Justice for Rose is Justice for Rwanda

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Author: Innocent Rose

Started: November 18, 2008, 1:47:24 pm

Target: Government of France & European Union

Category: Government & Politics

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Goal:

100,000

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Active

Sign this petition and send a message to the French government saying, JUSTICE FOR ROSE IS JUSTICE FOR RWANDA.

"It is not only Rose who is in the dock, it is Rwanda that is in the dock," President Paul Kagame (AFP, 17 Nov. 2008)

The arrest and transfer to France by Germany of Mrs. Rose Kabuye on the basis of baseless French issued warrant is the ultimate abuse of international jurisdiction and a violation of Rwanda's sovereignty.
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(Scroll down to see how you can sign the petition and join the white rose campaign.)
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"The indictments issued against a number of Rwandan military and civic leaders by Judge Bruguière in France and Judge Merelles in Spain are based on a flawed process, have no legal or factual basis, and are founded mainly on accounts of genocide fugitives and other witnesses without much credibility living in European capitals.

Neither of the judges carried out any investigations in Rwanda, or interviewed the alleged suspects, or involved the Rwandan justice system in the process as is usually required by law and principles of natural justice.

The indictments themselves are diversionary as they aim at blurring historical fact and protecting those who planned and implemented the genocide in Rwanda and are now living freely in the backyards of the same judges issuing these indictments." Yolande Makolo (Kenya Chronicles, 17 July 2008)

"Imagine if you tried a Jew for genocide, [this] lady is a Rwandan hero who has fought genocide. And right now she is being tried for genocide. That is a double standard." John Gatabazi (VOA, 10 Nov. 2008)

"We also reminded the German government that these same indictments that the warrants of arrest were based on are the same indictments that the African Union, together as a continent, condemned, and has started a process of discussing with the European Union to ensure that international jurisdiction is not abused so that we do not have legal anarchy," Rosemary Museminali, Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs (VOA, 10 Nov. 2008)
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How you can take action.
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(1) Sign this petition to the French Government and EU and say "JUSTICE FOR ROSE IS JUSTICE FOR RWANDA".

(2) Wear a white rose as a symbol of your petition and solidarity.

(3) Send white rose's to the French Embassy and EU offices in your country with a petition note saying "JUSTICE FOR ROSE IS JUSTICE FOR RWANDA".

(4) If you live in France, send white roses along with a petition note saying "JUSTICE FOR ROSE IS JUSTICE FOR RWANDA" to (a)Palais de Justice de Paris, (b)offices of Judges Marc Trévidic et Philippe Coirre. You may also wish to send white roses to Mrs. Rose Kabuye to encourage her and support her.

Thank you.