de Seguridad y comprometerse a buscar el procesamiento de otros casos del Frente Patriótico Ruandés. Fallar en hacer esto traicionaría los derechos de las familias de las víctimas para obtener justicia y podría socavar la legitimidad del Tribunal en los ojos de las generaciones futuras. "

ARRESTED, CENSORED, IMPRISONED

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2005
Posted October 11, 2005

Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, Umuco
ARRESTED, CENSORED, IMPRISONED
Police detained editor Bonaventure Bizumuremyi at the border with Uganda, where Umuco is printed, and took him for questioning. He was released the same evening and he managed to give out some copies of the newspaper for distribution. However, the next morning, September 20, police launched an operation in the capital Kigali to recover those copies. Local media sources said Bizumuremyi had been receiving threats from anonymous phone callers since his release.

Police spokesman Théo Badege told Reuters that police confiscated the latest edition of Umuco because it contained "harmful stories based on rumors and sensationalism." The seized edition carried a series of articles highly critical of the government, according to CPJ sources. One piece alleged that the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front raised money from civil servants and public institutions in violation of the Constitution. Another article criticized the imprisonment of Umuco journalist Jean-Léonard Rugambage, and that of Belgian priest Guy Theunis, who was arrested at Kigali airport on September 5 and accused of having used his Dialogue publication to incite genocide in 1994.
Authorities have offered no explanation for the jailing of Rugambage, which local journalists believe is linked to his criticism of a traditional justice ("gacaca") court in the central town of Gitarama.
In August, Bizumuremyi was twice held for police questioning following an article in Umuco on police corruption, and a piece that called for the release of detained opposition leader and former president Pasteur Bizimungu.

Journalist held after criticizing traditional court judges

New York, September 15, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned the arrest of Jean Léonard Rugambage, a reporter for the twice-monthly newspaper Umuco who accused judges of a traditional court in Rwanda of corruption.
Rugambage has been held without charge since his arrest on September 7 in the central town of Gitarama. He has been given no reason for his arrest but local journalists believe it is linked to an article he wrote in September, which accused judges at a "gacaca" court in the Gitarama region of using the traditional justice system for personal gain and the settling of scores.

"It is outrageous that a journalist should be thrown into jail for investigating the behavior of public officials and held without due process," said Ann Cooper, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Gacaca courts have been adapted from a form of Rwandan traditional justice to try tens of thousands of genocide suspects who have been languishing in overcrowded jails since 1994. The system was set up several years ago, but trials only got under way this year.
Umuco, which is based in the capital Kigali and publishes mainly in the Rwandan language Kinyarwanda, has become increasingly critical of the government. In August, its editor Bonaventure Bizumuremyi was twice held for police questioning following an article in Umuco on police corruption, and a piece that called for the release of detained opposition leader and former president Pasteur Bizimungu. Umuco has been publishing for about a year.

Attacks on the Press 2005: Rwanda

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The arrival of private radio stations did little to improve the climate for media in Rwanda, where repression by the government of President Paul Kagame and self-censorship by journalists all but stifled critical coverage. Local media and human rights groups often failed to speak out against intimidation and attacks on the press. Previous acts of violence against journalists remained unpunished.At least nine commercial, community, and religious radio stations were on the air by year's end, as were new provincial stations belonging to state-owned Radio Rwanda; however, CPJ sources said that the new stations broadcast few critical political programs or investigative reports. Television broadcasting remained a state monopoly.
After several years' delay, "gacaca" courts finally began trying suspects in the 1994 genocide, in which some 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in little more than three months. The courts, adapted from a form of Rwandan traditional justice, were set up to try tens of thousands of suspects who have been held in overcrowded jails for more than 11 years.
International human rights groups and independent observers expressed concern that genocide allegations were being used in some cases to settle personal scores and to punish government critics, including journalists. In the gacaca system, the accused is judged by peers and has no recourse to a defense lawyer. The courts can hand down prison sentences and, for lesser crimes such as looting, order civil reparations. Prison sentences can be partially converted into community service in cases where suspects confess their crimes.
In a move that made international headlines, Rwandan authorities arrested Belgian Catholic priest and journalist Guy Theunis as he passed through the capital, Kigali, in early September. They accused him of publishing material that had incited people to participate in the 1994 genocide; a few days later, Theunis became the first foreigner to appear before a gacaca court. The charges against Theunis related to publication of material from the newspaper Kangura, whose editor was sentenced by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2003 to life imprisonment for genocide.
Theunis worked as a missionary in Rwanda from 1970 to 1994, and edited the French-language review Dialogue, which covered social and political issues. Theunis told the gacaca court that he was astonished by the accusations and that he had merely translated excerpts from Kangura as part of a press review in Dialogue. CPJ sources also expressed shock at the allegations, saying they were probably motivated either by politics or by personal animosities. Theunis was a critic of the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which is now in power. Following strong diplomatic pressure from

