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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

Rwanda Peoples Party responds to the release of Bernard Ntaganda

June 9, 2014 Global Author

By: John Karuranga, President Malmö, Sweden, June 07, 2014 Ref: RPP/1BNR/J07-JK/3001/J2014/BNR/PS01 Subj: The release of Bernard NTAGANDA The release of Bernard Ntaganda after four years of imprisonment is wonderful news for everyone who values freedom and human rights. While the Rwanda People’s Party welcomes his release, we condemn in the strongest terms the horrific treatment he received at the hands… 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

Rwanda: The Victims Who Weren’t Commemorated

May 13, 2014 Global Author1994, 20th anniversary, Commemoration, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Victims

By Andy Piascik. A solemn ceremony was held in Rwanda last month to mark the 20thanniversary of the mass killings in that country in 1994. Corporate media from the United States and the rest of the world covered the event in some depth, underscoring the horrible deaths of hundreds of thousands killed by the state and Hutu civilians. Dignitaries and… Read More

Ex-DR Congo warlord Mutebusi dies in Rwanda

May 12, 2014 Global Authordead, DRC, DRC warlord, Mutebusi, Nkunda, Rwanda, war

Jules Mutebusi (R) pictured alongside General Laurent Nkunda (L) on 04 june 2004, after their troops overran the town of Goma. AFP KINSHASA – Jules Mutebusi, a former DR Congo rebel leader often described as a Rwandan proxy, has died in Kigali where he had been exiled for a decade, relatives and officials said Sunday. “He died on Friday evening in… Read More

In Rwanda, Finding Echoes of Germany

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorGenocide, Germany, Holocaust, impunity, Rwanda, war

I MOVED to Nairobi last year for a challenge and to try something new. I thought that reporting from all over East Africa would be nothing like my previous assignment covering Central Europe from Berlin and I was excited to leave behind the stolid German Finance Ministry and embark on bumpy jeep rides through lush jungles and desert dunes. If… Read More

DR Congo faces food insecurity despite aid

May 11, 2014 Global AuthorDRC, food crisis, Malnutrition, Starvation, war

In war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, aid is not turning into food security – leaving populations close to famine. Bureaucracy can lead to food sitting in warehouses while local communities face hunger Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – When the World Food Programme delivered aid to internally displaced people in the camps nearest to… 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

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