Uburundi: SNR yataye muri yombi umukozi wa Ambasade ya Congo, ukomeye mu muryango w’Abanyamulenge.
Uburundi: SNR yataye muri yombi umukozi wa Ambasade ya Congo, ukomeye mu muryango w’Abanyamulenge.
Amakuru aturuka mu murwa mukuru w’ubukungu w’Uburundi, Bujumbura, aravuga ko ku cyumweru tariki 27 Nyakanga 2025, Urwego rw’Ubutasi rw’iki gihugu (SNR), ku bufatanye na Polisi n’Ingabo z’Uburundi, rwataye muri yombi Laurent Ruboneka Musabwa, umukozi wa Ambasade ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo (RDC) muri Bujumbura.
Ruboneka yari azwi nk’umunyamuryango ukomeye mu muryango w’Abanyamulenge baba mu Burundi. Yari umunyamabanga wa Shikama Mutualité des Banyamulenge ndetse akanayobora ihuriro ry’abarokotse ubwicanyi bwo muri Gatumba bwabaye ku wa 13 Kanama 2004, bwahitanye abasaga 160, benshi muri bo bakaba bari Abanyamulenge.
Ifatwa ryakozwe mu gitondo cya kare
Nk’uko byatangajwe n’ababibonye, Ruboneka yatawe muri yombi saa kumi n’imwe za mu gitondo (5:00am) ubwo abapolisi n’abasirikare bamwe bari bambaye gisivili bageraga mu rugo rwe ruherereye mu gace ka Rohero. Saa moya (7:00am), binjiye mu nzu bamutegeka kubajyana, ariko we ahitamo kubanza guhamagara abayobozi be muri Ambasade ya Congo.
Aba bamugiriye inama yo kutagenda kugeza bahageze, gusa abamufashe bamujyanye ku ngufu batitaye ku budahangarwa buhabwa abakozi ba za ambasade.
Kugeza ubu, nta mpamvu yatangajwe ku ifatwa rye, kandi umuryango we ntuzi aho afungiye. Hari gusa amakuru aturuka mu nzego z’umutekano avuga ko ashobora kuba yajyanywe ku cyicaro gikuru cy’ingabo z’Uburundi, ndetse ko hari intumwa ziturutse mu rwego rw’ubutasi bwa Congo zaje kumubaza.
Laurent Ruboneka ngo yari amaze iminsi yugarijwe n’igitutu. Abamuzi bavuga ko yagiye avuga ko yumva ari gukurikirwa n’abantu batandukanye, ndetse hari n’inyandiko zamushinjaga zagiye zitambuka ariko nta bimenyetso bifatika ziragaragaza. Umwe mu bo bakoranaga na we yagize ati:
“Mu byumweru bishize, Ruboneka yari atangiye kutubwira ko yumva hari abamugendaho. N’ubwo nta gihamya yigeze atwereka, hari na bamwe mu bakozi ba Ambasade batangiye kumwitaza.”
Hari n’amakuru avuga ko bamwe mu Banyamulenge ubwabo bashobora kuba baratanze amakuru kuri we mu nzego z’umutekano, n’ubwo nta kimenyetso cyabigaragaza mu buryo bweruye.
Ifatwa rya Ruboneka rije mu gihe hakomeje kugaragara umwuka mubi mu karere, cyane cyane hagati ya RDC n’ibihugu by’abaturanyi. Muri iki gihe, hari Abanyamulenge benshi baba mu Burundi bagiye bafatwa bashinjwa gukorana n’umutwe wa M23 cyangwa kuba intasi za Leta ya Rwanda.
Impungenge kuri diaspora ya Congo
Ifatwa rya Ruboneka ryongeye kuzamura impungenge ku burenganzira n’umutekano w’Abanyekongo baba mu Burundi, by’umwihariko abo mu bwoko bw’Abanyamulenge. Hari impungenge ko bamwe mu bari mu mahanga bashobora kuba baragizwe ibikoresho bya politiki mpuzamahanga, bituma uburenganzira bwabo bushyirwa ku munzani w’amahuriro ya gisirikare na dipolomasi.
Amashyirahamwe y’impunzi n’andi arengera uburenganzira bwa muntu arasaba ko hamenyekana aho Ruboneka afungiye, ndetse ko uburenganzira bwe nk’umukozi wa Ambasade bwubahirizwa.
