(RSF/IFEX) – On 28 October 1997, Joseph Habyarimana, editor of the magazine “Indorerwamo”, was arrested and detained in a dungeon in the Cyahafi section of Nyarugenge, Kigali, where he was allegedly assaulted. Habyarimana was then transferred to the Kigali Central Prison during the week of 3 November. Habyarimana was accused of writing an article published […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 28 October 1997, Joseph Habyarimana, editor of
the magazine “Indorerwamo”, was arrested and detained in a
dungeon in the Cyahafi section of Nyarugenge, Kigali, where he
was allegedly assaulted. Habyarimana was then transferred to the
Kigali Central Prison during the week of 3 November.
Habyarimana was accused of writing an article published under a
pseudonym in the December 1996 edition of the kinyarwanda-
language newspaper “Intego”. Entitled “Secteur Cyahafi: ou en
est-on ?”, the article reported on pressure made through the
chief of the Cyahafi sector by a so-called “Immaculee”, with the
intention of obtaining the arrest of Hutus accused of taking part
in the 1994 genocide. The article ended by calling on the
population to live in harmony, in spite of ethnic strife.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Habyarimana be communicated to the journalist
out that his arrest is linked to his activities as a journalist
Appeals To
His Excellency Pasteur Bizimungu
President
Presidential Palace
BP 15
Kigali, Rwanda
Fax: +250 7 2904 (via Foreign Affairs Ministry) or +250 8 3975/8
4769Marthe Mukamurenzi
Minister of Justice
Ministry of Justice
BP 15
Kigali, Rwanda
Fax: +250 8 6396/7 4915/7 4583
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