Mr. Grégoire Ndahimana is not a member of the FDLR and has not been captured by the
FARDC; he has voluntarily surrendered to the ICTR.
The Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) categorically deny false information spread by
some Congolese officials among which is a spokesman of the Congolese Government and certain
media that Mr. Grégoire Ndahimana, former Mayor of the Municipality of Kivumu, is a member of
the FDLR and was captured by the FARDC during the operation “KIMIA II”.
The FDLR declare that Mr Grégoire Ndahimana is a simple Rwandan refugee living in eastern DRC.
He was not part of any structure of the FDLR because he is not a member of this organization.
Moreover, he has not been captured by the FARDC as suggests the spokesman for the Congolese
Government.
According to reliable information available to us, negotiations to voluntarily surrender to the ICTR
began a few months ago between Mr. Ndahimana, some Congolese officials and the ICTR. According
to preliminary information available to the FDLR, Mr. Ndahimana surrendered himself voluntarily to
civil Congolese officials in Kashunga, around Pinga/Peti, in North Kivu in order to be accompanied to
Goma where ICTR officials were waiting for him.
The FDLR have always expressed their willingness to cooperate with international justice and
welcome the gesture by Mr. Grégoire Ndahimana who voluntarily surrendered to the ICTR to finally
have the opportunity to present elements for his defence against allegations against him.
The FDLR urge the dignitaries of the Rwandan regime of RPF indicted by Spanish and French courts
in the attack against the plane of President Habyarimana, the religious massacres in Rwanda and the
massacres of people in Rwanda and DRC to follow the example of Mr. Ndahimana and surrender
voluntarily to the courts in order to answer for their alleged acts.
The FDLR urge once again the regimes of Kigali and Kinshasa to end the ongoing war whose main
victims are Congolese civilians and Rwandan refugees in eastern DRC.
Done in Paris on 14 August 2009
Callixte Mbarushimana
Executive Secretary of the FDLR
(Sé)
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