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Rwanda's Political Prisoners: The Regime's Jails Are Filled with Dissent
Rwanda's prisons are filled with political prisoners - opposition figures, journalists, lawyers and activists jailed on fabricated charges by a regime that treats all dissent as a crime. Many have been disappeared. Some have been killed in custody.
The Hidden Victims: Children of Rwanda's Political Prisoners Pay the Price of Dissent
When the regime imprisons a parent for political reasons, the entire family serves the sentence. Children of political prisoners face poverty, stigma and the trauma of not knowing if their parent is alive - collateral damage of an oppressive regime.
Hunted Across Borders: Rwandan Refugees Face Kigali's Repression in Exile
Rwandan refugees in Uganda report surveillance, threats and attacks by Kigali agents. The regime exports its repression across borders, hunting exiled critics with impunity - no Rwandan who speaks out is truly safe.
Denied Treatment: Medical Neglect as Torture in Rwanda's Political Prisons
Political detainees in Rwanda's prisons are deliberately denied medical care as a form of punishment. At least three deaths in custody are linked to denied treatment. This is not neglect - it is torture by another name.
The Disappeared: Rwanda's Regime Makes Critics Vanish Without a Trace
Political opponents, journalists and activists in Rwanda are disappeared by security services and never seen again. Families are given no answers. This is the ultimate tool of an oppressive regime that silences all dissent.
UNHCR and Host Countries: Stop Sending Rwandan Refugees Back Until It Is Safe to Return
The UNHCR's invocation of the cessation clause for Rwandan refugees strips protection from hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people, disregarding the UN's own evidence of torture, disappearances and atrocities that make return to Rwanda unsafe.
2017 Human Rights Day - Rwanda should release all political prisoners
Marking Human Rights Day 2017, the Global Campaign calls on the government of Rwanda to release all political prisoners and to end the detention of citizens held for no crime other than their opinions and criticism of those in power.
Rwanda: Cover-Up Negates Killings - Officials Threaten Victims' Families
Rwanda's National Commission for Human Rights published a report full of falsehoods attempting to discredit Human Rights Watch documentation of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, while government officials threatened and coerced victims' families into silence.
We Will Force You to Confess
Between 2010 and 2016, scores of people suspected of collaborating with 'enemies' of the Rwandan government were detained unlawfully and tortured in military detention centers by Rwandan army soldiers and intelligence officers, in clear violation of Rwandan and international law.
UN Torture Prevention Body Urged to Visit Prisons
The Global Campaign for Rwandans' Human Rights welcomes the announcement that a UN torture prevention body will visit Rwanda, and urges the Rwandan government to give it unrestricted access to all prisons and detention centers.
Unlawful Military Detention, Torture in Rwanda
Rwanda's military has routinely unlawfully detained and tortured detainees with beatings, asphyxiations, mock executions, and electric shocks, Human Rights Watch said in a report documenting 104 confirmed cases between 2010 and 2016, amid total impunity.
Widespread Torture in Prisons in Rwanda Exposed
A whistle-blower who worked for the Rwanda Correctional Services has provided detailed information about torture and acts of slavery committed against prisoners in Rwanda, from beatings and asphyxiation to forced unpaid labour on ruling party construction sites.
Locking Up the Poor: New Findings of Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment in 'Transit Centers'
Rwandan authorities are rounding up poor people - street vendors, street children, the homeless - and arbitrarily detaining them in harsh and inhuman 'transit centers' across the country, with beatings commonplace and no due process, Human Rights Watch research found.
Locking Up the Poor: New Findings of Arbitrary Detention, Ill-Treatment in "Transit Centers"
Rwandan authorities are rounding up poor people and arbitrarily detaining them in "transit centers" across the country, Human Rights Watch reports. Conditions are harsh and inhuman, beatings are commonplace, and no detainee sees a prosecutor, judge, or lawyer.
Let Us Remember Kizito Mihigo - Twibuke Kizito Mihigo
Kizito Mihigo, the gospel singer and reconciliation activist, was arrested after releasing a song about the value of human life and sentenced to 10 years on politically motivated charges; he should be released immediately.
Kidnapping and Disappearance in Kigali: Where Is Ms Gasengayire?
FDU-INKINGI treasurer Ms Leonille Gasengayire was kidnapped outside the prison where she regularly brought food for imprisoned party leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza. We urge Rwandan authorities to reveal her whereabouts and end such kidnappings.
Disappearance in Kigali: Where Is Rubangisa, Taken by the Police on 31 January 2016?
Around 6 AM on 31 January 2016, members of the Rwandan Police took Mr Antoine Sulaiman Rubangisa from his home in the Gikondo neighbourhood of Kigali. Since that day he has not been seen.
2015 Message to Paul Kagame
Our New Year 2015 message to President Paul Kagame: release all political prisoners, organise an all-inclusive inter-Rwandan dialogue, and establish democratic institutions to end the cycle of violence and suffering in Rwanda.
Diaspora-Based Rwandan Civil Society Denounces Growing Disappearances and Illegal Arrests of Rwandans
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, diaspora-based Rwandan civil society denounces Rwanda's growing unexplained disappearances, unjustified arrests, and the shocking bodies found floating in Lake Rweru.
Assassination of Col Karegeya Is Another Act of Barbaric Action Against a Rwandan Opposition Activist
We condemn in the strongest terms the assassination of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, Rwanda's former spy chief and opposition activist, murdered in South Africa on New Year's Day 2014, and call on governments to protect Rwandan refugees.
Reports of Abductions of Children in Rwanda Are Worrying and Distressing
The Global Campaign for Rwandans' Human Rights is concerned about increasing reports of children as young as 12 disappearing in Rwanda, particularly in the western district of Rubavu, amid fears they are being forcibly taken to Congo to assist the M23 rebel group.
Global Campaign for Rwandans Human Rights Endorses the Letter from USA-Based NGOs to Obama
The Global Campaign for Rwandans Human Rights endorses a letter from USA-based NGOs urging President Obama to appoint a Presidential Envoy, support UN sanctions, and cut military assistance to Rwanda for its support of the M23 insurgency in eastern Congo.