Belgium, the former colonial power, Rwanda agreed to transfer Theunis to Belgium for trial.In September, journalist Jean-Léonard Rugambage was jailed on the orders of gacaca authorities and accused of participating in a genocide-related murder, although several local sources told CPJ they believe he was jailed for his journalistic work. Rugambage, a reporter for the twice-monthly newspaper Umuco, was held in the central town of Gitarama. His arrest came shortly after he wrote an article for the August 25 edition of Umuco that accused gacaca officials in the Gitarama region of corruption, mismanagement, and witness tampering.
CPJ sources said the evidence against Rugambage appeared to be flimsy. In November, Rugambage was found in contempt of a gacaca court and sentenced to a year in prison after he protested that the presiding judge was biased. Rugambage said the judge refused to consider defense evidence or testimony, according to CPJ sources. The underlying charge remained pending.
Umuco, which is based in Kigali and publishes mainly in the local language Kinyarwanda, has been targeted for its criticism of the authorities. In August, its editor, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, was twice held by police for questioning following publication of an article on police corruption and a story that called for the release of jailed opposition leader and former president Pasteur Bizimungu. In mid-September, police seized copies of Umuco and summoned Bizumuremyi several times for questioning. He said he had also received anonymous telephone threats. One article in the seized edition likened Kagame to his predecessors and called him a dictator.
At the beginning of the year, Rwango Kadafi and Didas Gasana became the latest in a series of journalists from the critical weekly Umuseso to flee the country in fear for their safety. Gasana had been detained and threatened by unidentified armed men at the Ugandan border in December 2004, while Kadafi and another Umuseso journalist were victims of a vicious knife assault the same month. The attackers were subsequently identified as two government soldiers and a civilian, according to CPJ sources. All three attackers were arrested and held for a week, but they were then released. No further action has been taken against them.
In March, a Rwandan appeals court stiffened a previous sentence against Umuseso Editor Charles Kabonero, who was convicted of defaming the deputy speaker of parliament, Denis Polisi, in a 2004 article. The court imposed a one-year suspended prison sentence and ordered Kabonero to pay the equivalent of US$2,000 in damages. The trial court had earlier imposed only a symbolic fine and acquitted him on the more serious criminal charge of "divisionism."
A media law introduced in 2002 imposes criminal sanctions on the media for a wide range of ill-defined offenses such as "divisionism," which is punishable by one to five years in prison. Accusations of divisionism as well as "genocide ideology" have been used to intimidate journalists. In 2004, they were used to purge the Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, LIPRODHOR, of government critics, forcing several of its leaders into exile and closing its two specialized publications on human rights and justice. Le Verdict, LIPRODHOR's well-established monthly journal on justice issues, stopped publishing in July 2004. CPJ sources said its absence has left

a marked gap in coverage.

Rwandan newspaper editor flees, publication suspended

New York, March 21, 2008—

The founder and editor of the private bimonthly newspaper Umuco went into hiding Tuesday, a day before a police raid on his residence in Kigali. A police statement said Bonaventure Bizumuremyi faces prosecution on defamation charges for “insulting the president.” Police spokesman Willy Higiro made an announcement over Radio Rwanda on Thursday calling on citizens to help security services track down Bizumuremyi, according to local news reports. Local journalists said six police cars surrounded Bizumuremyi’s home in central Kigali late Wednesday as police seized documents, compact discs, and mobile phones. Bizumuremyi’s mother and sister were picked up from their home and questioned for 40 minutes regarding Bizumuremyi’s whereabouts.The defamation charges stem from three articles in the March 12 edition of the Kinyarwanda-language paper that were critical of national leaders. A two-page editorial claimed that President Paul Kagame’s days in office were numbered due to recent genocide indictments issued by a Spanish judge against 40 Rwandan Defense Force officers. The editorial claimed Kagame would face an international criminal tribunal, be forced to live in exile, or commit suicide as did Adolf Hitler. The article carried a picture of Kagame and the German dictator side by side. The other pieces criticized senior military officials and the alleged roles of ruling party members in the deaths of Spanish priests.“We understand why these remarks were deeply offensive to President Kagame, but political leaders must tolerate even harsh criticism,” said Joel Simon, CPJ executive director. “The government should not be bringing criminal action.”The High Press Council, a quasi-government media regulatory entity, has suspended Bizumuremyi’s press card for six months and recommended that the courts suspend his publication for one year, according to Gaspard Safari, president of the Rwanda Journalist Association.Last year, Finance Minister James Musoni accused Umuco of collusion with “negative forces,” code for Congo-based Hutu rebels and exiled critics of Rwanda’s Tutsi-dominated government, according to local journalists.

