This post is about twenty-one young Banyamulenge men, ages 25-28, who are being held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. They lived in the Bundabu or Kakuma camps in Kenya, among other refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were also many refugees of the Bembe ethnic group. Relations between the two ethnic groups in the camps are strained, and some Bembe have said they no longer wish to live in the same camps with the Banyamulenge.
In the Nairobi camp Kakuma, the Bembe are the majority and also part of the staff. Sensing the possibility of a revolt by the Bembe, the Banyamulenge minority in the camps felt that the only alternative was to evacuate the camps and find safety elsewhere. A group of 21 young men went to the offices of the UN High Council of Refugees, where they thought they would be protected. However, they were arrested by Kenyan police and put in jail.
This group of 21 Banyamulenge men has become well-known in Kenya. These men have committed no crime, and their imprisonment is a violation of their human rights.
Banyamulenge have suffered from violence and displacement from their homes in Congo, been massacred at refugee camps in Burundi, and are now being imprisoned in Kenya. What indignity is next?
The Banyamulenge have been scattered to different countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. We cannot return home without being murdered, and we live as refugees in countries where we are not wanted.
First, it was in Congo; yesterday it was in Burundi in the Gatumba refugee camp in 2004. Today it is in Kenya that the Banyamulenge are undergoing imprisonment without access to attorneys; and tomorrow it will be elsewhere.
In the Nairobi camp Kakuma, the Bembe are the majority and also part of the staff. Sensing the possibility of a revolt by the Bembe, the Banyamulenge minority in the camps felt that the only alternative was to evacuate the camps and find safety elsewhere. A group of 21 young men went to the offices of the UN High Council of Refugees, where they thought they would be protected. However, they were arrested by Kenyan police and put in jail.
This group of 21 Banyamulenge men has become well-known in Kenya. These men have committed no crime, and their imprisonment is a violation of their human rights.
Banyamulenge have suffered from violence and displacement from their homes in Congo, been massacred at refugee camps in Burundi, and are now being imprisoned in Kenya. What indignity is next?
The Banyamulenge have been scattered to different countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. We cannot return home without being murdered, and we live as refugees in countries where we are not wanted.
First, it was in Congo; yesterday it was in Burundi in the Gatumba refugee camp in 2004. Today it is in Kenya that the Banyamulenge are undergoing imprisonment without access to attorneys; and tomorrow it will be elsewhere.
16 comments:
I, m among those 21 banyamulenge man who were in kakuma refuge camp
for i stay in nairobi for 2 years
since we live that camp up to day we have been not assisted by any assistance
and my question is this
why we have not been assisted like other refugee who live in Nairobi
is they other problem
or ?
secondly we know that we have been prisoner for nothing
why Kenyan police have not tell us our case
we need our right, and to be protected as other refugee
what the banyamulenge have done?
we are victims everywhere
thank, for reading this message and to post other comments
This post is about twenty-one young Banyamulenge men, ages 25-28, who are being held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. They lived in the Bundabu or Kakuma camps in Kenya, among other refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were also many refugees of the Bembe ethnic group. Relations between the two ethnic groups in the camps are strained, and some Bembe have said they no longer wish to live in the same camps with the Banyamulenge.
In the Nairobi camp Kakuma, the Bembe are the majority and also part of the staff. Sensing the possibility of a revolt by the Bembe, the Banyamulenge minority in the camps felt that the only alternative was to evacuate the camps and find safety elsewhere. A group of 21 young men went to the offices of the UN High Council of Refugees, where they thought they would be protected. However, they were arrested by Kenyan police and put in jail.
This group of 21 Banyamulenge men has become well-known in Kenya. These men have committed no crime, and their imprisonment is a violation of their human rights.
Banyamulenge have suffered from violence and displacement from their homes in Congo, been massacred at refugee camps in Burundi, and are now being imprisoned in Kenya. What indignity is next?
The Banyamulenge have been scattered to different countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. We cannot return home without being murdered, and we live as refugees in countries where we are not wanted.
