Témoins ruandais, victimes des tueries ruando-ruandaises de 1994: discours rôdés. Rwanda-Belgium: Witnesses “trained and prepared” to give false testimonies in genocide cases

C'est depuis 1996, que nous avions personnellement attiré l'attention des rd-Congolais (Zaïrois) que les officiels du FPR/APR et les survivants de l'itsambatsamba (massacres ruando-ruandais) de 1994, avaient et tenaient le même discours, peu importe leur niveau d'instruction, des paysans/paysannes aux intellectuels/universitaires: tous les présumés rescapés des Interamwe, racontaient la même histoire. Ils étaient les derniers survivants de leurs familles ou s'étaient terrés sous les cadavres en faisant le mort (comme une garde-malade du nom de Yolande, refugiée en Belgique, et qui avait écrit un livre sur sa survie) ou dans les bannaneraies jusqu'à ce que l'APR les trouvent. Ce "catéchisme", cet ave maria avait atteint le sommet de l'absurdité, en 2004, lorsqu'un groupe des femmes, victimes des viols des Hutu avaient montré, pince sans rire, aux cameras d'une TV occidentale, leurs enfants âgès de 8 à 12 ans nés de ces viols. L'histoire avait été pris comme rubis sur ongle. Ou bien le cas d'un paysan, rescapé des Interamwe sorti tout d'une quelconque colline ruandaise, qui avait été invité de raconter son histoire devant les étudiants. Même les esprits parmis les plus cartésiens de l'Occident croyaient à ces "notre père, qui est aux cieux" occidentaux. Filip Reyntjes (Professeur) et Charles Onana (journaliste d'investigation) comptent parmi les rares personnes à avoir fait les mêmes observations indépendamment des miennes. Ce n'est qu'en 2013, que le présumé pot-aux-roses est dévoilé: « According to a former witness in a Rwandan genocide case in Belgium, witnesses coming from Rwanda are ‘’trained’’ and ‘’prepared’’ by the current Rwandan regime and the Tutsi victims’ association Ibuka to give false testimonies on the events that took place in 1994. » Lire la suite: Rwanda-Belgium: Witnesses "trained and prepared" to give false testimonies in genocides cases http://www.jambonews.net/en/news/20130409-rwanda-belgium-witnesses-trained-and-prepared-to-give-false-testimonies-in-genocide-cases/ Une question se pose: "A combien de personnes, la belgique va-t-elle retiré les titres de séjour et la nationalité suite à leurs faux témoignages lors de leurs auditions, le cas Demnjanuk faisant cas de jurisprudence internationale, d'autant plus qu'à Kigali, c'est le FPR, qui est au pouvoir pas ad vita eternam, mais quand mème au pouvoir. Tundanonga

Rwanda-Belgium: Witnesses “trained and prepared” to give false testimonies in genocide cases

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Apr 9th, 2013 | By Jane Nishimwe | Category: Top news 

According to a former witness in a Rwandan genocide case in Belgium, witnesses coming from Rwanda are ‘’trained’’ and ‘’prepared’’ by the current Rwandan regime and the Tutsi victims’ association Ibuka to give false testimonies on the events that took place in 1994.

The witness, whose identity has been hidden for safety purposes, explained his experiences in an episode of the Flemish TV show Terzake that was broadcasted on the TV station Canvas last Friday, April 5^th. He reports the “preparation” of Rwandan witnesses before testifying in Belgian court hearings and claims he was instructed by Rwandan authorities to lie in his accusations of the defendant.

“Rwandan judicial authorities are involved in it [the preparation of witnesses]. The Public Prosecutor drove me to the [Kigali] airport himself before I boarded the plane to Belgium (..) Rwandan authorities do not want to lose genocide cases abroad (..) If all witnesses were prepared in the same way that I was, then maybe all who were found guilty were actually innocent”, he declared, before adding that he did not want the Rwandan government to know who he is, because if they knew “they would hurt his loved ones in Rwanda”.

In the same emission, Filip Reyntjes, professor at the university of Antwerp, comments on the preparation of witnesses by Rwanda and confirms the existence of a tight cooperation between Ibuka and local prosecutors that aims at “preparing witnesses and serving them with scenario’s and scripts to memorize before sending them off to the trial hearings”. He also adds that witnesses who differ from telling the story as they were instructed to do by the regime risk ‘’sanctions and revenge’’, not only for themselves, but also for their families.

On his part, the Cameroonian journalist, Charles Onana, is quoted saying that the prompting of witnesses is a “well-organized system’’ that uses real victims of the genocide to testify against innocent defendants by acting as if the defendant was the actual perpetrator of the crimes committed against them. He concludes by noting that this system “will continue to exist as long as the RPF stays in power” and says he is “absolutely sure that witnesses will come to give false testimonies at the next Rwandan trials in Belgium”.

Belgium is said to host around 30 000 Rwandans and has, like many other European countries, trialed several Rwandans for their role in the Rwandan genocide. Up until now, twelve cases have been dealt with by the Belgian Public Prosecutor, most of them resulting in a conviction of the defendant. Witness statements have been known to play a key role in every case.

Jane Nishimwe

Jambonews.net

Link to broadcast  :  http://www.canvas.be/programmas/terzake/server1-4fb24d04:13d7c2bafba:-79f9