Paul Kagame: Perbedaan antara revisi

In [[October]] [[1990]], while Kagame was participating in a military [[training]] program at [[Fort Leavenworth, Kansas]], the RPF invaded Rwanda. Only two days into the invasion, Rwigema was killed, making Kagame the military commander of the RPF. Despite initial successes, a force of [[Military of France|French]], [[Military of Belgium|Belgian]], [[Hutu]], and [[Zaire|Zairan]] soldiers forced the RPF to retreat. A renewed invasion was attempted in late [[1991]], but also had limited success.

Kagame was part of the cabinet of [[President of Rwanda|President]] [[Pasteur Bizimungu]] which came to power in the aftermath of the genocide. Kagame was made Vice President of Rwanda and [[Defense Minister]]. Bizimungu was also a member of the RPF, and as its military leader, Kagame was viewed as the power behind the throne, and eventually became President when Bizimungu was deposed in March 2000.

In [[1998]], Rwanda got heavily involved in the [[Second Congo War]], supporting a well-armed rebel group in Congo, the [[Congolese Rally for Democracy]]. Together with [[Uganda]], Rwandan forces invaded the mineral-rich north and east of [[Democratic Republic of Congo]], citing Congolese anti-[[Tutsi]] policies and historical Rwandan heritage in the area. The government of Congo soon found itself supported by several other African nations, and mounted a counter attack.

A June 2001 Amnesty International report implicated Rwandan and Rwandan-backed forces (amongst others) in the deliberate killing of thousands of Congolese civilians.

:''The claims of Rwanda concerning its security have justified the continuing presence of its armed forces, whose real long-term purpose is, to use the term employed by the Congo Desk of the Rwandan Patriotic Army, to "secure property". Rwanda's leaders have succeeded in persuading the international community that their military presence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo protects the country against hostile groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who, they claim, are actively mounting an invasion against them.

:''The Panel has extensive evidence to the contrary. For example, the Panel is in possession of a letter, dated 26 May 2000, from Jean-Pierre Ondekane, First Vice-President and Chief of the Military High Command for [the Rwandan-backed rebel group] RCD-Goma, urging all army units to maintain good relations "with our Interahamwe and Mayi-Mayi brothers", and further, "if necessary to let them exploit the sub-soil for their survival"...

:''A 30-year-old Interahamwe combatant living in the area of Bukavu described the situation in a taped interview with a United Nations officer in early 2002:

Kagame tends to downgrade the importance of his ethnic background (he is a [[Tutsi]]), portraying himself as simply a Rwandan. Sceptics point to the fact that the overwhelming majority of the current Rwandan government are, like Kagame, Tutsis raised in Uganda.

:''Despites its claims to support freedom of the press, the Kagame government continues to behave like a predator. Ten years after the genocide of the Tutsis, in which "hate media" played such a grim role, Rwanda is still a country where press freedom does not exist.

Kagame is highly critical of the [[United Nations]] and its role in the 1994 genocide. In [[March]] [[2004]], his public criticism of [[France]] for its role in the genocide and its lack of preventative actions caused a diplomatic row. Critics have accused Kagame of exploiting Western guilt over the genocide to deflect public criticism of corruption and human rights abuse by his government.