First, it was in Congo; yesterday it was in Burundi in the Gatumba refugee camp in 2004. Today it is in Kenya that the Banyamulenge are undergoing imprisonment without access to attorneys; and tomorrow it will be elsewhere.
humura murenge
yesu zaguteturura
n,igihe gito bizibagirana nk,inzozi
kandi amarira ya banyamurenge imana izayahoza umuns,umwe
nubwo amakambi yose yamubiyaga bigari yuzuyemo abanyamurenge
nziko neza byose bifite iherezo
kandi ntabwo ari ribi pe yesu ntabwo azibagirwa amarira y,ubwoko bwe
yesu ubwe yavuzeko yita ku bapfakazi n,impfubyi nziko neza abazi bose kandi yiteguye kuzabahoza ayo barira muri rira mumakambi y,impuzi
akarengane n,agahinda kubwoko bwamabyamurenge aho kageze kwisi niho n,igikundiro n,icyubahiro kizagera
gusa baciye umugani ngo < UTAZI AGAKURA ABAGA UMUTAVU >
Bivugango nubwo iyisi ititaye kubwoko bwamanyamurenge
ntibazi aho tuzageza iyisi
ntacyo turicyo kuruyumunsi ariko haricyo tuzaba ubwo yesu azadukurako igisuzuguriro cya satani n,ubwoko bwa satani
i love all banyamulenge
Good bless u
t is about twenty-one young Banyamulenge men, ages 25-28, who are being held in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. They lived in the Bundabu or Kakuma camps in Kenya, among other refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. There were also many refugees of the Bembe ethnic group. Relations between the two ethnic groups in the camps are strained, and some Bembe have said they no longer wish to live in the same camps with the Banyamulenge.
In the Nairobi camp Kakuma, the Bembe are the majority and also part of the staff. Sensing the possibility of a revolt by the Bembe, the Banyamulenge minority in the camps felt that the only alternative was to evacuate the camps and find safety elsewhere. A group of 21 young men went to the offices of the UN High Council of Refugees, where they thought they would be protected. However, they were arrested by Kenyan police and put in jail.
This group of 21 Banyamulenge men has become well-known in Kenya. These men have committed no crime, and their imprisonment is a violation of their human rights.
Banyamulenge have suffered from violence and displacement from their homes in Congo, been massacred at refugee camps in Burundi, and are now being imprisoned in Kenya. What indignity is next?
The Banyamulenge have been scattered to different countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. We cannot return home without being murdered, and we live as refugees in countries where we are not wanted.
First, it was in Congo; yesterday it was in Burundi in the Gatumba refugee camp in 2004. Today it is in Kenya that the Banyamulenge are undergoing imprisonment without access to attorneys; and tomorrow it will be elsewhere.
har,andi makuru yavuzwe nka yabaye kubasore 21 babanyamurenge
harabantu batuye ETHIOPIA
bahiye nibisa n,ibyahuye natwe igihe twa vaga kakuma
go baboheshejwe n,interahamwe nababembe nabandi banyarwanda bagezeyo mbere biyita abanyamurenge
none bagize ubwobako bishobora kuzamenyekana
barabafungisha ngo bo ntabwo arabanyamurenge
ngo n,ingabo z,urwanga
none bamaze kuvugako hamaze gufungwa abarenga 60
kuberako bashaka ko batiyita abanyamurenge abafunzwe n,abanyamurenge
barira kwitwa abanyamuurenge
sawa murakoze
Tutsi Immigrants insist Ethiopian Government and UNHCR for immediate evacuation
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At the demonstration the refugees organized this morning (January 17, 2011) at the gate of UNHCR office here in Addis Ababa, they called on the UNHCR and Ethiopian government to facilitate for them an immediate evacuation to other country. “Those (the Hutus) who used to kill us in our country have now came to Ethiopia using our identity (calling themselves Tutsi) and continue attacking us,” said Joseph Masomo, who coordinates today’s demonstration of 67 refugees of Banyamulenge who came to Ethiopia from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “We migrated to Ethiopia to escape the war they waged on us. If they followed us here and continue to attack us, we urge Ethiopian government and the UNHCR to immediately evacuate us from Ethiopia to anywhere in order to save us from these people,” he said.
