Rwanda
The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) continues to target those perceived as a threat to the government. Several high-profile critics have been arrested or threatened and authorities regularly fail to conduct credible investigations into cases of enforced disappearances and suspicious deaths of government opponents. Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial detention facilities is commonplace, and fair trial standards are routinely flouted in many sensitive political cases, in which security-related charges are often used to prosecute prominent government critics. Arbitrary detention and mistreatment of street children, sex workers and petty vendors occurs widely.
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Mozambique: Grave Concerns for Rwandan Asylum Seeker
Acknowledge his Detention; Ensure Access to Lawyer; Block Any Return to Rwanda
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Rwanda: Arrests, Prosecutions over YouTube Posts
Urgent Reforms Needed as Commonwealth Summit Approaches
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Rwanda: Rusesabagina Was Forcibly Disappeared
Violations of Prominent Critic’s Rights Raise Fair Trial Concerns
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Mozambique: Grave Concerns for Rwandan Asylum Seeker
Acknowledge his Detention; Ensure Access to Lawyer; Block Any Return to Rwanda
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What Press Freedom Looks Like in Rwanda
Journalists and Online Commentators Face Persecution for Critical Reporting
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Rwanda: Arrests, Prosecutions over YouTube Posts
Urgent Reforms Needed as Commonwealth Summit Approaches
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Call for Independent Investigation into Rwandan Singer Kizito Mihigo’s Death
Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government
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Rwandan Judiciary Under Scrutiny
Interception of Rusesabagina’s Attorney/Client Communications Raises Concerns
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Interview: How a Song Sealed the Fate of a Rwandan Gospel Singer
The Commonwealth Should Request an External Probe into Kizito Mihigo’s Death
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UN: Countries Call Out Rwanda’s Rights Record
Follow Up Universal Periodic Review with Concrete Action
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Rwanda: Rusesabagina Was Forcibly Disappeared
Violations of Prominent Critic’s Rights Raise Fair Trial Concerns
