The Kagame Military High Court yesterday sentenced Lt. Joel Mutabazi and one of his co-accused, Joseph Nshimiyimana, to life in prison and stripped him of his military ranks on fabricated charges of   terrorism and murder.

Lt Mutabazi

Lt Mutabazi with his family before his kidnapping

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Lt Mutabazi in court

“The court finds Mutabazi guilty on all charges… The court orders that, due to the seriousness of the crimes he committed, he be sentenced to life and effectively be stripped of his military ranks,” said the presiding judge, Maj. Bernard Rugamba Hakizimana.

While Lt. Mutabazi has been sent to rot in jail for the rest of his life, his wife is hunted by Kagame where she is hiding in Uganda.  She has been heard on the Voice of America Kirundi –Kinyarwanda program this morning appealing to the world that her husband is innocent and all the charges are Kagame circus. She also said that her life is in danger because Kagame accused her of being an accomplice to her husband.

In another development, Mr. Paul Manzi Byabagamba the brother of Col.Tom Byabagamba and Dr. David Himbara respectively was released from the detention where he has spent two weeks without his whereabouts. He was separated from his family, and his relatives were not allowed to see or talk to him.

Why was he released without charge? Why he was not allowed to see or talk to his family and relatives? Why was he not given legal representation and be informed formerly of the charges as a constitutional right?

These are many questions without answers, there are many families who are there crying, hiding their head in the dust, who cannot talk to the international media or just don’t know what to do when their relatives are taken by Kagame security forces.

The Great Lakes Human Rights Link is here to help you. If you know you have lost your relative or anybody you know disappeared please let us know we shall help you to trace your loved ones. We are aware that many Human Rights groups that operate in Rwanda have been either infiltrated by the RPF or are simply intimidated to freely and independently operate.

We witnessed the suppression of independent Human Rights organizations in Rwanda, like LIPRODOR where all its members are all   now in exile. It has also come to our attention that, the Kagame regime has continued to kill or intimidate those who expose those human rights violations.

We see cases where relatives are deployed to spy on their relatives and later they appear in the case for factious trial, and all over a sudden they acquitted of all charges. This means that Kagame has infiltrated everybody and every mind of a Rwandan for the   survival of his regime.

We appeal to the international community and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Uganda and of course the Ugandan Government to give protection to the wife of Lt Joe Mutabizi so that , she is not harmed or kidnapped by the Kagame network operating in Uganda.

Indeed, we request the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Uganda to relocate the wife of Lt. Mutazi to a third country because the Kagame network is very sophisticated and will use all means to see the wife Mutabazi dead or in Rwanda Jail.  For those who want to contact the Great Lakes Human Rights Link, below are the contacts.

Address

Email.greatlakeshumanrightslink@gmail.com

Tel: +447429014688

Noble Marara

Secretary,

Great Lakes Human Rights Link (GLHRL)

http://www.greatlakeshumanrightslink.com/lt-mutabazi-sentenced-to-life-his-wife-hunted/