According to the demonstrators, who now live around Summit area in Addis Ababa, ‘since October 2008 they have been attacked by Hutus who entered Ethiopia with faked-Tutsi identity’. The demonstrators claim that those who ‘came to Ethiopia to attack them’ have came to Ethiopia to escaping charges they might face for the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which from 500,000 - 1,000,000 people, mostly of Tutsi origin are killed. Today’s demonstration coordinator, Joseph also told newbusinessethiopia.com that two of his Tutsi friends were caught in border while attempting to escape from Ethiopia being afraid of ‘those who came to Ethiopia to kill them’. Tutsis are the people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern part of the DRC. They have much in common with the other groups of this region, the Twa and the Hutu. Their cultures are similar, and they all speak the same language.
In the eastern region of the DRC, ethnic Tutsi formerly from Rwanda (Banyarwanda) are concentrated on the Itombwe Plateau of South Kivu, close to the Burundi-Congo-Rwanda border. Use of the term Banyamulenge has been controversial, but since the late 1990s following the Rwanda Genocide, it In the early 1970s, they began calling themselves Banyamulenge to avoid being called Banyarwanda and seen as foreigners, as they had been settled there with descendants for many generations.
The Banyamulenge have an ambiguous political and social position in the Congo, which has been an issue of contention with other ethnic groups. They played a key role in the run-up to the First Congo War in 1996-7 and Second Congo War of 1998-2003. According to Joseph Masomo, UNHCR gives 1,000 birr per month (around 59 US dollars at the current exchange rate) to the women refugees, which represents 15 percent of the total (67). Source ( NewBusiness In Ethiopia)
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Tutsi Immigrants insist Ethiopian Government and UNHCR for immediate evacuation
Home Mission Coffee House Radio & TV Entertainment Contact Photo Gallery
At the demonstration the refugees organized this morning (January 17, 2011) at the gate of UNHCR office here in Addis Ababa, they called on the UNHCR and Ethiopian government to facilitate for them an immediate evacuation to other country. “Those (the Hutus) who used to kill us in our country have now came to Ethiopia using our identity (calling themselves Tutsi) and continue attacking us,” said Joseph Masomo, who coordinates today’s demonstration of 67 refugees of Banyamulenge who came to Ethiopia from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “We migrated to Ethiopia to escape the war they waged on us. If they followed us here and continue to attack us, we urge Ethiopian government and the UNHCR to immediately evacuate us from Ethiopia to anywhere in order to save us from these people,” he said.
According to the demonstrators, who now live around Summit area in Addis Ababa, ‘since October 2008 they have been attacked by Hutus who entered Ethiopia with faked-Tutsi identity’. The demonstrators claim that those who ‘came to Ethiopia to attack them’ have came to Ethiopia to escaping charges they might face for the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which from 500,000 - 1,000,000 people, mostly of Tutsi origin are killed. Today’s demonstration coordinator, Joseph also told newbusinessethiopia.com that two of his Tutsi friends were caught in border while attempting to escape from Ethiopia being afraid of ‘those who came to Ethiopia to kill them’. Tutsis are the people who live in Rwanda, Burundi, and the northeastern part of the DRC. They have much in common with the other groups of this region, the Twa and the Hutu. Their cultures are similar, and they all speak the same language.