Gatumba: Uburyo amateka y’inzira y’umusaraba agaruka
Laurent Ruboneka si izina rishya mu nkuru z’amateka y’akarengane k’Abanyamulenge. Yari umwe mu barokotse ubwicanyi bwo muri Gatumba bwabaye ku wa 13 Kanama 2004, ubwo abantu basaga 160, benshi muri bo ari Abanyamulenge, bishwe mu nkambi yari iyobowe na HCR, ku birometero 20 gusa uvuye i Bujumbura.
Iyo nkambi yari icumbikiye impunzi zari zahunze intambara muri Kivu y’Epfo. Ubwicanyi bwa Gatumba bwashinjwe imitwe yitwara gisirikare nka Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL), ariko kugeza n’uyu munsi, ubutabera ntiburabushyira ahabona uko bikwiye.
Ubwo bwicanyi bwabaye ishingiro ry’ihuriro ry’abarokotse Ruboneka yahagarariraga, rishingiye ku guharanira ko uburenganzira bw’Abanyamulenge bwubahirizwa, haba mu Burundi, mu Rwanda, no muri Congo.
Ruboneka yari umukozi wa Ambasade ya RDC, bityo agashyirwa mu rwego rw’abakozi bafite ubudahangarwa nk’uko biteganywa na amasezerano ya Vienne yerekeye imibanire ya dipolomasi. Gufatwa kwe ku ngufu bidaherekejwe n’ubwumvikane na Leta yamuhaye ubudahangarwa (RDC), ni igikorwa gifatwa nk’igihonyoye amategeko mpuzamahanga.
Impamvu zifatika ku ifatwa rye ntiziramenyekana. Ariko aho biri, byerekana ko hari indi mikino iri gukinirwa inyuma y’imbogamizi z’umutekano.
Mu mezi ashize, hari urujijo n’intugunda mu mibanire y’ibihugu bituranye. Muri Kivu y’Amajyaruguru, M23 yongeye kwigaragaza nk’imbaraga zikomeye,
Mu gutabara RDC, Uburundi bwiyemeje kohereza abasirikare basaga 10,000 mu burasirazuba bwa Congo. Perezida Ndayishimiye ntatinya kuvuga ko Perezida Kagame afite umugambi wo kwinjira muri Congo no guhungabanya Uburundi.
Abanyamulenge mu kato: Intambara itagaragara
Abanyamulenge b’impunzi, aba diaspora, ndetse n’abashinzwe imirimo ya dipolomasi, bakomeje kubona ko barimo kwishyuzwa amakosa ya politiki atabareba. Bamwe bafatwa nk’abanzi b’igihugu, abandi bakitirirwa M23 cyangwa u Rwanda.
Ifatwa rya Ruboneka riragaragaza ibiri kuba mu rwego rwo hejuru: uburyo abantu bashobora gufatwa nk’ingaruka z’intambara za politiki, mu gihe baba bashaka gutuza no kubaho mu mahoro nk’abandi.
Aho amategeko aherera, politiki iratangira
Ifatwa rya Laurent Ruboneka rikomeza gushyira mu kaga diaspora y’Abanyamulenge baba mu karere k’Ibiyaga Bigari. Mu gihe hataramenyekana impamvu zifatika z’iri fatwa, haracyari impungenge ku buryo uburenganzira bwa muntu bwubahirizwa, no ku mahame mpuzamahanga agenga abakozi ba dipolomasi.
Ese Ruboneka azaburana mu mucyo? Ese iyi ni intangiriro y’undi mukino wa politiki ukinirwa ku mibereho y’abantu?
Inzobere mu mibanire mpuzamahanga barasaba ko ubutegetsi bw’Uburundi butanga ibisobanuro, ndetse ko hakorwa iperereza ryigenga. Umuryango mpuzamahanga nawo urasabwa kudaceceka.
Abasesenguzi baratabaza: “Uburundi buri mu nzira iteye impungenge yo gutoteza impunzi n’abadipolomate”
Mu kiganiro yagiranye n’itangazamakuru, Dr. Jean-Baptiste Nduwimana, impuguke mu mibanire y’ibihugu byo mu karere k’Ibiyaga Bigari n’umwarimu muri Kaminuza ya Nairobi, yavuze ko ifatwa rya Laurent Ruboneka rishobora gufatwa nk’icyemezo cya politiki kirimo ubutumwa bubiri:
“Ruboneka yari afite inshingano ebyiri zifatika: ni umukozi wa Leta ya Congo, kandi ni ijwi ry’abarokotse Jenoside yabereye muri Gatumba. Gufatwa kwe bifite isura ya dipolomasi n’iy’ivangura,”.
