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Rwanda Supreme Court hearing on Constitutional Change Regarding Lifting of Presidential Term Limits has commenced.

August 4, 2015October 20, 2016 Global Authordemocracy, dictator, Frank habineza, Greens, Kagame, kigali, Rwanda, Rwanda Green Party, Supreme Court

Before the Supreme Court Judges Rwanda’s Supreme Court has today, the 29th of July 2015, started hearing, the petition against the change of the Rwandan Constitution, especially Article 101, regarding lifting of Presidential term limits, filed by the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda. The Court process, started with the acceptance of the Amicus Curiae, filled by the Centre for Human… Read More

Fragile Burundi Casts a Wary Eye on Rwanda

August 4, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, democracy, FDLR, Flip Reyntjens, Genocide, hutu, Kagame, Rwanda, Tutsi, war

A rally for President Pierre Nkurunziza in Cibitoke, Burundi, near the border with Rwanda. Mr. Nkurunziza’s aides accuse Rwanda of tacitly aiding his enemies.CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times KIGALI, Rwanda — Burundi and Rwanda can seem deceptively like conjoined twins. They share a common history, geography and language, and their populations are divided ethnically between Hutu and Tutsi. Both were devastated by some… Read More

BURUNDI SECURITY AGENTS ATTACK JOURNALIST COVERING MURDER OF TOP GENERAL — CPJ SAYS

August 4, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Burundi, Committee to protect journalists, CPJ Says, Gen. Adolphe Nshimiramana, Kagame, murder, Rwanda, Tom Rhodes

Gen. Adolphe Nshimiramana Burundi security forces detained and beat a journalist on Sunday while he was covering the assassination of a top general in the capital, Bujumbura, according to news reports and the journalist. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack and calls on Burundian authorities to launch a full and efficient investigation. Esdras Ndikumana, a correspondent for Agence… Read More

War Crimes and Rwandan Realities

July 22, 2015October 20, 2016 Global AuthorKagame, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, War Crimes

Gen. Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, the head of the Rwandan intelligence services who is now free on bail in London pending an extradition hearing in October, is an exemplar of the tightly knit group of diaspora Tutsis that ousted Rwanda’s Hutu-dominated government and rose to power during the 1994 genocide. Once a victim of human rights abuses, he now stands accused… Read More

HOW GENERAL KARENZI KARAKE’S ARREST EXPOSED KAGAME’S HYPOCRISY

July 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGenocide, human rights, Kagame, Karenzi Karake, Rwanda, UK

By EMMANUEL NGARAMBE When news broke nearly three weeks ago that General Karenzi Karake, Director General of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security Services, had been arrested in London on charges of mass murder and crimes against humanity in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, many people were understandably caught unawares. The high-profile arrest was very unique. Not only is… Read More

Rwanda’s Supreme Court postpones Green Party case

July 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergConstitution, Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, Election, Frank habineza, Kagame, Rwanda

Dr. Frank Habineza, the only opposition figure in Rwanda against the third term and possible constitutional change The Rwandan Supreme Court has agreed to postpone the Green Party v the government of Rwanda case to allow the plaintiff time to find a lawyer. The court was scheduled to hear the case Wednesday July 8 but Frank Habineza, President of the… Read More

Britain arrests Kagame’s spy chief on genocide charges: Lawyer Special

June 23, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergarrest, Kagame, Karake, KK, Rwanda, spy chief, UK, War Crimes

BY JUDI REVER Rwanda’s intelligence chief — indicted by Spain on genocide charges in 2008 — has been arrested in Britain, a Spanish lawyer representing victims in a case of universal jurisdiction said Monday. Emmanuel Karenzi Karake entered the UK more than a week ago and is now under arrest in London, Jordi Palou-Loverdos told Digital Journal. Palou-Loverdos said… Read More

Will the world remain silent with Rwanda and Uganda in DR Congo again?

May 11, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBurundi, DRC, Kabila, Kagame, M23, Museveni, Political oppression, Rebel groups, Rwanda, Uganda

An interview with international criminal defense attorney and former law professor Peter Erlinder Ann Garrison While international attention is focused on the constitutional crisis in Burundi, Rwandan and Ugandan soldiers have again violated the territorial integrity of DR Congo by sending troops into the country. What are they up to? INTRODUCTION Rwandan and Ugandan troops have been reported in the… Read More

Burundi presidential term saga balloons into regional crisis as US, Rwanda, Tanzania drawn in

May 5, 2015 Global AuthorBurundi, Constitution, John Kerry, Kagame, Pierre Nkurunziza, Rwanda, US

Burundi president Pierre Nkurunziza has been unfazed by the international reaction to his bid for a third term. (Photo/File/Getty) Court backs controversial third term bid for Pierre Nkurunziza, stoking fears of a rapid escalation and a return to conflict. BURUNDI’s crisis this week snowballed into a major regional concern after a constitutional court backed president Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a… Read More

Australian troops remember Kibeho massacre in Rwanda

April 21, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergAustralia, Genocide, Kagame, Kibeho Massacre, RPF, Rwanda, violence, War Crimes

“The killing just went on and on right in front of us. None were spared, not even the babies on their mother’s backs.” It’s been 20 years since Terry Pickard witnessed the Kibeho massacre in Rwanda. It is, to this day, something that affects his life. “At least twice a week I have nightmares which wake me up,” he writes… Read More

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