<SANITIZED> THE RWANDAN CRISIS AS OF 25 JULY 1994; ALLEGED POISONING OF HUTU-DOMINATED FAR TROOPS; INTERIM GOVERNMENT DECLARATION

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• Case Number: F-2016-01166
• Publication Date: July 28, 1994

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DOR: 19940728
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ORIGDATE: 199407281713
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RWANDA/ZAIRE/FRANCE
THE RWANDAN CRISIS AS (b)(1)
OF 25 JULY 1994; ALLEGED POISONING OF HUTU-DOMINATED FAR (b)(3)
TROOPS; INTERIM GOVERNMENT DECLARATION
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HUTU-DOMINATED FAR TROOPS BEAT TO (b)(1)
DEATH TWO TUTSI WOMEN WHOM THEY ACCUSED OF HAVING POISONED TO (b)(3)
DEATH MORE THAN 40 HUTU FAR SOLDIERS. THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE
SOLDIERS' DEATHS WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. ON 24 JULY ZAIRIAN
PRIME MINISTER KENGO REFUSED TO ALLOW THE HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER
INTERIM GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AN INFLAMMATORY PRESS STATEMENT IN
WHICH THEY ACCUSED THE TUTSI-DOMINATED RPF AND NEW COALITION
GOVERNMENT IN KIGALI OF BEING ILLEGAL AND HAVING CAUSED AND
CARRIED OUT THE MASSACRE OF THE RWANDAN PEOPLE. THE FORMER INTERIM
GOVERNMENT PLEDGED TO CONTINUE THE ARMED STRUGGLE TO RETAKE
CONTROL OF RWANDA.
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FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN
40 OF THEIR FELLOW SOLDIERS, SOLDIERS FROM THE HUTU-DOMINATED
RWANDAN ARMED FORCES (FAR) AND HUTU CIVILIANS BEAT TO DEATH TWO
TUTSI WOMEN ACCUSED OF POISONING THE FAR SOLDIERS. ONE WOMAN WAS
A BAR OWNER WHOM THE FAR ACCUSED OF HAVING PUT POISON INTO
KASIKISI, AN INDIGENOUS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MADE WITH BANANAS. THE
OTHER WOMAN WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE RECEIVED U.S.$ 100 FROM A RWANDAN
OF TUTSI ORIGIN TO SELL POISONED CAKES IN THE POPULATED
NEIGHBORHOOD OF MABANGA IN GOMA (01-41S, 29-14E), ZAIRE. THE HUTU
FAR SOLDIERS AND CIVILIAN HUTU REFUGEES KILLED THE SECOND TUTSI
WOMAN WHEN SHE REFUSED TO EAT ONE OF THE CAKES SHE WAS SELLING.
IT WAS DIIFICULT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SOLDIERS' DEATHS WERE A
RESULT OF POISONING, CHOLERA, OR THE WOUNDS THEY SUFFERED IN
COMBAT. NONETHELESS, THE TWO TUTSI WOMEN WERE MURDERED WHILE A
LARGE NUMBER OF ZAIRIANS LOOKED ON, SOME EVEN PARTICIPATING IN THE
FATAL ATTACKS. NO ONE OFFERED TO DEFEND THE TUTSI WOMEN.
2. AFTER SEEING THE INFLAMMATORY TEXT OF THE DECLARATION
TO BE MADE, DURING HIS TRIP TO GOMA ON 24 JULY, ZAIRIAN PRIME
MINISTER LEON ((KENGO)) WA DONDO REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE THE
HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT, NOW IN EXILE IN GOMA, TO
HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE OR OTHERWISE RELEASE THE DECLARATION. IN
THE DECLARATION THE HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT SAID
THE NEW TUTSI-DOMINATED RWANDAN GOVERNMENT IN KIGALI (02-00S,
29-40E) WAS ILLEGAL SINCE IT CAME TO POWER IN A COUP D'ETAT, WHICH
VIOLATED THE CONCEPT OF THE SHARING OF POWER AGREED TO IN THE
ARUSHA ACCORDS OF 4 AUGUST 1993. ACCUSING THE TUTSI-DOMINATED
RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT (RPF) OF HAVING ASSASSINATED FORMER
PRESIDENT JUVENAL ((HABYARIMANA)), THE HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER
INTERIM GOVERNMENT ACCUSED THE TUTSI-DOMINATED RWANDAN COALITION
GOVERNMENT OF NOT RESPECTING LAWS OR AGREEMENTS, OF BEING
ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, AND OF SEIZING POWER THROUGH THE USE OF VIOLENCE
AND WEAPONS. THE HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT CALLED
ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO CONDEMN THE AUTHORITIES OF THE
TUTSI-DOMINATED NEW GOVERNMENT WHO TALK ABOUT DEMOCRACY YET HAVE
VIOLATED HUMAN RIGHTS AND CAUSED MASSIVE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO FLEE
THEIR COUNTRY. THE FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT ACCUSED THE
TUTSI-DOMINATED NEW GOVERNMENT OF USING DIPLOMACY TO CONVINCE THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT THE FORMER GOVERNMENT IS COMPOSED OF
THE PEOPLE WHO MASSACRED THE RWANDAN POPULACE. THE INTERIM
GOVERNMENT CHARGED THAT THE TUTSIS IN THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
WERE REALLY THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASSACRES. POINTING OUT
THAT THE TUTSI-DOMINATED NEW GOVERNMENT IN KIGALI CONTINUED TO BE
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RE-ARMED, THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OBLIGED THE "WORLD POWERS" TO
DROP THE UNFAIR SANCTIONS IMPOSED AGAINST THE HUTU-DOMINATED
FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT, SUPPLY THEM WITH ARMS AND MATERIEL, AND
CONDEMN THE COUNTRIES WHO CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE TUTSI-DOMINATED
RPF. THE HUTU-DOMINATED FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT REAFFIRMED ITS
PLEDGE TO GIVE THE RWANDAN PEOPLE A GOVERNMENT "OF THE PEOPLE" AND
"FOR THE PEOPLE". THE FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT SAID THE FLOW OF
ARMS TO THE RPF SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH FUNERAL URNS. THE FORMER
INTERIM GOVERNMENT OBLIGED THE INTERNATONAL COMMUNITY TO SAFELY
AND SECURELY RETURN TO RWANDA ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHICH THE "RPF
CHASED OUT". IF SUCH IS NOT DONE, THE FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT
WILL BE OBLIGED TO CONTINUE THE ARMED STRUGGLE TO RECOVER THE
COUNTRY. NOTING THAT IT HAS ALWAYS SOUGHT A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
TO THE RWANDAN PROBLEM, THE FORMER INTERIM GOVERNMENT SAID THAT
THE FOLLOWING MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE A RESOLUTION TO THE
RWANDAN CRISIS: AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE DEPLOYED TO ENSURE
THE SECURITY OF THE RWANDAN POPULACE AND THE RWANDAN AUTHORITIES;
ALL RPF FORCES MUST BE CONTAINED; SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTIONS MUST BE
RUN BY PERSONS SELECTED BY THE MASSES; ALL REFUGEES MUST BE
REPATRIATED; ALL FAR MUST BE REPATRIATED AND GARRISONED; ECONOMIC
AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES MUST FUNCTION; THERE MUST BE GENERAL
ELECTIONS AT EVERY LEVEL; A NATIONAL ARMY MUST BE CONSTITUED.
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