As the 30th commemoration begins this Sunday, 7 April of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed, including Hutu and others who opposed the...
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Global rise of ‘politics of demonization’ shows world failed to learn lessons from Rwanda genocide
The dangerous global trend towards hate-filled, divisive politics shows that world leaders have collectively ignored the terrible lessons of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Amnesty International said today...
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Rwanda: Investigate Killings of Refugees
Rwanda: Police officers remain free while protesting Congolese refugees face jail time Police officers who shot at Congolese refugees protesting cuts to the subsistence allowances and support they...
Rwanda: Submission to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights - 61st Ordinary Session: 1-15 November 2017
8 November 2017, Index number: AFR 47/6143/2017 INTRODUCTION This submission contains background information in advance of the review of Rwanda’s periodic report at the 61st Ordinary Session of the...
Le contexte des élections : Deux décennies de répression contre la dissidence (résumé)
Le 4 août 2017, les Rwandaises et les Rwandais se rendront aux urnes pour élire leur prochain président1. Alors qu’au moins cinq candidats de l’opposition entendent mettre en échec le président...
Setting the Scene for Elections: Two decades of silencing dissent in Rwanda
Two decades of attacks on the political opposition, independent media and human rights defenders have created a climate of fear in Rwanda ahead of next month’s election, Amnesty International warned...
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Never again means never again
AI Index: AFR 47/001/2013 On the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the international community must continue its efforts to improve its response to mass atrocities. Between April and July...
Dans le plus grand secret: Détention illégale et torture aux mains du service de renseignements militaire
Le Rwanda doit enquêter sur les cas de détention illégale et de torture aux mains du service de renseignement militaire Le service de renseignement militaire rwandais appelé J2 a illégalement...
Shrouded in secrecy: illegal detention and torture by military intelligence
Dozens of people in Rwanda suspected of threatening national security have been held in a network of secret detention centres run by the military. In these camps, detainees were unlawfully held and...
Rwandan opposition politician jailed for exercising rights
Amnesty International has called for the unconditional release of Rwandan opposition leader Bernard Ntaganda jailed today on politically motivated charges. Bernard Ntaganda, president of the Ideal...
Safer to stay silent: The chilling effect of Rwanda's laws on 'genocide ideology' and 'sectarianism'
INTRODUCTION SUMMARY Rwanda's laws on "genocide ideology" and "sectarianism", more commonly known as "divisionism", were introduced in the decade following the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Up to 800,000...
Rwanda: Vague laws used to criminalise criticism of government
August 31 2010 Rwanda's new government must urgently review vague 'genocide ideology' and 'sectarianism' laws that are being used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech, Amnesty...
AU RWANDA, DES LOIS FORMULÉES EN TERMES VAGUES PERMETTENT D'ÉRIGER EN INFRACTION TOUTE CRITIQUE À L'ÉGARD DU GOUVERNEMENT
31 août 2010 Le nouveau gouvernement du Rwanda doit de toute urgence réviser les lois relatives à l'« idéologie du génocide » et au « sectarisme », rédigées en termes vagues, dont il se sert pour...
RWANDA IL EST PLUS PRUDENT DE GARDER LE SILENCE: Les conséquences effrayantes des lois rwandaises sur l'« idéologie du génocide » et le « sectarisme »
1. INTRODUCTION RÉSUMÉ Les lois rwandaises sur l'« idéologie du génocide » et le « sectarisme », plus communément appelé «divisionnisme », ont été introduites dans la décennie qui a suivi le génocide...
Rwanda: Intimidation of opposition parties must end
Amnesty International has strongly condemned a worrying attack on a Rwandan opposition group as the country prepares for presidential elections in August 2010. In a letter to Rwandan President Paul...
Rwanda: Genocide suspects must not be transferred until fair trial conditions met
Amnesty International today urged governments worldwide not to transfer people suspected of crimes during the 1994 genocide to Rwanda for trial. The organization released a memorandum outlining the...
Rwanda: Human rights organisation forced to close down
AI Index: AFR 47/001/2005 (Public) Last Friday, the leading Rwandese human rights organisation, La Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LIPRODHOR), closed its doors...
Rwanda: Government should honour its commitment to respect press freedom
AI Index: AFR 47/015/2004 (Public) Amnesty International is urging the Government of Rwanda to do its utmost to foster the independence of the press and to refrain from interfering in judicial...
"Marked for death", rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda
"During the genocide, the militia at the barriers said they would protect me, but instead they kept me and raped me in their homes. One militia member would keep me for two or three days, and then...
Rwanda: Legacy of 1994 genocide and war yet to be addressed
AI Index: AFR 47/009/2004 (Public) Ten years on from the start of the genocide in Rwanda, genocide, war and HIV/AIDS have contributed to a generation of orphaned children living in destitution and...