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October 10, 2017 Interview

Interview: Rwanda’s Military Tortured Civilians

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September 28, 2017 News Release

Rwanda: Post-Election Political Crackdown

Arrests, Enforced Disappearances, Threats Against Opponents

Would-be independent presidential candidate Diane Rwigara speaks to the media in Kigali, Rwanda, June 20, 2017.
August 18, 2017 Report

Rwanda: Politically Closed Elections

A Chronology of Violations

Rwandan President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) waves to supporters during a rally in Nyanza, Rwanda, July 14, 2017.
July 14, 2017 Witness

Witness: Killed Over a Cow in Rwanda

Villagers living in fear as soldiers execute petty crime suspects

Fulgence Rukundo was executed on December 6, 2016.
July 13, 2017 News Release

Rwanda: Petty Crime Suspects Summarily Executed

Investigate Killings; Suspend Implicated Commanders

Image of men and women who were executed for petty crimes in Rwanda
June 7, 2017 Statement

Democratic Processes and Political Stalemate in the Great Lakes Region: What Role for the European Union and the International Community?

Conference at the European Parliament, Brussels

Ida Sawyer speaks at the European Parliament, in Brussels, June 7, 2017.
June 1, 2017 Dispatches

Dwindling Options for Opposition Candidates in Rwanda

New Regulation Restricts Social Media

A Rwandan woman casts her vote during the December 2015 referendum to amend the Constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to seek a third term.
March 31, 2017 Report

Rwanda: Government Repression in Land Cases

Authorities Threaten, Prosecute Residents Who Speak Out

The disputed land in Nyamyumba sector, Rubavu district.
March 8, 2017 Dispatches

Rwandan Blogger to Stand Trial for Genocide Ideology

Norway Deported Nkusi, Who Faces Prosecution in Rwanda

A general view of Rwanda's capital Kigali, March 26, 2014.
March 3, 2017 Dispatches

Rwanda Held Opposition Official’s Wife Incommunicado

Promptly Charge or Release Violette Uwamahoro, Held Over 2 Weeks

​Violette Uwamahoro, the wife of an opposition group official, was held incommunicado in Rwanda for more than two weeks.
December 5, 2016 Dispatches

French Court Confirms Genocide Conviction of Former Rwandan Intelligence Chief

Greater Efforts Needed to Bring Remaining Genocide Suspects to Justice

One of many houses marked with the word “Tutsi” stands in a deserted village in eastern Rwanda, just a few kilometers from a church at Nyarubuye in which more than 1,000 people were massacred by Hutu militiamen.
November 7, 2016 Dispatches

What Rwanda’s Tourists Do Not See

Visitor Wendy Murphy Dared to Question President Paul Kagame

Landscape near Kibuye, in western Rwanda.
October 31, 2016 Commentary

Stop Abuses against Street Vendors in Rwanda

Street vendors outside Nyabugogo bus station, Kigali, August 2014.
September 29, 2016 News Release

Rwanda: Opposition Activist Missing

Another Party Member Detained; Journalist Dropped From Sight

Rwandan political activist Illuminée Iragena, missing since March 26, 2016.
July 21, 2016 Report

Rwanda: Locking Up the Poor

New Findings of Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment in “Transit Centers”

A street in Rwanda's capital Kigali, May 11, 2016.

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