PRESSER: RWANDAN AMBASSADOR BEN KARENZI re: Urgesì SA government to investigate charges that Southì

Record ID: 893182

  • Title: PRESSER: RWANDAN AMBASSADOR BEN KARENZI re: Urgesì SA government to investigate charges that Southì
  • Date: 31st May 1995
  • Summary: PRESSER: RWANDAN AMBASSADOR BEN KARENZI re: Urgesì SA government to investigate charges that Southì
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  • City: JOHANNESBURG
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 95MAY31V05
  • Story Text:PRESSER: RWANDAN AMBASSADOR BEN KARENZI re: Urgesì
    SA government to investigate charges that Southì
    African-made weapons had been smuggled to exiledì
    forces loyal to the former Hutu-led Rwandanì
    government:

    10.03.43 KARENZI: ...would like to bring to youì
    the results of the Independent Internationalì
    Commission of Enquiry into massacres...
    10.08.25 MWS PRESS TABLE
    10.09.06 ...in conclusion the Report says theì
    following...
    10.09.29 ...there is no indication whatsoever toì
    implicate Rwanda gorv in another planeed genocideì
    like we witnessed last year...
    10.10.52 ...a lot of evidence was found out...thatì
    the same militias who committed the genocide ofì
    last year took advantage of these camps...
    10.11.14 ...for reasons of security the camps hadì
    to be closed...
    10.11.29 CUTAWAYS PRESS
    10.14.12 ...WE ACCEPT THE BLAME & MEASURES HAVEì
    BEEN TAKEN TO REPRIMAND THE OFFICERS...
    10.15.15 ...the militias, the people who committedì
    the genocide of last year where we lost more thanì
    1 million Rwandese, are still at large and theyì
    were in these camps and these sad events you sawì
    was the result of provocation by these guys...
    10.16.55 ..the Report will highlight that theì
    response of our armed forces to the situation wasì
    defenitely out of proportion...
    10.20.37 ESTABLISHING SHOT
    10.21.09 O/S
    10.22.09 RE RWANDAN PRISONS = OVERCROWDED
    10.24.48 ...why can't African governments take theì
    challenge? Why should they hide criminals in theirì
    lands?
    10.25.23 ...people should not talk about humanì
    rights & justice & just turn a blind eye to theì
    genocide in Rwanda...
    10.26.09 ...response of the Rwandaì
    gorv...implicating several states, including SA inì
    the continued re-armement of the militias & theì
    criminals of genocide who are mainly based inì
    Zaire...
    10.27.13 ...we hope that the SA gorv will takeì
    this issue seriously & also carry out its ownì
    independednt inquiry into these affairs...
    10.28.16 ...individuals within ARMSCOR could haveì
    been involved...
    10.31.36 RE CAMPS
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