I'm Congolese by nationality I'm among those twenty-one banyamulenge from kakuma kamp we have been struggle for long time
since we live that camp we have not any assistance
because of kakuma conflict even all our tribe suffer because of many Congolese who call themselves banyamulenge for get our profit
please be who you are
don;t not take our name and use it like your
we are not, business so that
plebe accept who you are and where you have been coming from
just don't be like chameleon for changing your language
all HUTU ,BABEMBE BASHI BAFULERO
who are in kakuma camp have call themselves manyamulenge
for more information write to this email so that i may explain you for long my email address are these
Muraho Abiwachu nari mbakumbuye cyane doreko hari hashize ,n;igihe tutaramukanya nabenshi mubakunzi biwachu
nukuri si ubu ryarya bwa bapagani ndabakunda mwese
yemw weeeeeee muracyahibuka ?
muzibagirwqe byose ndetse n,amazinayany nibisekuruzabyanyu ariko ntimukibagiwe iwacu
ndatinze ngirango mbahe uyumurongo kugirango twegerane twese aho twatataniye ,ku,isi yosoze
iyi email. adress nti muyitekereze ho byinshi ahubwo muyigeze kuri benshi
ntabyinshi mbabwira kuriyo nzababwira tumaze kuyiyoboka
nniyo ((((nihezaimurenge@gmail.com))) muyigeze kubo mushoboye bose ariko bomubwoko bwacu
kuko ntabandi dusangiye ibibazo habe nabake kwisi hoze .
ubushize muririya nama yabereye ibukavu hari byinshi byavuzwemo
gusa nibi nibyavuzwe mo
uruhare rwawe suko uba icyo udashoboye, ahubwo ,nuko ukora icyo ushoboye
ikimeze nk,iki
sawa muyigeze kuri bose kandi imana izabahemba kandi n,igihugu kizashima
imana yomwijuru ibafashye
kandi ibibasobanurire cyane kurusha uku mbibabwiye
ubihe umwanya mubuzima bwawe yego nubwo utaba munini cyane ariko mumasaha 24h y,umunsi fatamo iminota 30' nimba ushoboye gusenga wereke imana ubwoko bwabanyamurenge rusange kandi ubaye utanashoboye gusenge byibuze uhibuke gusa kandi uhibuke wese mubwenge bwawe bwose ndetse n,umutima wawe wose ndeste ukoreshe imbaragazawe zose uko uzifite hirwa mumigambi yawe uko iteye kose ariko ntiwibagirwe icyifuzo rusange aricyo cy,ubwoko bwacu
ibi ni byatubayeho
N'umboko bga batutsi batuye muri congo bakaba bafite aho bagiye bava kera cyane dukurikije igitabo cyandiswe na Joseph Mutambo kivuga yuko inkomoko y'abanyamurenge hari abavuye murwanda aha twavuga mo abasita,abasinzira ,abanyabyinshi na bandi....mu burundi twavuga abanyakarama nabandi......,muri tanzania nka bapfurika na bandi guda tugiye tuvuga bimwe na bimwe nubwoko bgakunze guhura ningora cyane cyane byamoko babaziza yuko bari mubgoko bga batutsi gusa reka tuba bwire bike muribyo yewe batotejwe kuva igihe cya mulele benshi bajanywe abateka ndetse nabandi bamwaze nubuganga(malaria) gusa hano twakomeza kuvuga nko muri za mirongo 70 cyangwase 1970 mubihe byi vote bangayuko bavota habaye invururu zinshi cyane birakomeza cyane yuko bari batotejwe birenze reka nibutse abasomyi bose biyi website ko ibyo byose ntabgo byagize icobitanga ariko baryaga inka zabo ndetse nabo bakichwa gusa bakundaga kubita ngo ninyama ibyo birakomeza rekanvuge yuko abazi amateka neza nanje mwanditsi ndabyemeza yuko abanyamurenge bageze muri congo mbere ya confrence de berlin bagabura imipaka
ikindi nabaygihugu banzwi twegereye abazi amateka batubwira yukoumunyamurenge wambere wageze kumusozi wa mulenge aruwitwa serugabika ninka ze akurikirwa na gasita numuryango we ndoreko gasita yari numwami mu rwanda azagukurikitrwa nakega
