Declaration of genocide against Rwandan Hutu

by New Rwanda National Congress (Nouveau Congres National Rwandais, Ihuriro Nyarwanda Rishya)

Washington, D.C., USA, Sept. 14, 2016 – Since 1994, Rwanda and the international community invested tremendous resources in acknowledging, documenting, remembering and bringing to justice the perpetrators of the genocide against Tutsi. Sadly, though well documented by the international community and known by the victims, there has never been an acknowledgement that the crimes committed against the Rwandan Hutu fully satisfy the definition of genocide according to the Genocide Convention of 1948.

A combination of a victor’s justice, a reign of impunity and a guilty international community has led to a scandalous conspiracy of silence as a means to deny genocide against the Hutu.

The New Rwanda National Congress has, after long and careful deliberation, decided to rise to the historic responsibility of naming the crimes committed against the Rwandan Hutu in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo by their rightful name, genocide. Compelling evidence demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt that members of the Hutu community were deliberately and systematically killed; that conditions were inflicted on them calculated to bring about their physical destruction in whole or in part; and that serious bodily and mental harm has been caused to them.

In the interest of Rwanda’s current and future generations, it is equally our duty and obligation to name the masterminds of the genocide against the Rwanda Hutu. From its founding in 1990 until now, the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of the Rwanda Patriotic Army (now Rwanda Defense Forces) has been the vanguard of decisions and actions that have brought untold suffering to Rwandans and peoples of the Great Lakes region.

The primary command culpability for genocide against Rwandan Hutu lies with the following military officers, all Tutsi, who have been at the heart of DMI’s genocidal agenda:

1. President Paul Kagame: President of Rwanda
2. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa: First Vice Coordinator Rwanda National Congress
3. Gen. James Kabarebe: Minister of Defense, Rwanda
4. Gen. Charles Kayonga: Rwanda’s Ambassador to China
5. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba: Chief of Defense Forces, Rwanda
6. Gen. Karenzi Karake: Advisor to the President, Rwanda
7. Gen. Fred Ibingira: Reserve Chief of Staff, RDF, Rwanda
8. Major Gen. Sam Kaka: Retired
9. Major Gen. Jack Nziza: Chief Inspector, Ministry of Defense
10. Major Gen. Emmanuel Gasana: Chief of Police, Rwanda
11. Dan Munyuza: Deputy Chief of Police, Rwanda

These military officials were responsible for the shooting down of the plane in which President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and President Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi were killed, triggering the genocide against Tutsi. Many officers and men of the Rwanda Patriotic Army/Rwanda Defense Forces have been tools of this clique in unleashing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide on Rwandan Hutu in Rwanda and across the Democratic Republic of Congo, as documented by various reports, including the U.N. Mapping Report on DRC of 2010.

The New Rwanda National Congress calls upon all Rwandan people to painfully summon the will and courage to acknowledge and remember both the genocide against Tutsi and the genocide against Hutu. In doing so, we shall finally begin the long and difficult journey of authentic unity, reconciliation, forgiveness and healing founded on truth.

We call upon the international community to bring to justice the perpetrators of genocide against the Rwandan Hutu as provided for by the 1948 Genocide Convention. The cry for justice by the Rwandan Hutu has gone on for too long without redress. It has been a typical case of justice delayed, but it cannot be justice denied forever.

The reign of impunity and terror under the militarist genocidal clique that has ruled Rwanda since 1994 has already caused too much human suffering in Rwanda and the Great Lakes region. Failure to force these elements to account for their crimes simply makes the international community an accomplice in perpetuating impunity and the vicious cycles of war, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Rwanda and the region.

The New Rwanda National Congress will be convening the First International Conference on Genocide Against Rwanda Hutu, Dec. 9-11, 2016, on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C, USA, to deliberate on the implications and follow up on this matter of highest historic significance.

For the New Rwanda National Congress:

• Theogene Rudasingwa, Chairman
• Joseph Ngarambe, Vice Chairman
• Jonathan Musonera, Secretary

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa can be reached on Facebook.