JENNIFER FIERBERG

Written by Jennifer Fierberg

Internet and Media Maven…working to inform, advocate and promote for causes in Central Africa. Having started out as a UN Volunteer many years ago in the media sector I was exposed to the human rights abuses that are rampant in the Great Lakes Region of Africa and have taken this information into internet and social media in order to expose and educate the greater public. Skilled in print and radio interviews, press release publication, intensive research skills and all around comprehensive journalist. I have also edited many books, both fiction…

“It is not safe in the new Rwanda to share what you really think”

June 25, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergColgate University, Gacaca, Kagame, poverty, power, RPF, Rwanda, Susan Thomson

Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Post-genocide Rwanda Author Dr. Susan Thomson By: Jennifer Fierberg Powerlessness can be defined as the inability to make changes in one’s own life or having the lack of ability to effect change. This lack of power can be a product of social hierarchy, racism, cultural contexts and the influence of political… Read More

Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

June 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergArms Trade Treaty, Biennial Meeting, Control Arms, UN, Vision-GRAM International

By Jennifer Fierberg In a Press Release by the General Assembly of the UN dated 16 June 2014, they stated: “Since 2003, Member States have gathered to consider implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, adopted in 2001. The Programme of Action prescribes… Read More

Is Peace in Rwanda and in The Great Regions of Africa Achievable?

June 12, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, congo, DRC, FDLR, Genocdie, Kagame, RPF, weapons

By: Nziyyumvira Bosco Since The Rwandan Patriot Front (RPF) invasion on October 01, 1990, as well as during period post invasion, RPF has had a reputation of undermining any chance of a peaceful resolution and has instead waged terror, arbitration, kidnapping and killing of politicians and other everyday Rwandans who dared ask questions. Recently on June 05, 2014 in NYABIHU… Read More

THE RECENT GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA ATTACK ON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH IS DISTURBING

June 11, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergCharles Kambanda, Human rights violations, human rights watch, Jennifer Fierberg, John Kerry, Minijust, Obama, RPF, Rwanda

By: Dr. Charles Kambanda Edited By: Jennifer Fierberg On June 2, 2014, the Minister of Justice – on behalf of the government of Rwanda (GoR) – issued communiqué “assessing” Human Rights Watch (HRW) activities and conduct in Rwanda. The GoR broad accusations against HRW fit in five categories: (1) HRW is a tool for some unnamed “authorities” to which HRW… Read More

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile….except in Rwanda

June 5, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergHitler, human rights, John Kerry, Massacre, Obama, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, UN

Top Image: Kagame 6/2014 Bottom image: Hitler followers By: Michel MUSHIMIYIMANA with Jennifer Fierberg Terrorist, President Paul Kagame pledges Rwandans to publicly shoot his critics or renegades on site in a public statement today while addressing residents of Nyabihu district in the northwestern part of the country. Remember that in Rwanda it is said that, “there is no death sentence,”… Read More

Rwanda: A government with deep pockets and shallow morals

June 4, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAmnesty international, Corruption, human rights, human rights watch, Kagame, Obama, Rene Mugenzi, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Susan Thomson, US State Department

By: Jennifer Fierberg The US State Department made a strong statement today in regards to the ongoing reports of the arrests and disappearances of dozens of Rwandans over the last two months. The statement by Marie Harf, Deputy Department Spokesperson, and Office of the Spokesperson US State Department stated in part: “Rwandan authorities held individuals incommunicado for periods up to… Read More

The Death of a Hero, Captain Mbaye Diagne

June 4, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg1994, Amadou Deme, Genocide Kagame, Mbaye Diagne, RPF, Rwanda

Submitted by: Jennifer Fierberg Amadou Deme, Former Captain and Military Intelligence Officer of UNAMIR Force under Commander General Romeo Dallaire in Rwanda1994 before and during the genocide wrote a moving tribute to his friend and colleague, Captain Mbaye Diagne. Captain Diagne is remembered as a hero during the Rwanda Genocide in 1994 for his selfless act in order to save… Read More

“The Dead can play a powerful political role only if the living allow them to speak”

May 9, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAlison Des Forges, Genocide, Kagame, RPF, Rwanda, University of BUffalo

By: Jennifer Fierberg Dr. Alison Des Forges, born in Schenectady, New York, in 1942, began studying Rwanda as a student and dedicated her life and work to understanding the country as well as exposing the serial abuses suffered by its people with the goal of helping to bring about change in the country. Tragically, she died in the crash of… Read More

Assassination in Africa: Inside the plots to kill Rwanda’s dissidents

May 2, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergassassination, gahima, Judi Rever, Kagame, Karegeya, Kayumba, murder, rudasingwa, Rwanda, South Africa, York

Rwanda’s Hunted Much of the world regards President Paul Kagame as a hero. But 20 years after he helped to stop his country’s brutal genocide, there are mounting allegations that he is silencing dissenters with violence. A months-long, international inquiry by The Globe’sGeoffrey York and contributor Judi Rever has uncovered explosive testimonies from those who say they were recruited for assassinations – including an… Read More

Kagame plays the US for a fool again

April 20, 2014March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAnthony Monaco, Genocide, human rights watch, Kagame, RNC, Royce, rudasingwa, Rwanda, Tufts University, UN Mapping Report

By Theogene Rudasingwa As usual, after Kagame gets his victims dead or in jail, he takes a tour to the West to celebrate and be recognised for what he is not. After getting musician Kizito and his colleagues in jail, he will be in Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, on 22 April, as a guest of the President of Tufts university, Dr.… Read More