Subscribe by rss
    Friday 22 January, 2021
    Rwanda News
      • Home
      • National
      • Politics
      • Regional
      • Magazines
      • OP&ED
    Published On: Sat, Aug 25th, 2012
    English / featured1 | By gahiji

    Rwanda : Rwandan civil Society condemns Congolese counterparts over fuelling violence

    m_Rwandan civil Society condemns Congolese counterparts over fuelling violence

    Civil society members addressing journalists

    The Rwanda Civil Society Platform has candidly come out and condemned their counter parts in Congo for fuelling violence against Rwandan people in DRC.

    They made the declaration on Thursday in Kigali at a press conference they held after carrying out a a field visit to area bordering DRC and the Kigeme refugee camp.

    ‘We are strongly concerned that the Congolese civil society, media and government are playing and extremely negative role of fuelling and enticing, circulating dehumanizing propaganda against the Rwandan people and Kinyarwanda speaking Congolese citizens,” said Edouard Munyamaliza, Spokesperson of the Platform.

    He said that they are appealing for all the stakeholders in the hate campaign that is taking place in Congo to stop it to avoid the repeat of what happened in Rwanda which is the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

    Speaking to the media, Munyamaliza said that they had tried to engage the Congolese civil society on the issue, but they refused to meet them.

    “We contacted them, but they refuse to meet us so that we can discuss about the matter after our visit to the areas,” he said.

    He said that everyday day, Congolese children, women and men face killings rapes and displacements as a result of the prevailing unrest and conflict in the Eastern DRC.

    He emphasized that the situation has a significant spillover effect to the residents of Rwanda. Reports from Congo indicate that there have been torture cases against Rwandese in Congo.

    The torture emanates from the fact that Congolese belief that Rwanda supports the M23 rebels. Rwanda has since denied any connections to the rebel group.

    It is at this point that the Rwandan civil society called upon the UN to address the underlying sources of conflicts in the Eastern DRC and protect all civilians from the threat posed by armed groups including the M23, FDLR and others.

    They ask the UN to also take appropriate measures to prevent the creation of similar groups in future.

     

    Related News
    Tweet

    Rwanda Seeks Russian Help to Stop UN Freeing Key Genocide Convicts

    Africa Innovation Summit Kicks Off in Rwanda

    Disruptive Technology Takes Centre Stage at African Innovation Summit in Rwanda

    Kagame in Belgium, Scheduled Talks with King and PM

    Leave a comment

    Click here to cancel reply.

    XHTML: You can use these html tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

    Join us in Facebook

    Popular Posts

    • Tribert Rujugiro: The Story of the Rwandan Billionaire
    • Rwanda Seeks Russian Help to Stop UN Freeing Key Genocide Convicts
    • Unknown son of Gen Fred GISA Rwigema reappears after 24 years
    • Israel Joins Rwanda to Demand France Acts on Genocide Suspects
    • Why Ugandan President Museveni is Insulting Rwanda’s War Dead

    Recent News

    • Rwanda Seeks Russian Help to Stop UN Freeing Key Genocide Convicts
    • Africa Innovation Summit Kicks Off in Rwanda
    • Disruptive Technology Takes Centre Stage at African Innovation Summit in Rwanda
    • Kagame in Belgium, Scheduled Talks with King and PM
    • How Rwandan Banks can Benefit from Latest Technologies
    • Rwanda: Food Delivery App Cuts Prices, Meal Arrival Time
    • Rwanda Starts Phasing Out Dangerous Refrigerators

    Subscribe via email

    Enter your email address:

    Tweet
    Rwanda News
      • Home
      • About us
      • Contact Us
      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • RSS by category
      • Irembo
      • Abanyapolitiki
        • Ibibazo n’ibisubizo
        • Ibikorwa
        • Imitwe ya politiki
        • Rwanda Politics
        • Ubuvugizi
    All Rights Reserved | NewsOfRwanda.com
      • Home
      • National
      • Politics
      • Regional
      • Magazines
      • OP&ED