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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Rwanda: Round Ups-Linked to Commonwealth Meeting
Detention, Ill-Treatment of Poor, Gay, and Transgender People
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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: Ensure Independent Investigation into John Williams Ntwali’s Death
Joint Statement by 90 Civil Society Organizations and Press Associations
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Rwanda: Suspicious Death of Investigative Journalist
Effective, Independent Investigation Needed to Establish Circumstances
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Politician Convicted for Harming Rwanda’s Image
Respect Free Speech; Free Detainees; Repeal Abusive Penal Code Provision
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Trial of Rwanda Genocide Suspect Begins in The Hague
Félicien Kabuga Charged with Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity
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Interview: UK Government Heads to Court Over Refugee Expulsion Plan
High Court Hearings Will Decide Legality of the UK’s Cruel and Controversial Plan
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Rwanda: Human Rights Should Be Priority on Blinken Trip
US Should Raise Human Rights Concerns, Abuse by M23
