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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

Rwanda reacts to UK arrest of top spy chief Karake: “lunacy”

June 23, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergGenocide, hutu, Rwanda, Spanish warrants, spy chief, Tutsi, UK

File photo (2001) of Col Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, in Pweto, Rwanda with UK Col British Army Colonel Simon Caraffi (r) AFP PHOTO/MONUC By Laura Angela Bagnetto Rwanda’s foreign minister reacted swiftly on social media on Tuesday, saying the arrest of the director general of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security service was “lunacy”. Rwanda: Arrest of Emmanuel Karenzi Karake … 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

Stop Kagame From Crowing Himself King Of Rwanda

June 15, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd term, democracy, human rights, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

By David Himbara President Paul Kagame’s grand scheme to crown himself king of Rwanda is based on three deceptions. 1) Making his power-grab appear to be the result of popular demand by the Rwandan people. 2) Branding himself an economic miracle-maker that transformed a subsistence peasant economy into “the Singapore of Africa” in just 21 years. 3) Showcasing himself head… Read More

US will not support third term for Rwanda’s Kagame

June 5, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer Fierberg3rd term, Burundi, democracy, dictator, DRC, elections, kigali, Paul Kagame, Rwanda

Rwandan President Paul Kagame with the Rwandan Defense Force by Ann Garrison Rodney D. Ford, spokesman for the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, has said, in no uncertain terms, that the U.S. will not be supporting a third term by sitting Rwandan President Paul Kagame: “President Kagame is currently serving his second seven-year term in office, having run… Read More

Children at risk in the hands of the FDLR in eastern of Democratic Republic of the Congo

May 29, 2015 Global AuthorChild Soldiers, congo, DRC, FDLR, MONUSCO, rape, Rebels, Rwanda, UN Peacekeepers, Vision-GRAM International, war

By: Joseph H. Cavallaro- Vision GRAM-International May 26, 2015 – In recent weeks, several hundred Congolese children have escaped from armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Though the freeing of children from armed groups is always a cause for celebration, there are still an estimated 30,000 children fighting with armed groups in the DR Congo. The… Read More

US Congress to Hold Hearing on Rwanda’s Troubling Human Rights Record

May 14, 2015March 25, 2021 Jennifer FierbergBarak Obama, David Himbara, House foreign Affairs Subcommittee, Human rights violations, John Kerry, Karen Bass, Paul Kagame, Robert Higiro, RPF, Rwanda, Senator Ed Royce

By: Jennifer Fierberg Democracy in Rwanda Now released the following press statement today stating: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations announced today that it will hold a hearing on May 20 to examine Rwanda’s deteriorating human rights record under President Paul Kagame. The hearing, “Developments in Rwanda,” will feature testimony from… 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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