Paul Kagame blames you and free speech on the 16th anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide

On April 7th, 2010, in his address at the Kigali Memorial Center, Rwandan President Paul Kagame blamed "you," a conveniently flexible and expandable category, and all those calling for political space and press freedom, for the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, in which a million Rwandans died. This is the English language section of his English and Kinyarwanda address particularly concerned with press freedom. For the entire English language section of the address, click http://bit.ly/9ssPeO. One week after this address, on April 14, 2010, Kagame's "High Media Council" shut down the independent African language newspapers that most Rwandans depend on. See: http://bit.ly/bDkvH4.

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• Kagame
• Rwanda
• Rwanda Genocide
• Kigali Memorial Center
• Victoire Ingabiré Umuhoza
• FDU-Inkingi
• Bernard Ntaganda
• Parti Social-Imberakuri
• Frank Habineza

[marpeja]

Is there anybody to explain me(i am not informed to this case very well) what is the main reason that makes Paul Kagame (President one of the smallest countries in the Africa) one of the most powerfull people of the world?

[AnnieGetYourGang]

@marpeja A lot of military and financial backing from the US and UK and the invasion and colonization of the mineral rich D.R.C.

[marpeja]

@AnnieGetYourGang Okay, but why? What would be strategic interest of UK and USA down there in Africa for use Rwanda as the satellite of themselves? And why just Rwanda? Why not some bigger and most powerful country?

[AnnieGetYourGang]

@marpeja I can't know everything about U.S. foreign policy and the Pentagon in Africa, but, for one, though small, Rwanda is very strategically located. And, because it's small it can serve more or less as a military base. There's a listening tower picking up all electronic communications on a mountaintop in Rwanda.  And it's next door to the eastern D.R.C., which the U.S./UK are committed to controlling or its geostrategic mineral resources.

[bigcountry1974]

Annie has now turned to Kagame's speeches. What happened to your hero, Ingabire ?...She has been exposed as a fraud who is being funded by Interahmawe and FDLR roaming the Congo jungles. For someone who does not even understand Kinyarwanda, it takes some balls to position yourself as an expert. But what would you expect from a raging left-coast liberal. ?

[AnnieGetYourGang]

@bigcountry1974 This is not me speaking; it's Kagame in his own words, in English. And you in yours, in English.

[kirundo1]

Great president indeed. Kagame's era ended error. He gave us back our stolen pride, valor and self-esteem.

[kirundo1]

@Afrikanglobal the same they whipped your ancesters in slavery? you stupid, you say if you were Obama? you are always " if " , and you will never the self.

[jacktq1]

stupid man



[MrZAIREMAN]

The Kagame regime has been accused of plotting to kill two prominent Rwandans living in Britain. Mr Rene Mugenzi, 35, is a survivor of Rwanda’s 1994 massacres and left Rwanda when he was 17. Mr Jonathan Musonera, 46, is a former member of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) army led by Mr Kagame which halted the massacres.The two men on Thursday told of their shock and fear after being warned by Detectives from Scotland Yard that the Kagame regime posed an imminent threat to their lives.

[Wadhato1]

"If YOU cannot take FULL RESPONSIBILITY for what YOU did in YOUR involvement in the Politics that killed ONE MILLION People in Rwanda, YOU WANT TO TEACH ME about 'FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION'?"

HEHEH!!

"But in that Freedom YOU don't want to hear ME putting the blame on YOU and RIGHTLY SO!!"

[ayaaahh]

but i thot some journalist has been sentenced to 17 yrs for cartoons and calling him Hitler? dude gives a damn. but he has a point

[umuntu2010]

Whoever did not understand what the guy said is simply a fool. Let me break it down for you, the man is saying what is obvious. Why try to pick a pellet from some ones eyes when you a have a log in your own. This for some idiots might seem like admitting guilt, no stupid he is trying to say, what you are trying to preach and advocate for is the same thing you are so good at denying others. You cant tell me to do something yet you aren't doing it either. Hypocrisy lies large in today's world

[kiasi09]

@bigcountry1974 attacking the person who merely uploaded a video just because you are not happy with what the video shows does not add or show anything. u might as well have stayed quiet. in fact your ridiculous childish attacks show your level of ignorance and intelligence more than anything; both of which seem to be in the bad extreme ends

[bechir1]

@marpeja Because he's mentally strong and very powerful and also knows his country's needs.

[shzywansui]

Perezida wacu yavuze ukuri. Ikibazo ni hehe ?