DORE IBIHE BIBI CYANE BYARANZE KUTOTEZWA KUNYAMULENGEKUVA(1994-KUGEZA UBU)
Yewe ntihashize kabili murwanda haba i tsemba tsemba ni tsemba bwoko interahamwe zihungira muri congo ndetse ubgo havuka nandi mashaka ayo yose yaravukiye gutsemba umunyamurenge habaye 1996 guverineri wa kivu aravuga ngo abo bahuni abahaye iyinga rimwe bave mumisozi yaminembwe ariko bihagararaho nimana irabatabara birahinduka
kabila afata igihugu abasore bacu baritanga benshi basigara kurugamba ahatwavuga nkintwarizinshi tutazibagirwa nka Ncolas kibinda,freddy ntayoberwa ,kayoyo,byicaza,gakunzi sendoda ndetse nabandi babohoza igihugu habaye 1998 twarituziyuko twabonye amahoro kabila ati murabanyarwanda ati mutahe ese mama nkanje nkumwanditsi sokuru agira itongo se? mu rwanda se? ndetse na bandi bose ndavuga abanyamulenge bose nuko ati umunyamurenge wese ndetse mama nusa nawe nuko abantu barapfa lubumbashi,kinshasa,kananga,kisangani,kalemi nahandi hose muri congo urebye muri video urabibonamo ukuntu usa numututsi wese yapfuye urupfu rubi yewe ntibyahekeye aho renkubgire
ntibyatize abasigaye batangira urugamba naubu muri nord abo bita abanyamasisibarishwe nkisazi bazira ko aradba tutsi ndetse nahandi...........................
IGIHE KITAZIBAGIRANA MUMATEKA YA BANYAMULENGE(GATUMBA-13-14/08/2004
yewe unva wewe wese usoma iyi blogspot reka nkubwire habayeho abanyamurenge batangiye kwicywa bunyamaswa i bukavu hari intambara ya nkunda na mutebutsi barwanya guverinoma abaturage babanyamurenge reka nkubgire bahumgira mugatumba aho ni mugihugu cy'uburundi habaye ho kuri yominsi twavuze aho haruguru baratera munkambi bicya inzira karengane urebye no muri video haruguru bara bikwereka bishi bantu 160-inkomeri zinshi ibihumbi birashwaragurika benshi baburanye nababo nuyumunsi nkubwira abandi bashakiwe aho bahungira hirya no hino kwisi ese ndibaza ese abanyamurenge barazira iki? nuko araba tutsi gusa cyangwa hariho ikindi ese ibontibavitse uko abandi bavuka? gusa reka nsabe amahanga yagiye kuvuga ngo umuryango witwa kuburenganzi byamuntu kwisi ngi abanyamurenge bari yishe ndasaba rero mwe mugera kure musoma iyi inkuru ibabajekurenza kwemera ngo ese urukiko mpuza mahanga rurihe kuki rudakuri kirana leta ya congo? kuki agato rwasa umukuru wa FNLadafatwa ngo afungwe?reka twongere tubabgire yuko hakiri inkomeri nibimuga bibaye hirya no hino rero begere ubiteho
rero nimukomeze mubite ho
nimusome mutange ni bitekerezo kumugaragaro mwiyame iri hohoterwa rikorerwa abanyamurenge ngaho mugire ibihe byiza kandi nimutange ibitekerezo abari mugihugu ndetse nohanze yacu kugirango turwanye iri totezwa..
haje l’Administrateur adjoint wa Territoire ya Fizi (akaba umushi) azana Umugabo w’umubembe ngo aje kumwimika mu Minembwe comme Chef de Poste d’Encadrement Administratif, ugomba gutsimbura uwari uhasanzwe. Reka tubibutse ko uwari Chef de Poste wa Minembwe ubu, ari uwitwa Sebastien Sebakanura.
Rero uwo Admin adjoint wa Fizi, ageze Minembwe, ahuza abakozi ba Poste, abapresenta, nuwo chef de poste mushya. Ariko akaba atarabanje gukora concertation. Noneho aba presenta Chef de Poste mushya w’umubembe. Abo yari yatumiye bose bahita bamubwira ouvertement ko badashobora kwakira le monsieur comme chef de poste, kumpamvu zikurikira:
1.Kuba ari umubembe. Bati ama poste yandi yose ya territoire ya fizi yose ayobowe n’ababembe, amagroupements yose ni aya babembe, l’administrateur lui-même ni umubembe. Bati ni gute aka ga poste dufite konyine mushobora kongera kukifuza ngo mugahe umubembe?
