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UK: A shameful miscarriage of justice

August 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergKarenzi Karake, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Spanish indictments, Theogene Rudasingwa, TOny Blair, UK

TEN REASONS WHY THE ACQUITTAL OF GENERAL KARENZI KARAKE BYA BRITISH COURT IS A SHAMEFUL MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE By Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa On 10 August, 2015, General Karenzi Karake, the head of Rwanda’s notorious National Security and Intelligence Service was acquitted by a British Court. Rwanda’s Spy Chief had been arrested at London Heathrow Airport on June 20, 2015, on… Read More

Rwandan spy chief extradition case dismissed: UK court

August 10, 2015October 20, 2016 Global AuthorKagame, Karenzi Karake, KK, Rwanda, Rwandan spy chief, Spain, Spanish Courts, UK

. View photo General Karenzi Karake (pictured) was accused of “crimes of terrorism” linked to the killing of nine Spanish citizens in Rwanda in the 1990s (AFP Photo/) London (AFP) – A court in Britain said Monday it had dropped an extradition case against Rwanda’s intelligence chief. General Karenzi Karake was arrested on a warrant issued by Spain in… Read More

Rwanda: “Guilt Should Not Blind Us” to Rwanda Abuses, Says Expert

August 4, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierbergdictator, Karenzi Karake, kigali, London, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Spanish warrants, Stephen Smith, War Crimes

INTERVIEW By Julia Crawford The surprise June 20, 2015 arrest in London of Rwandan spy chief Karenzi Karake on a Spanish arrest warrant brought strong protest from the Rwandan government. Karake is currently free on bail, pending hearings in October on whether he should be extradited to Spain to face war crimes charges. Stephen W. Smith is professor of African… Read More

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

Where Are Rwandan Religious Leaders And Activists To Lead Us Out Of Darkness?

July 22, 2015October 20, 2016 Global AuthorBishops, dictatorship, Dr. David Himbara, elections, Paul Kagame, Religious leaders, Rwanda

By: Dr. David Himbara Progressive churches world-over are never silent when governments commit crimes and immoral acts against citizens. Often though, conservative churches fail to speak out against immoral and violent acts by governments. Even worse, some churches defend the wrong side of the moral issue. In such cases, the church becomes complicit in injustice, as happened in some… 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: A Pathway to Instability

July 10, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd term, Election, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Rwanda National Congress, Theogene Rudasingwa

AMAHORO – FDU Inkingi – RNC PLATEFORM CHANGING ARTICLE 101 OF THE CONSTITUTION IS A Rwandan RECIPE TO ONE PARTY RULE entrench AND A PATHWAY TO INSTABILITY The decision of RPF party to endorse the change of Article 101 in order to enable incumbent President Kagame to run for a third term is a betrayal of the true wish of… Read More

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