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Australia betraying humanity by supporting perpetrators, deniers of Genocide against the Tutsi
Last
week, there was outrage in Kigali, and elsewhere, as Rwandans and friends of
Rwanda around the world in addition association of survivors of the 1994
Genocide against the Tutsi, expressed “strongest objection” to the use of the
Queensland Parliament Hall by a group that refers to itself as “Rwandan
Association of Queensland Inc [RAQ]” for the event themed “Never Again, Annual
Rwanda Genocide Commemoration” scheduled for Saturday, May 7.
The
survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi petitioned the Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Australia, urging him not to give a
platform to Genocide deniers.
But
guess what, Curtis Pitt, Speaker of the Queensland Parliament, did not listen
to the genocide survivors’ entreaties. The members of RAQ carried on with their
event meant to negate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
It
was conducted in top secrecy, though. Every participant – and there were few –
had a badge with their names on. Clearly, they felt the pressure of the
petition!
However,
the fact that Australian authorities – especially lawmakers – continue to allow
this to go on, on their soil, is not only an insult to the victims by denying
their suffering; it is also a message of encouragement to the criminals who
perpetuate genocide denial, as well as the genocide ideology.
Australian
authorities and lawmakers are betraying humanity. But in so doing, if they
think they are safe, they are totally wrong.
By
allowing deniers a platform to deny the genocide against the Tutsi, The
Queensland Parliament has become a direct accomplice in creating confusion
among Australians about the real history of the events in the 1994 in Rwanda.
In
addition, this might create a general perception around the world that the
Queensland Parliament, by allowing this distortion of history to take place in
it’s premises, endorses this event hence boosting the already growing trend of
denial of the genocide against the Tutsi in the world.
Genocide
suspects or deniers and their sympathizers are still lingering all over the
world, especially in developed countries including Australia where they abuse
host countries’ hospitality to evade
justice by posing as victims of a crime that most of them actually committed or
were accomplices, in one way or the other!
In
1996, Prof Gregory Stanton proposed a formula that seeks to identify the
different elements that ultimately lead to the crime of genocide. Surprisingly,
genocide is not the final and ultimate stage of his 10 stage formula. Denial of
genocide is.
As
noted, denial by the perpetrators, whether by words or by taking active steps
to cover their acts. This denial may also manifest itself in different ways,
including through intimidation and pressure on others not to recognize the
atrocities.
Queensland
and Australia know that The Great Lakes Eye has previously reported that a
number of genocide revisionists, deniers and fugitives are roaming freely in
Australia, with the country's Parliament especially used as their den.
Most
highlighted was Frodouard Rukeshangabo, a fugitive who directed the mass murder
and torture of the Tutsi in Rwanda's Eastern Province during the 1994 Genocide
against the Tutsi. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Gacaca courts
before fleeing to Malawi, and then to Australia where he was given citizenship
despite his past criminal records. Rukeshangabo was nicknamed “trophy hunter”
for his enthusiasm in hunting down the Tutsi during the genocide. In 1994, he
was serving as an inspector of schools in the area and he led a group of
Interahamwe militia in the area, requesting them to bring him the heads of
murdered Tutsi.
It
is now custom that a section of Rwandans living in New South Wales, a
southeastern Australian state, together with regional lawmakers commemorate what
they call a “Rwandan genocide." They never use the correct, and
universally acknowledged, terminology, “the genocide against the Tutsi”.
As
reported before, a closer look at the people behind this double genocide theory
construct and the reasons why they want to differ from the rest of the world in
honouring the lives of more than one million Tutsi slaughtered by Hutu
extremists in 1994 reveals close ties to the perpetrators of the genocide.
Even
though Australia welcomed a diverse community of Rwandan refugees, the
majority, especially those in New South Wales are at the heart of misleading the
public opinion through RAQ. They infiltrated all spheres of national life
there.
It
is difficult to know the exact number of genocide suspects and genocide deniers
living in Australia scot free. But The Great Lakes Eye tracked some of them,
besides Rukeshangabo.
Theogene
Ngabo is the president of RAQ. He is believed to be the MRCD-FLN representative
in Australia. He is alleged to have committed atrocities in the former Muvumba
Commune, Byumba.
Theogene Ngabo Member
of Rwandan Association of Queensland
Pacifique Gakindi was charged for genocide crimes in former Gishyita Commune, Kibuye, after which he fled to Zambia, and ended up in Queensland, Australia. This former chairman of the association in Queensland is originally from Kamonyi district in Rwanda. He is also the RNC Secretary in Australia.
Pacifique
Gakindi, a genocide convict.
Jean
Baptiste Nshimiyimana, apart from being a genocide suspect, is also a chief
fundraiser for the National Front for Liberation (FLN) of Paul Rusesabagina,
who is in prison for terrorism. Nshimiyimana also supports other terrorist
organizations like the Rwanda National Congress (RNC) which is hell bent on
destabilizing Rwanda.
Apart
from genocide suspects, Australia is also home to promoters of genocide denial
and revisionism. Among these individuals is Amiel Nubaha, the son of
Rukeshangabo. Nubaha is one of the leaders of RAQ which has been commemorating
what it calls ‘Rwandan genocide.’
Amiel Nubaha, a member of Rwandan Association of Queensland with his father Frodouard Rukeshangabo
Then there is Noel Zihabamwe and his wife,
Delphine Uwamwiza. They very often call themselves genocide survivors. But they
are not. Zihabamwe previously spread rumours in the Australian media alleging
that Rwanda’s security agencies abducted his siblings and they may have been
killed. He left Rwanda in 2000 as the beneficiary of a Government scholarship
to attend university studies in Australia, and went to study using his real
birth name, Noelle Yandamutso. But when the duration of his university course
was over and he was supposed to return, he did not. He changed his names to Noel
Zihabamwe, and began his activities as a supporter, fundraiser and propagandist
for anti-Rwanda terrorist groups like RNC and other armed groups.
Noel
Zihabamwe
If
Australian authorities care to bring to book criminal Rwandan networks in their
country, they can easily trace his change of identity through immigration
records.
Nelson
Muhirwa and his wife, Yvette Muhirwa are part of the criminal network too. They
live in Perth, West Australia. They fled from refugee camps in eastern DRC to
Zambia, from where they later found their way to Australia
Nelson Muhirwa and his wife Yvette
Muhirwa. Muhirwa was a defense witness in Simon Bikindi’s cases at the ICTR
Robert
Mukombozi, a Ugandan, is the RNC terror organisation’s coordinator and
financial mobiliser in Australia. He is another virulent genocide denier.
Mukombozi
who has in the past posed as a ‘crusading journalist’, calling himself the
“voice of Rwanda” was expelled from Rwanda in 2008 and declared persona non
grata by Kigali, which partly explains his anti-Rwanda stance.
Other
fugitives are holed up in New Zealand, the most prominent being Enoch Ruhigira,
who was chief of of staff at Habyarimana's presidency office.
Enoch Ruhigira
What
is most troubling is the question: have the authorities and the media, in
Australia and New Zealand, really fallen for the lies of these genocide
suspects, deniers and anti-Rwanda subversive groups, or they support them well
knowing their real purpose and intent?