FDU-Inkingi
Press Release
In our last press release, we alerted the public about Mr.
Gratien NSABIYAREMYE, FDU-Inkingi Interim Executive Committee member in charge of
Youth, who was abducted by Marine unit soldiers led by Captain
RUTABURINGOGA on 02 January 2012. After over 8 hours in an unknown location he
was taken to RUBAVU police station for interrogation. Yesterday, Colonel
Joseph NZABAMWITA, the army spokesperson, misrepresented the situation
and pretended a marine patrol unit pursued a criminal who
resisted arrest after he robbed three mobile phones that night. This once again shows
the true nature of the regime in Kigali, specialized in the fabrication of
criminal charges in order to silence the opposition and any other dissenting
voices. The army spokesman's story is a "reconstruction" that is covering up the
army's interference in politics, weaving it with a "fabric of
lies".
The army spokesperson stated: “The true facts of the case
are that on 1 January 2012 at 23:00hrs, Marine patrol in Rubona Cell,
Nyamyumba Sector pursued criminals who robbed Hakizimana JMV of three mobile
phones and 160000Frw. The criminal who was identified as Gratien Nsabiyaremye
was pursued up to his house where he resisted arrest. The case was handed
over to police who arrested Gratien Nsabiyaremye in the morning of 2
January 2012 and is in police custody at Rubavu Police Station as they
complete the case for prosecution”.
This is another fabric of
lies: Why was a marine unit was patrolling a civilian residential area? Since
when have they replaced the police and carried out late night arrests without
a legal warrant? How did they identify the opposition leader as a “criminal”
that same night at 23:00? Why were they trying to arrest an opposition leader in
the middle of the night knowing that the person is a regular resident known
to everybody in the area? Where did they keep him before the transfer to the
police station? During the morning arrest, Mr. Gratien NSABIYAREMYE was
severely beaten by
Captain RUTABURINGOGA from the marine unit based in
Gisenyi.
The army statement is silent on the arrest of Felicien
KAYIRANGA, the younger brother of Mr Gratien NSABIYAREMYE, on 03 January 2012
after he explained that they refused to open the door to armed strangers in
the middle of the night because eight years ago, one of their brothers was
shot dead by military personnel as he opened the door to people in military
uniform and no investigation was ever carried out.
We believe this is just
a continuing intimidation campaign because threats and attacks to opposition
leaders and members have been on the rise both inside and outside the country.
Reports of armed people in military uniforms abducting civilians in the
night are still occurring. For example,
Onesphore BENDANTUNGUKA (59 years
old) was kidnapped in the same Rubavu
district (Nyamyumba sector, Rubona
cell, Buharara location) on 13 December 2011; Jean-Pierre HUBATSWENIMANA (42
years old) and Moise HAKESHIMANA (35 years old) were abducted in Musanze
district (Muhe village, Ruhengeri) on December 2011 as well. There
whereabouts remain unknown.
Last night, the capital city KIGALI was
again a scene of grenades attacks that killed 2 and injured 20 civilians. We
call upon the government to investigate these incidents and give accurate
information on these attacks and those that rocked the capital Kigali last
year.
We demand the immediate liberation of Mr. Gratien
NSABIYAREMYE, his brother Felicien KAYIRANGA and all other political
prisoners.
For the FDU-Inkingi,
Boniface Twagirimana
Interim Vice
President
4 January 2012
05 January, 2012
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