2.Kuba andi ma territoire nayo yanga aba administrateur babanyamurenge. Bati kuberako abanyamurenge bari mukuja gukora muma territoire y’ababembe bari mukubanga. Urugero batanze rufati ka n’uwitwa MUTUTSI MIMAMO wabaye affecté muri territoire ya Kazimia nka Chef de poste, abaturage baramwanga. Undi wakabiri bavuze ni Jonas Jondwe, wabaye affecté Mwenga, naho baramwanga.
3.Kuba uwo mu administrateur arumuntu w’Inganji. Bati kuberako uwo mugabo akomoka inganji, hakaba haranyagiwe inka za banyamulenge, ndetse bakahicyira n’abantu batari bake, abandi bagafatwa amateka kugeza na nubu, bati kandi uwo mugabo akaba akekwa ko ibyo byose yabigizemo uruhere rugaragara kandi kugeza n’ubu nta munyamurenge ukandagira inganji. Bati rero kumuzana ngo ariwe uyobora Minembwe byaba ari agasuzuguro nogu kora abantu kumatama.
4.Ibibazo byamoko bitarakemuka. Icya kane bavuze nuko hakiri ibibazo hagati y’abanyamurenge n’ababembe bigomba kubanza gukemuka. Bati kurugero ninka chef de groupement GITONGO (ubwo nawe yari muriyo nama nomuri delegation ya Fizi). Uwo Gitongo abenshi baramuzi yarasanzwe ari chef de localite et groupement mu Minembwe kuva kera. Rero ejo bundi akaregwa kuba yayoboye igitero cyaje kikanyaga inka zitagira umubare mu Minembwe. Abaturage bati « n’ubu iyo tugiye kuragira mururenge tuvuye mu Minembwe, muri Groupement imwe, Gitongo adutangisha igitoro, kadi turi abantu biwe. Bati ndetse n’ahandi hose muri contrée ziyobowe n’ababembe, badutangisha igitoro ngo ntabwo bemera ubwene gihugu bwacu. Bati rero, ntabwo dushobora kwemera ko abo bagabo aribo bagaruka kutuyobora hano iwacu imuhira »
5. Kuba Zone ya Minembwe itaraboneka. Icyagatunu nuko ngo mugihe Minembwe yimwe izone, ni gute bakongera bagatwara na poste ?
6.Kuba uwo mugabo ada fite affectation ya Province : Uwo mu chef de poste usibye ko batari kumwemera ariko kandi ntana affectation ya province yazanye.
7. Kuba uwo yaje gusimbura ari murugendo rw’akazi. Umukuri wa Poste ya Minembwe icyogihe ntanubwo we yari ahari yari murugendo. Bati rero ibyo nabyo namafuti kuza kuvanaho umuntu wazindutse kumpamvu y’akazi.
Bukeye, abari muriyo nama bamaze kwanga uwo chef de poste. Iyo delegation yahise ihamagaza inama y’aba chef de localité kubabwira ico kibazo. Ba chefs de localites bahageze, bo ngo bahise babyanga cyane ndetse bagaragaza plus d’hostiles kukuza kuwo muntu. Nabo bemeza ibyavuzwe muri iyo nama dore ko bamwe bari banayirimo.
Ubwo rero icyabaye nuko bahise basaba ko uwo chef de poste asubira iyo aturutse. Bati turabyanze ntabwo binashoboka rwose. Abagabo bahambira uturago, basubirayo bihungura amatwi. Uyu munsi kwitariki 28 nibwo ari busubire iyo yaturutse, uwatugejeje ho iyonkuru ati « kandi bagiye bahebye ».
Ariko amatwi adusumira akatubwira ko province yanze kumuha affectation kuberako itizera ko abanyamurenge bazamwemera, baravuga ngo reka babanze bamuzane barebe attitude y’abanyamurenge, uko bazabyakira.
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