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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AfricaI write to share an assessment of the UK-Rwanda Agreement for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership (the Agreement) and in particular, whether the Agreement protects persons relocated to Rwanda, and whether it deals with the concerns raised by the Supreme Court. Human Rights Watch agrees with the conclusion reached by the Supreme Court that asylum seekers sent to Rwanda face a real risk of ill-treatment, and the concerns the Court raised about Rwanda’s human rights record.
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Refugees and Migrants
January 30, 2024
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Africa
January 18, 2024
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June 13, 2023
DR Congo: Killings, Rapes by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
Rebels’ Incursions Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis in East
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February 6, 2023
DR Congo: Atrocities by Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels
Abuses by M23, Militias Aided by Congolese Army Foment Ethnic Violence in North Kivu
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March 16, 2022
Rwanda: Wave of Free Speech Prosecutions
Free Journalists, Commentators, Opposition Members
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February 15, 2024
Transnational Repression by Rwanda
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing of February 15, 2024
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December 8, 2023
The UK Can’t Legislate Away Rwanda’s Rights Record
Government Pushes Ahead with Plan despite Supreme Court Ruling and Known Abuses
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November 15, 2023
UK Supreme Court Finds UK-Rwanda Asylum Scheme Unlawful
Rwanda Not A Safe Country to Send Asylum Seekers
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October 12, 2023
The UK Should Abandon Its Rwanda Asylum Deal, Once and For All
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October 10, 2023
Rwanda: Global Playbook of Abuse to Silence Critics
Violent Attacks, Misuse of Law Enforcement, Surveillance, Harassment, Relatives Targeted
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October 10, 2023
UK: Abandon Rwanda Asylum Transfer Plan
New Report Documents Rwanda’s Global Targeting of Rwandan Refugees, Critics
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August 28, 2023
US Sanctions Rights Abusers in Eastern Congo
For First Time, Senior Rwandan Commander Targeted for Backing M23
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July 30, 2023
EU Sanctions Congo, Rwanda Army Officers
To Address M23 Abuses, Sanctions on More Senior Officials Also Needed