“Uburundi burashaka kugaragaza ubudahemuka ku bufatanye na RDC, ariko binyuze mu kurenga ku mategeko mpuzamahanga.”
ONU, Human Rights Watch na CIRGL barakurikiranira hafi
Umukozi wa Human Rights Watch ushinzwe akarere k’Ibiyaga Bigari, Claudine Rukundo, avuga ko bagiye gukurikirana ikibazo cya Ruboneka ku buryo bwihuse:
“Ntabwo twakwihanganira ko umuntu ufite uburinzi bwa dipolomasi atwarwa ku ngufu, ntamenyeshwe aho afungiye, ndetse ntahabwe uburenganzira bwo kugerwaho n’umwunganizi mu mategeko. Ibi ni uburenganzira ntavogerwa, na Leta y’Uburundi irabizi.”
Na ho ku ruhande rw’Umuryango w’Abibumbye, ishami ryawo rishinzwe impunzi (UNHCR) riravuga ko rishyizeho itsinda ririmo gukurikirana uko uburenganzira bwa Ruboneka burimo kwubahirizwa, cyane ko yari umwe mu barokotse jenoside ya Gatumba.
CIRGL (Conférence Internationale sur la Région des Grands Lacs), ihuriro ry’ibihugu 12 byo mu karere birimo u Burundi, RDC n’u Rwanda, ryatangaje mu itangazo ryasohowe kuri uyu wa mbere ko:
“Ikibazo cy’ifungwa rya Ruboneka Musabwa kigaragaza ko hakenewe ubusobanuro bwimbitse n’umuhate wo kugarura icyizere mu mibanire y’ibihugu byo mu karere. CIRGL isaba Uburundi gutanga amakuru y’aho afungiye, kandi igasaba RDC kubikurikirana mu nzira zubahirije uburenganzira bwa muntu.”
Intambwe isabwa: Kugira ubutabera budaheza
Dr. Aimable Kabanda, impuguke mu mategeko mpuzamahanga n’uburenganzira bwa muntu, avuga ko ibiri kuba bidakwiye kureberwa mu ndorerwamo ya gisirikare gusa:
“Iyo ubutegetsi butangiye gutwara umuntu ataburanye, butabimenyesheje Ambasade cyangwa Umuryango Mpuzamahanga, bukarenzaho kumubuza kuvugana n’umwunganizi mu mategeko, icyo kiba ari icyaha mu mategeko mpuzamahanga. Uburundi bugomba gutanga ibisobanuro, bitaba ibyo, bugahura n’ingaruka zo kurenga ku mahame yashyizweho na ONU n’ibindi bigo.”
Umuryango w’Abanyamulenge urasaba ubutabera
Umuryango w’Abanyamulenge mu buhungiro uri mu Rwanda no muri Uganda wasohoye itangazo risaba ko Ruboneka arekurwa cyangwa akagezwa imbere y’ubutabera ku mugaragaro.
“Ibi ni ukurushaho kudutsikamira no kudusubiza mu mwijima twaciyemo imyaka myinshi. Twasabye amahoro n’ubwiyunge, ariko turatungurwa no kubona abarokotse nka Ruboneka bafatwa nk’abagome”.
Icyifuzo ku rwego mpuzamahanga
Mu gihe impaka zikomeje, abasesenguzi barasaba ibi bikurikira:
Uburundi gutangaza aho Ruboneka afungiye no kumureka ahabwe ubufasha bwa dipolomasi.
RDC gukoresha inzira za dipolomasi kugira ngo umuturage wayo ubufungiye hanze ahabwe ubutabera.
ONU, CIRGL na HRW gukurikirana ikibazo mu buryo bwihuse, hanashobora kwifashishwa intumwa zihariye.
Abanyamakuru n’abaharanira uburenganzira bwa muntu gukomeza gukurikirana iyi nkuru no kuyishyira ku murongo mpuzamahanga.
Ifatwa rya Ruboneka rihishura ikibazo kinini kirimo gukura mu karere: uko ibikorwa bya gisirikare, amacakubiri ya politiki n’intambara z’abanyapolitiki bigira ingaruka ku baturage basanzwe, cyane cyane impunzi, imiryango y’abarokotse Jenoside, n’abanenga ubutegetsi.
Ese Ruboneka azarekurwa? Azaburanishwa he? Azabona ubutabera?
Ibi ni ibibazo bihangayikishije kandi bikwiye kwitabwaho n’isi yose.