RDI RWANDA RWIZA:Call for vigilance as Kigali operatives multiply threats on Rwandan exiles.

RWANDAN DREAM INITIATIVE

INITIATIVE DU RÊVE RWANDAIS

UMUGAMBI RWANDA RWIZA

RDI-Release-Nr-02/fev/12: Call for vigilance as Kigali operatives multiply threats on Rwandan exiles

Quebec City, February 13, 2012- The Rwandan Dream Initiative (RDI Rwanda Rwiza) welcomes the decision of Sweden to expel a high ranking Rwandan diplomat due  to his intimidation activities on compatriots, including independent journalists and politicians.

The Swedish government’s gesture comes coincidently when journalist Jean-Bosco Gasasira has abruptly discontinued the publication of his Online Umuvugizi Newspaper since last month. The journalist lives in exile in Sweden and has repeatedly expressed concerns about the Rwandan government’s attempts to assassinate him. The RDI Rwanda Rwiza urges the Swedish government to investigate into the case and ensure the journalist’s safety, as well as that of his staff, so they can continue their profession as communicators.

The RDI Rwanda Rwiza denounces once again the ever increasing threats of the Rwandan government on political opponents and independent journalists living in exile. Since its coming to power in 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) has been deploying assassins throughout the Rwandan embassies who are involved in heinous murders and attempted murders of Rwandans in exile.

Recently, in December 2011, critical journalist Charles Ingabire of Online Intenyeri Newspaper was murdered by Rwandan secret agents in Kampala, Uganda. In May 2011, British police foiled the assassination that targeted  Rwandan opposition in London. For its part, South Africa recalled its ambassador to Kigali in 2010, after evidence that secret operatives had attempted to assassinate General Kayumba Nyamwasa who lives in exile in that country.

The list of exiled politicians and journalists killed by the Rwandan government can not be exhaustive, and names of Theoneste Lizinde, Augustin Bugirimfura and Seth Sendashonga will only remind their assassination in Nairobi, Kenya, by Rwandan commandos disguised as diplomats.

The RDI Rwanda Rwiza urges Rwandan exiles and the governments of host countries to remain alert to the serious threats posed by agents of the Kigali dictatorial regime.

Contact:
Ismail Mbonigaba

Commission on Information and Communications

Email: rdi.rwandarwiza@aol.com