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By Emmanuel Hakizimana , Ph.D. President of the Rwandan Congress of Canada May 20, 2011 Also available in: Français . On May 13, 2011 , BBC Radio broadcast information according to which two Rwandan nationals living in London had just been warned by British police that their lives were in danger. In a warning notice sent to each of them, police wrote: “ Reliable intelligence states that the Rwandan Government poses an imminent threat to your life. The threat could come in any form. ” Two weeks earlier, the London newspaper The Independent published an article stating that the British intelligence service MI5 had issued an advisory notice to the Ambassador of Rwanda to the United Kingdom, Ernest Rwamucyo, warning him that British aid to Rwanda would be cut if he did not cease to threaten and intimidate Rwandan nationals living in Great Britain. That aid amounts to more than CAN$130 million. The reports have caused considerable concern among members of the Rwandan communit...

May 9, 2011 http://sfbayview.com/2011/rwanda-whos-denying-genocide/ by the International Humanitarian Law Institute (IHLI) The 2010 U.N. Mapping Exercise Report, U.N. Prosecutor Del Ponte's 2009 exposé of Rwandan Patriotic Front crimes, and the 2008 Spanish genocide indictment of President Paul Kagame and the Rwandan Patriotic Front tell the real story Rwandan Chief Prosecutor Martin Ngoga – Photo: AFP St. Paul, Minn. – In a May 2 statement reported by the Associated Press, Rwandan Prosecutor Martin Ngoga renewed the false "genocide denial" charges against International Humanitarian Law Institute Director and William Mitchell College of Law Professor Peter Erlinder for his U.S.-authored academic writings, reporting evidence and documents in the record at the U.N.'s International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda, or ICTR. Rwanda declared Erlinder "suicidal" while he was incarcerated in Rwanda, in May and June 2010, after he traveled there to consult w...

  "Remaking Rwanda": essential contribution to the study of transitional justice and post-conflict recovery May 9, 2011 by Alana Tiemessen Leave a Comment "Remaking Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights After Mass Violence," an edited volume by Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf, has recently been published by the University of Wisconsin Press. The book is dedicated to the memory of Alison des Forges , the former senior advisor to Human Rights Watch's Africa Division and renowned Rwanda expert. The editors set out to accomplish three objectives : fill the gap on scholarly literature on post-genocide Rwanda challenge the prevailing positive reviews of Rwanda's recovery (emanating primarily from donors and media) highlight Rwanda's importance for post-conflict recovery (in the theoretical framework of James Scott's "Seeking Like a State." ) In their introductory chapter, the editors state that "in challenging what has been the ...

War Criminals Spared As ICC Prosecutor Plays Blind [Black Star News Editorial] Is the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo who has announced that he seeks arrest warrants against three Libyan officials a compromised agent of U.S. foreign policy? Has Ocampo corrupted the lofty ideals of the court when it was created in furtherance of Western, especially U.S., foreign policy? Does he deserve to resign from his post? Well why not let the evidence of his actions --or lack thereof-- answer these questions. In 1997, Uganda and Rwanda invaded what was then Zaire to occupy parts of the resource-rich country and to assist Lauren Kabila's rebels in ousting U.S.-backed dictator Mobuttu. When Kabila, installed as president, wanted to exercise autonomy, Uganda and Rwanda invaded again in 1998 and this time occupied territory and supported insurgent administrations in their respective domains. The occupation was characterized by massive crimes of war and cri...

Predators of Press Freedom: Rwanda - Paul Kagame Paul Kagame, President, Rwanda Thanks to a thin face, slight build, intellectual's glasses and conservative suits, Paul Kagame looks more like a modern, Internet-savvy politician than a former guerrilla chief and war lord, who seized power in the wake of the 1994 genocide has since used a reconciliation process to bolster his authority and neutralize the opposition. President since 2000 and reelected in 2010, Kagame does not tolerate embarrassing questions at news conferences, often denigrates journalists and brands outspoken media as "Radio Mille Collines." Every year several Rwandan journalists decide to go into exile because they find the atmosphere unbearable in their home country. This does not worry President Kagame, who refers to these journalists as "mercenaries" and "bums." Two women journalists were given sentences of 7 and 17 years in prison in early 2011 for criticizing the presiden...

Rwandan dictatorial regime is using British taxpayer’s money to pay Rwanda’s intelligence agents to persecute Rwandan nationals living in the UK. Rwandan told to stop harassing dissidents in UK By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter MI5 has warned the Rwandan high commissioner to Britain to halt an alleged campaign of harassment against suspected critics of his country's government based in the UK. Ernest Rwamucyo, who is due to attend today's royal wedding as Rwanda's envoy to London, was told by the Security Service that the UK's £83m aid to Rwanda could be cut unless the secret activities against members of the diaspora were halted. Expatriates claim that they have been threatened and intimidated by diplomatic officials. Rwanda's top envoy is the latest among the 200 diplomatic invitees to this morning's ceremony at Westminster Abbey whose attendance is controversial. Several of them have since been uninvited by the Foreign Office and Clarence House ...

State Department War Crimes Chief Stephen Rapp’s cover-up of U.S. War Crimes in Rwanda Genocide Sun, 2011-05-01 02:53 — editor Daya Gamage – Foreign News Desk Asian Tribune Washington, DC. 29April (Asiantribune.com): The April 28 report in The New York Times captioned ‘American Lawyer is Barred from Rwanda Tribunal Work’ caught the eye of this Online Daily’s Foreign News Desk which informed the readers that Peter Erlinder, a law professor in an American university, has been barred by the UN from working at the international tribunal for Rwanda based in the Tanzanian city of Arusha. He refused to travel to Arusa for fear of his life. He said that he is a target of the Rwandan government and has even received threats while on lecture tours in the U.S. Prof. Erlinder charges the current Paul Kahame regime of Rwanda of targeted assassinations of those who were accusing the Rwandan leader of genocide - 1990 through 1994 - in which one million people were killed. He and others who have giv...

  Rwandan Official In UK Warned Against Harassment- MI5 April 30, 2011 | Filed under: Features | Posted by: Herman ( http://www.africandictator.org/?p=1372 ) The Kagame dictatorship continues to show its true colours not only at home but abroad as well. The British government security service MI5 has reportedly warned the Rwandan High Commissioner to stop harassing Rwandan residents living in various parts of the UK. According to the London newspaper The Independent, Ernest Rwamucyo, the Rwandan High Commissioner to Britain has been told by M15 that Britain's aid to Rwanda that amounts to ₤83 million annually may be cut unless the near criminal activities by him and his subordinates stop. This is not the first time that foreign governments have warned Rwanda about its aggressive behavour towards Rwandans that reside in their countries. Evidently any member of the Rwandan Diaspora that does not worship Kagame is automatically considered an enemy of the state. Rwandans in the ...