Comments on: Fox News confuses Rwanda’s presidential election with the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda

By: NDINDILIMANA GERESOM

NDINDILIMANA GERESOM — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:02:34 +0000

i wish H.E Poul Kagame to win this elections.

By: Ann_Garrison

Ann_Garrison — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:06:47 +0000

In yesterday's report Fox News seemed to have realized that Professor Erlinder went to Rwanda to defend a presidential candidate, not "alleged perpetrators of the 1994 genocide": http://goo.gl/HwsT Seems they must be reading the SF Bay View.

By: frank

frank — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:38:54 +0000

Justice,Have you bothered to read what the professor is insinuating,You can have your issues with President Kagame,but You cannot deny that A Genocide took place in Rwanda.

Erlinder violated Rwandan laws and it does not matter where he committed the offense from?Please don't disrespect the survivors of this tragedy by saying there was no Genocide.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:05:23 +0000

Our national census are not conducted to establish how many tutsis, hutus and twas are there in the country – its about how many rwandans and whats their problems – this way the government can devise strategies to elevate the country out of poverty and develop the nation

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:27:58 +0000

Its not pretending, Mr. justice, we are living the reality. we are in rwanda and we know that the country is developping and there are opportunities than ever before. the rest is just politics. The RPF may have some flaws, but this is a party led by humans – the bottom line is, this is a patriotic party that is making efforts to diginify Rwanda and its people – what fundamental rights? whats rights could be more right than free basic education for all without segregation, assured basic health care for all, government services provided without corruption or discrimination, security and justice for all without discrimination and all that – which fundamental rights are you referring to? by the way you talk i am sure you are out of touch with the Rwandan reality because you live abroad and iam sure you dont even know the real meaning of fundamental rights. As for statistics, i dont understand what you mean by comparing the two periods. In any case, our national census on the basis of ethnicity- so we cant know.

By: Aaron Aarons

Aaron Aarons — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:01:55 +0000

And you, 'Gigi', are either on the Kagame and/or CIA payrolls or a Tutsi supremacist.

By: justice

justice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:54:28 +0000

I'de advise you to do some research, read his papers, his argumentation and when you have made your own analysis come to conclusion.
Forget for a sec that Kagame controls everything and enjoy your freedom of thinking jus once then you will understand that being critical, analysing and pursuing the truth is not as bad as the actual regime claimed by introducing such a law.

Also, you said that Erlinder thinks to get away whith whatever you said because he is a US citizen… Jus this should prove to you that what Erlinder says is worth to be listened to.
He accuses the US of supporting Kagame, basically the US as well as the rwandan government are on the same boat in this matter. If the US was to act… believe me the day he was arrested he could have been released.

By: Justice

Justice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:47:53 +0000

True! Its all about money but we are too blind to see that the international community is taking advantage from all this reason why they don't react.
Rwandans wake up… The whole conflict is beyond tutsis vs hutus or Kagame's dictatorial regime
Money Money Money

By: justice

justice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:43:26 +0000

It is wrong to say that a Lawyer may be arrested for the same charges as his/her client.
It is wrong to say that this your 2003 law is extra territorial… How can you possibly prosecute anyone who enters your country for things said or done outside your jurisdiction!

For 16 years Rwanda has been ignoring most of the International rules but this time it is too much! The arrest of Erlinder is unlawful based on several treaties where Rwanda is a member therefore it can never be an act of justice and an act of peace.

By: Justice

Justice — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:38:29 +0000

I'm sad to see that there are rwandans who are happy to live a pretending life… pretend that all is well while it is not!! as long as criminals in the RPF will not be prosecuted, Kagame included… Reconciliation is just a word among others!
Also, I encourage all my fellow rwandans to fight for their fundamental rights… and not be scared by one man, Kagame, who is a terrorist in his own country to his own people.

You have talked about demography… Look at the statistics before 1994… how many tutsis and hutus were there then look at the statistics after 1994! You can fake history but you can't hide the truth forever!

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:44:17 +0000

And for this, this ugly goat needs to be sentence to life in prison

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:43:12 +0000

Mr. Fever, this is what Erlinder said- in his own words. If this isnt genocide denial, then you are dumb

"….This raises the more profound question: If there was no conspiracy and no planning to kill ethnic (i.e., Tutsi) civilians, can the tragedy that engulfed Rwanda properly be called “a genocide” at all? Or, was it closer to a case of civilians being caught up in war-time violence, like the Eastern Front in WWII, rather than the planned behind-the-lines killings in Nazi death camps? The ICTR judgment found the former.”

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:40:14 +0000

Is Erlinder being punished for his role as a defense lawyer representing genocide suspects in the ICTR?

No, not at all. He is being charged with a decades worth of statements he has made publically out of court and in numerous platforms that denied the genocide which cost a million Rwandan lives.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:37:10 +0000

How does Erlinder threaten Rwandas peace and security?
The small but vocal number of genocide defenders and deniers, of which Erlinder is one, cause immense heartache and anguish. They fuel conspiracies and lies. They teach hate and promote ethnic conflict, the exact opposite of our national mission to unite and reconcile our society. From Minnesota, it may seem like an over-reaction. But for Rwandans, the arrest of Erlinder is an act of justice and an act of peace.

By: Gigi

Gigi — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:36:14 +0000

Doesnt Erlinder have the right to his point of view?
In Rwanda, he doesnt. An American schooled in the Bill of Rights might object to that. But Rwandans, schooled in the horror of genocide, do not place an academics right to free speech over and above the right of 11 million Rwandans to live in peace and security.

By: eddie

eddie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:05:59 +0000

FOX NEWS is misleading the public, it's all staged. They know that if they were to say that Peter was representing the opposition in the upcoming elections, the rest will be history and peter will be out tomorrow.

The Media, military industrial complex, and corporations work together to control the whole world and in this case, it's all about coltan, gold, diamond that kagama is providing to the West, through proxy war in Congo.

By: F. LeFever

F. LeFever — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:35:01 +0000

Mr. Rwejo displays incredible ignorance about what Erlinder has said.

By: rwanda rwejo

rwanda rwejo — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:41:04 +0000

I don't feel sorry about this dude, he tryin to deny genocide and support extremist, and he thinks he can get away with it, just because he is a USA citizen. Sir you are wrong on that.

By: Tremerie

Tremerie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:54:42 +0000

Ann,
The Whole issue is Hillary CLINTON, the US Secretary of State. She is plotting with Kagame to kill Erlinder in jail and blaim it on self-suicide. An informer told me that. We don't what is going between CLONTON familly and Kagame. There's something rotten down there. Now they want to spread around lies once again like in 1994, so they can kill him easily. We need to inform US Congress. It is too much evil.