International
Kennedy Rights Foundation joins the fray, sides with convicted terrorist
It’s
surprising how some human rights organisations are calling for the release Paul
Rusesabagina, a convicted terrorist.
Rusesabagina’s
case, investigations and the entire trial, was a product of many years of
judicial cooperation among several countries including the US and Belgium. As
already known, it was not simply a single incident that happened and led to the
conviction, contrary to what is being portrayed out there. Evidence was
gathered on, among others, how Rusesabagina effected transfers of funds for
terrorism activities from San Antonio in Texas.
Inspite
of all, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, formerly the Robert F. Kennedy
Center for Justice and Human Rights, or RFK Center, an
American nonprofit rights advocacy organization, issued a report
titled: “5 things to know about Rusesabagina” on August 23. The latter shows how
the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation buys into lies spread by Rusesabagina’s family
claiming, among others, that he was victim of a malware carried out by the
Rwandan government.
It’s
ridiculous to claim that Rusesabagina was lured from his home in the US yet Rusesabagina
has been trotting the globe fundraising for his terrorist activities.
Being
a critic of President Kagame is not the reason he was arrested.
He
was apprehended on an arrest warrant for funding terrorist armed groups like
the FDLR which stands accused of committing genocide in Rwanda.
This
information was provided to Rwandan authorities by FBI and the Belgian
Prosecution services.
Being
a Belgian citizen and a US resident doesn’t give Rusesabagina free license to form and fund a terrorist
group which attacked Rwanda and killed innocent Rwandans. Receiving a
presidential medal does not protect him from prosecution for his involvement in
acts of terrorism.
This
fake Hollywood hero is, for many Rwandans, a villain. Rusesabagina’s
heroism was manufactured in Hollywood though the blockbuster movie Hotel
Rwanda. Inside Rwanda, he’s not a hero, but a villain, a man hungry to
overthrow the current government using his armed militias, the MRCD/FLN.
As a leader of this militia, he supported it financially, and
cheered as it wreaked havoc in south western Rwanda, attacking passenger buses.
Members of his militia group ransacked Nyabimata village where they killed
several people and damaged a lot of property.
Surprisingly,
there was no outcry by the Robert Kennedy Foundation or other organisations who
pretend to defend human rights.
No
hero
Rusesabagina
was wrongly credited for saving the Tutsi in 1994 in Hôtel des Mille
Collines which he managed and, therefore, wrongly received the
‘Presidential Medal Award of Freedom’ given by former US president George
W. Bush in November 2005.
Genocide
survivors who were in the hotel don’t agree with the narrative that
Rusesabagina saved people who sought refuge in Hôtel des Mille Collines.
It’s
scandalous for the Foundation to accept to be a vehicle of lies concocted by
Rusesabagina’s family, especially her daughter Carine Kanimba, dubbed the ‘Queen
of Lies.’
The
claim that “Rusesabagina’s rights to be to
be brought promptly before the judge, be presumed innocent, and have access to
consular assistance were violated” is a blatant lie. This is a lie fabricated
by his family to prompt the sympathy of his backers in the West who fell for
these fabrications and consider Rusesabagina an innocent man.
In the report, the Robert Kennedy Foundation wants
Rusesabagina to be “brought promptly before a judge,” meaning he should be
tried again. This is another example of the arrogance and white supremacist
attitude some people, or organisations, show to African countries.
Rusesabagina’s
rights were respected, and there is no way his case can be revisited. He was
not “wrongly detained,” as asserted by the Kennedy Foundation.
Rusesabagina
was properly sentenced.
Surprisingly,
none of the terror convict’s supporters criticize his trial focusing on the
evidence. They all know it was not fabricated. All they say is that the trial
was not fair, but fail to convince the world on how it was unfair.
To
say that the US Congress passed a resolution “calling on the government of
Rwanda to release Rusesabagina” is tantamount to the US Congress interfering in
Rwanda’s judicial system. If no one can dictate to a US Court, it’s perplexing
that the US Congress believes it can dictate to the Rwandan government what to
do.
Like
all of Rusesabagina’s backers, the Kennedy Foundation calls for his immediate
release. This smacks of white supremacy.