By Robert Mugabe
Patrice Habarurema Hitimana the CNDP official who recently announced that he has formed his new splitter faction have been arrested by Rwandan police in Rubavu and transported to CID headquarter Tuesday night.
Hitimana was the director of cabinet of National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) created on 30 December 2006, until this week when he declared openly that he has formed his splitter faction against RDC and not working with Rwanda.
“We can not keep this man here in Gisenyi and continue to declare that he is fighting another country. Why does he want to threaten DRC security on our territory? He was heard telling Congolese media that his new breakaway is against DRC and yet continue to live here,” the police source said
According to our sources, Hitimana who is a resident of Rubavu district of Gisenyi sector told the Congolese media that he was to fight the Congolese government which is enjoying the flourishing relations with Rwanda.
The Gisenyi sector executive secretary Christian Dukuze confirmed to this blog that Hitimana was his resident and he has a family residing near ULK Gisenyi campus that he had heard rumors of his declarations against DRC government
“Police took him from some where and sent the massage to his wife at home and unfortunately the man was doing his politics and business in DRC and living in Rwanda the reason why police took him,” the source told this blog
Friday, May 21, 2010
Burundi expels Human Rights Watch Official
Kigali: The Burundian government has ordered the researcher of New York-based Human Rights Watch to leave the country accusing her of disparaging the government's efforts to restore peace and security, reports say. Burundi follows Rwanda which sent another official packing.
Neela Ghoshal, who has been working for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Burundi for nearly three years, was ordered by Burundi's foreign affairs minister on Tuesday to leave the country by June 5.
In a report released last week, HRW said political violence before local and national ballots which start this week risked jeopardising the central African nation's efforts to build a multiparty democracy after years of civil war.
The human rights watchdog said the ruling CNDD-FDD party and rival Forces for National Liberation (FNL) had a hand in most of the violence that it had observed and that the police had failed to carry out proper investigations in many cases.
"The Human Rights Watch report turns a blind eye to the work done by the Interior Ministry to prevent confrontation between youth organisations affiliated to political parties," Foreign Affairs Minister Augustin Nsanze wrote in a letter to Ghoshal dated May 18 and released to reporters on Wednesday.
"Given this is not the first time you have shown bias against government institutions, the government has no choice but to put an end to your accreditation," Nsanze said in the letter.
HRW delegate Neela Ghoshal declined immediate comment, saying the rights group would issue a response in due course. On April 25, Carina Tertsakian, the Human Rights Watch researcher in Rwanda was sent packing for using forged documents to apply for her work permit.
Burundi holds district elections on May 21, a presidential election on June 28, a parliamentary poll on July 23 and a vote for senators on July 28. The electoral process will conclude with local elections to be held separately in September.
Neela Ghoshal, who has been working for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Burundi for nearly three years, was ordered by Burundi's foreign affairs minister on Tuesday to leave the country by June 5.
In a report released last week, HRW said political violence before local and national ballots which start this week risked jeopardising the central African nation's efforts to build a multiparty democracy after years of civil war.
The human rights watchdog said the ruling CNDD-FDD party and rival Forces for National Liberation (FNL) had a hand in most of the violence that it had observed and that the police had failed to carry out proper investigations in many cases.
"The Human Rights Watch report turns a blind eye to the work done by the Interior Ministry to prevent confrontation between youth organisations affiliated to political parties," Foreign Affairs Minister Augustin Nsanze wrote in a letter to Ghoshal dated May 18 and released to reporters on Wednesday.
"Given this is not the first time you have shown bias against government institutions, the government has no choice but to put an end to your accreditation," Nsanze said in the letter.
HRW delegate Neela Ghoshal declined immediate comment, saying the rights group would issue a response in due course. On April 25, Carina Tertsakian, the Human Rights Watch researcher in Rwanda was sent packing for using forged documents to apply for her work permit.
Burundi holds district elections on May 21, a presidential election on June 28, a parliamentary poll on July 23 and a vote for senators on July 28. The electoral process will conclude with local elections to be held separately in September.
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