{"id":14106,"date":"2025-09-20T10:02:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therwandan.com\/fr\/?p=14106"},"modified":"2025-09-20T12:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T12:19:02","slug":"la-famille-de-protais-zigiranyirazo-envisage-des-poursuites-en-diffamation-apres-le-refus-dinhumation-a-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therwandan.com\/fr\/la-famille-de-protais-zigiranyirazo-envisage-des-poursuites-en-diffamation-apres-le-refus-dinhumation-a-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"La famille de Protais Zigiranyirazo envisage des poursuites en diffamation apr\u00e8s le refus d\u2019inhumation \u00e0 Orl\u00e9ans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paris, le 19 septembre 2025 \u2013<\/strong> La famille de Protais Zigiranyirazo, ancien haut responsable rwandais et beau-fr\u00e8re du pr\u00e9sident Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana, a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 la d\u00e9cision du maire d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans de retirer, \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re minute, l\u2019autorisation d\u2019inhumation de leur proche dans cette ville, au motif de risques de troubles \u00e0 l\u2019ordre public.<\/p>\n<p>Dans un communiqu\u00e9 sign\u00e9 par leur avocat Philippe Meilhac, la famille qualifie cette d\u00e9cision de \u00ab brutale \u00bb et \u00ab incompr\u00e9hensible \u00bb, estimant qu\u2019elle porte atteinte \u00e0 leurs droits fondamentaux. Le Conseil d\u2019\u00c9tat ayant valid\u00e9 la mesure sans audience pr\u00e9alable, la famille annonce son intention de saisir la Cour europ\u00e9enne des droits de l\u2019homme et de d\u00e9poser des recours en annulation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Le poids d\u2019un pass\u00e9 judiciaire et politique controvers\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arr\u00eat\u00e9 en 2001 et jug\u00e9 par le Tribunal p\u00e9nal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR), Protais Zigiranyirazo avait \u00e9t\u00e9 acquitt\u00e9 en appel en 2009, apr\u00e8s quatre ann\u00e9es de proc\u00e8s. Les juges avaient alors estim\u00e9 que le procureur s\u2019\u00e9tait \u00ab gravement fourvoy\u00e9 dans l\u2019\u00e9valuation des preuves \u00bb. La d\u00e9fense souligne le caract\u00e8re d\u00e9finitif et contraignant de cette d\u00e9cision, relevant du principe de chose jug\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Mais la figure de Zigiranyirazo reste controvers\u00e9e dans l\u2019histoire rwandaise. Pr\u00e9fet de Ruhengeri dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, il est soup\u00e7onn\u00e9 par certains chercheurs et t\u00e9moins d\u2019avoir jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le dans les violences ayant accompagn\u00e9 la chute de la Premi\u00e8re R\u00e9publique de Gr\u00e9goire Kayibanda, renvers\u00e9e par le coup d\u2019\u00c9tat de Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana en 1973. Plusieurs responsables politiques de l\u2019ancien r\u00e9gime, arr\u00eat\u00e9s et transf\u00e9r\u00e9s \u00e0 la prison de Ruhengeri, y sont morts dans des conditions jamais totalement \u00e9lucid\u00e9es. Ces \u00e9pisodes nourrissent encore aujourd\u2019hui des r\u00e9cits divergents au sein de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 rwandaise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poursuites pour diffamation annonc\u00e9es<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Le communiqu\u00e9 de la famille met en garde contre ceux qui continueraient \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter Zigiranyirazo comme l\u2019un des planificateurs du g\u00e9nocide de 1994. Consid\u00e9rant qu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019une atteinte \u00e0 l\u2019honneur du d\u00e9funt, ses h\u00e9ritiers affirment qu\u2019ils engageront toutes les proc\u00e9dures en diffamation jug\u00e9es n\u00e9cessaires contre les m\u00e9dias, associations ou personnalit\u00e9s politiques qui ravivent ces accusations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Divisions au sein de la diaspora rwandaise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Au-del\u00e0 de la controverse judiciaire, cette affaire ravive les fractures profondes entre les Rwandais, tant \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur du pays que dans la diaspora. Pour certains, Zigiranyirazo demeure l\u2019incarnation d\u2019un syst\u00e8me politique responsable de divisions ethniques et r\u00e9gionales. Pour d\u2019autres, son acquittement au TPIR illustre au contraire le triomphe du droit et la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de respecter les d\u00e9cisions de justice, m\u00eame lorsqu\u2019elles contredisent les r\u00e9cits dominants.<\/p>\n<p>La famille conclut en affirmant qu\u2019elle restera vigilante pour faire respecter la m\u00e9moire de Zigiranyirazo, tout en rappelant que \u00ab l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de la chose jug\u00e9e \u00bb interdit de remettre en cause son acquittement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris, le 19 septembre 2025 \u2013 La famille de Protais Zigiranyirazo, ancien haut responsable rwandais et beau-fr\u00e8re du pr\u00e9sident Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana, a d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 la d\u00e9cision du maire d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans de retirer, \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re minute, l\u2019autorisation d\u2019inhumation de leur proche dans cette ville, au motif de risques de troubles \u00e0 l\u2019ordre public. 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