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August 17, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: 6 Months On, No Justice for Kizito Mihigo

Authorities Failed to Conduct Credible Investigation into Death in Custody

Kizito Mihigo speaking to the media in Kigali on April 15, 2014 after nine days in incommunicado detention.

July 9, 2020 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Rwanda

May 28, 2020 Dispatches

Confirmed Death of Alleged Rwandan Genocidaire

Remains of Augustin Bizimana Found in Congo-Brazzaville

May 18, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Major Step Toward Justice for Genocide

Key Suspect Arrested in France

Félicien Kabuga on his US Department of State wanted poster.

April 24, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Lockdown Arrests, Abuses Surge

End Media Crackdown, Mass Arbitrary Arrests

A Rwandan police officer checks the temperature of a motorist as he enforces a lockdown to stem the Covid-19 outbreak in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 15, 2020.

February 20, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Ensure Justice Over Kizito Mihigo Death

Popular Singer Died in Police Custody

February 14, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: UN Body Targets Abuse of Street Children

End Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment

Street children sit on the verandah of a house in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital city, on January 22, 2020.

January 27, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Abusive Detention of Street Children

UN Child Rights’ Committee Should Call for Closing Gikondo Center

January 27, 2020 Interview

Interview: Rwanda’s Street Children Locked up, Abused

January 13, 2020 News Release

Rwanda: Free Speech Convictions Upheld

Lengthy Sentences for Ex-Military Officers’ Comments Reduced

Colonel Tom Byabagamba (left) and retired Brigadier General Frank Rusagara (right) arrive at the court to appeal their 2016 conviction on charges including tarnishing the government’s image and inciting insurrection, in Kigali, Rwanda, on December 27, 201

September 24, 2019 News Release

Rwanda: Killing Is Latest Attack on Opponents

World Leaders at UN Should Call for Credible Investigations

September 13, 2019 Dispatches

Rwandans Charged With Murder of Exiled Critic

South African Prosecution Offers Chance for Justice in Karegeya Killing

August 15, 2019 News Release

Rwanda: Disappearances Require Credible Investigations

Month Later, Journalist and Opposition Member Still Missing

Eugène Ndereyimana (left) and Constantin Tuyishimire (right).

June 27, 2019 Dispatches

No Space for Criticism of Rwanda

President Challenged on Rights Record at Development Meeting

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, participates in a session at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2019.

May 23, 2019 Dispatches

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Nairobi Conference Commits to Greater Efforts to Fight Impunity, Defend Rights

Jean Baptiste Nguondija, a resident of Ngbada, Central African Republic, by the grave of his 10 year-old daughter Nathana Poura. Nguondija has lost 5 children since the conflict began in 2013.

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