Editor of independent newspaper attacked

JANUARY 15, 2006
Posted: March 8, 2006

Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, Umuco
ATTACKED
Four unidentified intruders carrying clubs and knives came to the Kigali home of Bizumuremyi, editor of one of Rwanda’s few independent newspapers, Umuco. CPJ sources said the intruders broke the door, awakening neighbors who intervened before the intruders could get inside. Bizumuremyi, who had been asleep inside, summoned police. Police said they would investigate, according to the local human rights organization Ligue des Grands Lacs.

The incident came after Umuco carried an article critical of the ruling RPF party, according to local sources. Following the paper’s publication, Bizumuremyi received a number of anonymous threatening phone calls.
In September 2005, police briefly detained and questioned Bizumuremyi at the border with Uganda, where Umuco is printed, and confiscated copies of the paper. A police spokesman told Reuters that police confiscated the paper because it contained "harmful stories based on rumors and sensationalism." The seized edition carries a series of articles highly critical of the government, according to CPJ sources.
Umuco journalist Jean-Léonard Rugambage has been in jail in the central town of Gitarama since September 7, 2005. He was jailed on the orders of a traditional “gacaca” court and accused of participating in a murder related to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, although several local sources told CPJ they believe he was jailed for his journalistic work. His arrest came shortly after he wrote an article for the August 25 edition of Umuco that accused gacaca officials in the Gitarama region of corruption, mismanagement, and witness tampering.

Newspaper editor goes into hiding

New York, August 9, 2006—The editor of the private newspaper Umuco has gone into hiding following official criticism of articles in his paper and a police summons, according to several local sources. Bonaventure Bizumuremyi also complained of receiving threatening phone calls, the sources said. The incidents come days after another Umuco journalist, Jean-Léonard Rugambage, was freed from jail after 11 months behind bars.

Bizumuremyi was summoned on August 3 to appear before the High Council of the Press, an official media regulator, in connection with articles in the July 26 edition of Umuco, CPJ sources said. Bizumuremyi did not attend, but the council ruled that several articles were “unethical” and needed correcting. The same day, Bizumuremyi received a summons to appear before police. The journalist did not respond because he was given only one hour to answer it and a lawyer was not available, the sources said. They said Bizumuremyi went into hiding after police came looking for him at his home and office.
The four articles singled out by the council were highly critical of President Paul Kagame, carrying headlines suggesting that he is tired and that his regime is no different than that of predecessor Juvénal Habyarimana. They also criticize the judicial system, particularly with reference to the trial of Col. Patrick Karegeya, the former spy chief now in prison.
In a telephone interview with CPJ, Council President Dominique Karekezi said his agency’s problem centered on what he believed was a misprint that had insulted the president. He said he believed the matter was “banal” and that it had been settled.
“We’re deeply troubled by the continuing harassment of Umuco journalists and perplexed by police involvement in what appears to be a dispute over coverage,” CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon said. “We call on the Rwandan authorities to stop this intimidation.”
Bizumuremyi was also forced into hiding in January after four unidentified intruders carrying clubs and knives came to his Kigali home. Umuco reporter Rugambage, freed on July 28, spent nearly 11 months in jail on what observers believe was a trumped-up charge. The status of his case is still unclear and there are fears for his security. For more information, see CPJ’s July 31 alert.

