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The Global Campaign for Rwandans' Human Rights congratulates Navi Pillay on the Nobel Peace Prize
We celebrate former UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize, and her leadership in bringing to light the crimes committed against Rwandan refugees in the DRC.
October: a month of commemoration of the genocide committed against the Hutu
October marks the start of each cycle of violence against the Hutu, from the war in Rwanda in 1990 to the destruction of the refugee camps in Zaire in 1996. It is also the month the United Nations recorded these crimes, in 1994 and 2010.
Rwanda: Cover-Up Negates Killings - Officials Threaten Victims' Families
A report by Rwanda's National Commission for Human Rights attempting to discredit Human Rights Watch documentation of extrajudicial killings is full of falsehoods, compounding the injustice suffered by victims' families, as officials threatened and coerced witnesses to present false information.
Rwanda Police Should Free Diane Rwigara and Her Family Immediately
Global Campaign for Rwandans' Human Rights is urging the Rwanda Police to release Diane Rwigara and members of her family immediately, after they were taken away and held at an undisclosed location.
URGENT ALERT: WHERE ARE SANDRINE MALAYIKA AND SERGE KUBWIMANA?
Sandrine Malayika and Serge Kubwimana have been missing since 5 March 2017, following their arrival at Kigali International Airport. We demand to know where they are.
Forced Disappearance Alert: Violette Uwamahoro
Ms Violette Uwamahoro, a British-Rwandan mother of two from Leeds, went missing in Kigali on 14 February 2017; we believe she may have been abducted and held at an undisclosed location by Rwandan intelligence services.
Ms Ndabarasa and Ms Iragena Still Missing
A Rwandan opposition activist, Illuminée Iragena, has been missing for six months and is feared to have been forcibly disappeared, while journalist John Ndabarasa was last seen on August 7, 2016; the cases are a test of the government's commitment to civil and political rights.
Has Ms Illumine Iragena Been Killed?
Following news announced by her family that Ms Illumine Iragena, who disappeared on 26 March 2016, was tortured and killed, we demand the Rwanda National Police confirm the information and resolve the mystery without delay.
Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the massacres in Kibeho
Twenty years after the Kibeho massacre, in which nearly 8,000 displaced Hutu were killed by the Rwandan Patriotic Army in April 1995, its victims have still not received justice and the tragedy has been forgotten. We call for remembrance, independent investigations, and accountability for those responsible.