{"id":13644,"date":"2025-03-26T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therwandan.com\/fr\/?p=13644"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T17:09:15","slug":"rwanda-le-general-frank-rusagara-meurt-en-prison-loin-des-siens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therwandan.com\/fr\/rwanda-le-general-frank-rusagara-meurt-en-prison-loin-des-siens\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda \u2013 Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Frank Rusagara meurt en prison, loin des siens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kigali, 26 mars 2025 \u2014<\/strong> Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Frank Rusagara est mort seul en prison, apr\u00e8s plus de dix ans de d\u00e9tention, sans avoir pu revoir ses enfants, ni faire ses adieux \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse mourante. Mais ce qui l\u2019a conduit dans les ge\u00f4les du r\u00e9gime de Paul Kagame, ce ne sont ni des actes de trahison, ni des crimes militaires, mais des mots. Des mots prononc\u00e9s en priv\u00e9, mais jug\u00e9s impardonnables par le pouvoir.<\/p>\n<p>Ancien secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense, ex-attach\u00e9 militaire \u00e0 Londres, Rusagara faisait partie de la haute sph\u00e8re du Front patriotique rwandais. Mais en 2013, il est contraint \u00e0 la retraite avec 78 autres officiers. Quelques mois plus tard, il est arr\u00eat\u00e9. Les accusations : avoir qualifi\u00e9 le Rwanda de \u00ab r\u00e9publique banani\u00e8re \u00bb, d\u2019\u00ab \u00c9tat policier \u00bb, et affirm\u00e9 que \u00ab Kagame est fini \u00bb (\u00ab our guy is finished \u00bb). Il aurait \u00e9galement exprim\u00e9 du respect envers le Rwanda National Congress (RNC), mouvement d\u2019opposition en exil qualifi\u00e9 de terroriste par Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>Ces propos, \u00e9chang\u00e9s lors de conversations priv\u00e9es, seront rapport\u00e9s par des informateurs et utilis\u00e9s comme base de son inculpation pour \u00ab incitation \u00e0 l\u2019insurrection \u00bb et \u00ab atteinte \u00e0 l\u2019image du gouvernement \u00bb. Lors de son proc\u00e8s en 2016, Rusagara revendique ses critiques : il d\u00e9non\u00e7ait, selon lui, l\u2019\u00e9touffement de la libert\u00e9 d\u2019expression, la personnalisation du pouvoir, l\u2019absence d\u2019espace d\u00e9mocratique, et la militarisation extr\u00eame de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Pour lui, le Rwanda n\u2019\u00e9tait plus une r\u00e9publique, mais une machine verrouill\u00e9e autour d\u2019un seul homme.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Le Rwanda ne peut pas vivre sous un seul esprit, une seule v\u00e9rit\u00e9, une seule bouche \u00bb, aurait-il dit selon des t\u00e9moignages rapport\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<p>Ces critiques, que certains anciens du FPR partagent en silence, Rusagara les assumait avec une dignit\u00e9 militaire. Mais cela ne fit que renforcer la volont\u00e9 du r\u00e9gime de faire de lui un exemple. Le tribunal militaire de Kanombe le condamne \u00e0 20 ans de prison. En 2019, la peine est r\u00e9duite \u00e0 15 ans en appel, mais les charges sont maintenues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Un ch\u00e2timent par procuration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019affaire Rusagara ne peut cependant \u00eatre s\u00e9par\u00e9e du contexte familial. Son \u00e9pouse, Mukankanza, \u00e9tait la s\u0153ur de David Himbara, ex-conseiller personnel de Paul Kagame, devenu l\u2019un de ses critiques les plus virulents depuis son exil au Canada. Himbara est \u00e9galement le fr\u00e8re a\u00een\u00e9 du colonel Tom Byabagamba, jug\u00e9 avec Rusagara. Plusieurs sources affirment que Kagame, furieux de l\u2019insolence de Himbara \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger, a choisi de faire payer sa famille rest\u00e9e au pays. Un ch\u00e2timent par procuration, dans une logique de repr\u00e9sailles personnelles.<\/p>\n<p>La dimension humaine de cette trag\u00e9die est insupportable : Rusagara n\u2019a jamais revu ses enfants. Lorsque sa femme est tomb\u00e9e gravement malade \u00e0 Londres, ses derniers mots furent une demande simple : parler \u00e0 son mari une derni\u00e8re fois. Les autorit\u00e9s rwandaises ont dit non. Mukankanza est morte sans adieux. Rusagara, d\u00e9sormais, l\u2019a rejointe dans la tombe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Le cri d\u2019exil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dans un message publi\u00e9 sur X (anciennement Twitter), David Himbara \u00e9crit : \u00ab Frank joined his beloved Mukankanza. Do not weep for them. They are watching the stars. They are waiting for us. \u00bb Derri\u00e8re ce message po\u00e9tique, une v\u00e9rit\u00e9 brutale : ceux que Kagame ne peut pas atteindre, il frappe \u00e0 travers ceux qu\u2019il peut emprisonner.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Freedom Now, le Groupe de travail de l\u2019ONU sur la d\u00e9tention arbitraire : tous ont d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 les violations de proc\u00e9dure, les all\u00e9gations de torture, et l\u2019instrumentalisation de la justice militaire. Mais Kigali est rest\u00e9 sourd. Le message est clair : au Rwanda, critiquer le r\u00e9gime est une ligne rouge \u2014 m\u00eame pour ceux qui ont port\u00e9 les armes pour le lib\u00e9rer.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Rusagara devait sortir en 2029. Il n\u2019aura pas tenu. Il meurt en homme libre de ses id\u00e9es, mais priv\u00e9 de tout : sa libert\u00e9, sa famille, sa voix. Il meurt comme beaucoup de dissidents dans l\u2019histoire des r\u00e9gimes autoritaires : debout, mais seul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kigali, 26 mars 2025 \u2014 Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Frank Rusagara est mort seul en prison, apr\u00e8s plus de dix ans de d\u00e9tention, sans avoir pu revoir ses enfants, ni faire ses adieux \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse mourante. 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