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Rwandan editor arrested after criticizing Kagame government

New York, July 9, 2010—Police in Rwanda arrested the editor of a private newspaper on Thursday in connection with a series of articles critical of the government, according to local journalists. Agnès Uwimana was taken into custody in the capital, Kigali , over allegations that her Kinyarwanda-language weekly Umurabyo had published stories “inciting the public to disobey,” “articles related to division and ethnicity,” and “rumors that can cause disturbance in the country,” Rwandan National Police spokesman Eric Kayiranga told CPJ today. Kayiranga said police acted in the public interest and would take Uwimana to court next week. Umurabyo, which rose to prominence in April following the government’s closure of leading private papers Umuseso and Umugizi, had in recent editions raised questions about a number of sensitive topics, including last month’s murder of journalist Jean-Léonard Rugambage, the fallout between President Paul Kagame and two now-exiled military leaders, and reports alleging lavish government spending on luxury jets, according to local journalists. One story criticizing the government was headlined, “The Hammer Has Begun Killing the Fly,” a reference to April remarks in which Kagame declared that, “if necessary, we will kill the fly with a hammer.” Kagame was discussing generals who fled after being accused of involvement in grenade attacks earlier this year. “Once again, Rwandan authorities invoke national security and the legacy of the 1994 genocide to silence one of the few dissenting voices in the shrinking independent Rwandan press,” said CPJ Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. “We call on authorities to release Agnès Uwimana immediately; she should not go to prison for expressing her views a month before presidential elections.” Uwimana had been imprisoned in 2007-08, serving a one-year sentence on charges of ethnic divisionism and libel after she published an op-ed on the topic of ethnic violence in Rwanda , according to CPJ research. Last month, Rwanda ’s Media High Council Board Chairman Arthur Asiimwe accused Uwimana of publishing “defamatory articles and falsehoods” in a story suggesting that all Rwandans were both victims and perpetrators of the 1994 genocide, according to news reports. Only a handful of independent newspapers, including Rushyashya, Umusingi, and Gasabo, have continued to publish in Rwanda under increasing self-censorship, according to local journalists.

Le journaliste Jean Leonard Rugambage assassine devant son domicile de Kiagli

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Le journaliste Jean-Léonard Rugambage assassiné devant son domicile de Kigali

Reporters sans frontières exprime son effroi et son indignation après le meurtre, le 24 juin 2010, vers 23 heures, du rédacteur en chef adjoint du bimensuel Umuvugizi, Jean-Léonard Rugambage. Il s'agit du premier assassinat d'un journaliste au Rwanda depuis celui de Emmanuel Munyemanzi, en 1998."Depuis des mois, nous dénonçons le climat de terreur, l'escalade de la répression contre les voix indépendantes et la dérive totalitaire au Rwanda. Les suspensions de journaux, les procès à répétition contre les professionnels des médias, les blocages de sites Internet n'ont, semble-t-il, pas suffi à faire réagir la communauté internationale. Ce tragique événement va-t-il enfin ouvrir les yeux de ceux qui cautionnent le régime de Kigali ?", s'interroge l'organisation."A l'approche de l'élection présidentielle d'août 2010, les autorités organisent une campagne électorale verrouillée et monolithique en écartant l'opposition et étouffant toute voix critique. Cette entreprise a atteint son sommet avec l'assassinat, dans un véritable guet-apens, de ce journaliste reconnu", a ajouté Reporters sans frontières.A la faveur de la reprise des relations diplomatiques avec le Rwanda, le président de la République française, Nicolas Sarkozy, s'est rendu à Kigali en février dernier, et son homologue rwandais, Paul Kagame, a assisté au sommet Afrique-France, à Nice, les 31 mai et 1er juin. Reporters sans frontières estime que cette reprise du dialogue ne peut se faire sans une attention particulière à la question de la liberté de la presse. C'est pourquoi l'organisation demande instamment aux autorités françaises, ainsi qu'à la délégation de l'Union européenne à Kigali, de s'assurer qu'une enquête indépendante sera menée sur cet homicide. L'ambassadeur de France à Kigali, Laurent Contini, devrait faire du suivi de cette affaire l'une de ses priorités.Le 24 juin, Jean-Léonard Rugambage, connu également sous le nom de "Sheriff", a été fusillé de quatre balles à bout portant, devant son domicile de Kigali, par des malfaiteurs encore non identifiés. Son corps a été récupéré par la police pour enquête."Jean-Léonard a certainement été tué suite à ses investigations sur la tentative d'assassinat perpétrée la semaine dernière contre le général Kayumba Nyamwasa, en exil en Afrique du Sud", a confié à Reporters sans frontières le rédacteur en chef de son journal, Jean-Bosco Gasasira, lui-même en exil. Jean-Léonard Rugambage avait fait état d'échanges téléphoniques entre Emmanuel Ndahiro, chef des services de renseignements à Kigali, et les citoyens rwandais arrêtés en Afrique du Sud suite à l'attentat. Revenant sur cet tentative d'homicide, dans un article intitulé "Balles perdues rwandaises", paru dans Le Monde, le 22 juin, le journaliste français Jean-Philippe Rémy écrivait : "Il n'est pas facile de déterminer ce qui sépare le Rwanda d'une dictature en bonne et due forme."Jean-Léonard Rugambage, qui laisse une veuve et un enfant de deux ans, avait déjà été inquiété par les autorités à plusieurs reprises. Accusé de "meurtre" pendant la période génocidaire, puis condamné à un an d'emprisonnement pour "outrage à la cour", le journaliste avait été détenu pendant onze mois, entre 2005 et 2006, avant d'être finalement acquitté. Il avait longtemps été le rédacteur en chef de Umuco avant de rejoindre Umuvugizi. Il était également correspondant pour le Rwanda de l'organisation régionale de défense de la liberté de presse Journaliste en danger (Jed). "Il disait les choses telles qu'il les sentait. C'était un garçon très engagé qui a payé de sa vie son courage d'informer. Il n'avait pas sa langue dans sa poche, au contraire de certains de ses confrères rwandais", se souvient un journaliste qui avait participé avec lui à l'atelier des correspondants régionaux de l'organisation, à Brazzaville, en 2007. Son meurtre suscite déjà une grande consternation, au Rwanda comme à l'étranger.Le Rwanda occupe la 157e place, sur 175 pays, du classement mondial 2009 de la liberté de la presse établi par Reporters sans frontières. Après l’Erythrée, la Somalie, et la Guinée équatoriale, il est le quatrième pays africain le moins bien classé.

Depuis plusieurs années, le chef de l'Etat rwandais, Paul Kagame, figure dans la liste des prédateurs de la liberté de la presse dressée par Reporters sans frontières : http://fr.rsf.org/predator-paul-kagame,37184.html

Editor of censored Rwandan paper is assanated

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Editor of censored Rwandan paper is assassinated
New York, June 25, 2010—A top editor of an independent Rwandan newspaper that was recently banned by the government was assassinated in front of his home late Thursday, according to local journalists and news reports.An assailant shot Jean-Léonard Rugambage, acting editor of Umuvugizi as he drove through the gate of his home in the capital, Kigali , around 10 p.m., Rwanda National police spokesperson Eric Kayiranga told CPJ. “At the moment, we are yet to establish who is involved in the killing and police are currently conducting investigations and we will provide information as it comes,” he said. Rwanda ’s Media High Council suspended Umuvugizi’s right to publish in April. Soon after Umuvugizi moved online, its Web site became inaccessible to domestic visitors. Censorship of the publication, one of the few critical voices in the country, has come in the run-up to the August presidential election.Rugambage had reported to friends and colleagues that he was being followed and had received phone threats, local journalists told CPJ. Jean-Bosco Gasasira, the exiled editor of Umuvugizi, told the U.S. government-funded Voice of America that he believed the killing was reprisal for a recent story alleging government involvement in the shooting of a former Rwandan army commander in South Africa .“The brutal murder of Jean-Léonard Rugambage deals a savage blow to Rwanda ’s already beleaguered independent media,” said Africa Advocacy Coordinator Mohamed Keita. “It comes amid a government crackdown on critical reporting ahead of the August presidential election, and raises serious questions about the safety of independent journalists in the country. The authorities must ensure that all those behind this murder, including the masterminds, are brought to justice swiftly.”As the last Umuvugizi journalist remaining in Rwanda , Rugambage represented the newspaper in hearings in several court cases the newspaper is facing over its critical coverage of government affairs, according to local journalists.Before joining Umuvugizi, Rugambage was a reporter for the now-defunct independent tabloid Umuco. He experienced 11 months of imprisonment after producing a story alleging mismanagement and witness tampering in Rwanda 's traditional courts for suspects of the 1994 genocide. Rugambage, 34, is survived by a wife and a two-year-old daughter, according to local journalists.