Rwanda

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: RWANDA: Journalists released New York, August 9, 2002-Three journalists who had been sentenced to 30 days of “preventative detention” were released on Wednesday, August 7, on the condition that they remain in the capital, Kigali, and report regularly to the police. However, it is unclear whether […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 29 July 2002 letter to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, CPJ expressed deep concern about the government’s continued harassment of independent journalists. On 23 July, Robert Sebufirira, Elly MacDowell Kalisa and Emmanuel Munyaneza, all journalists with the independent weekly “Umuseso”, were sentenced to 30 days of “preventative detention” by a court in […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Robert Sebufirira, editor-in-chief of the privately-owned weekly “Umuseso”, and two of the newspaper’s reporters, Elly MacDowell Kalisa and Godfrey Munyaneza, were arrested and jailed in Kigali on 17 and 18 July 2002 after witnessing an incident of police brutality. “Nothing appears to justify these arrests of journalists who were simply doing their job,” […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 1 July 2002 RSF press release: The International Criminal Court starts work Reporters Without Borders and the Damocles Network stress the importance of justice at local level As the world’s attention focuses on the brand-new International Criminal Court (ICC), the Damocles Network and Reporters Without Borders are in Rwanda […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The Ugandan editor of the independent, privately-owned weekly “Rwanda Herald” was deported by the Rwandan authorities on 19 May 2002. RSF has written to Rwandan Interior Minister Jean de Dieu Ntiruhungwa to condemn the decision. “According to numerous local observers, this deportation is linked to the ‘Rwanda Herald”s publication of articles which are […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 15 March 2002, RSF expressed its great concern to the Rwandan government following the murder of a local journalist in the capital, Kigali, and called for a speedy and impartial inquiry into the incident. “This killing must on no account go unpunished,” said RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard in letters to Rwanda’s Internal […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 31 January 2002 Human Rights Watch press release: Rwanda: Activists in Detention Rwandan Authorities Should Free Them or Lodge Charges (New York, January 31, 2002) — Rwandan authorities should make public any charges against two Catholic lay figures arrested over the weekend and release them promptly if there is […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Rwanda: Opposition Politician Shot, Others Detained Authorities Asked to Investigate (New York, January 9, 2002) — Rwandan authorities should immediately investigate the murder of Gratien Munyarubuga, a founder of the opposition Democratic Party for Renewal-Ubuyanja, and end harassment of other opposition and press figures, […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is an RSF report: RWANDA Discrete and targeted pressure The President Paul Kagame is a predator of press freedom A delegation of Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders – RSF) went to Rwanda from 2 to 10 October 2001 in order to assess the press freedom situation. Please find below this […]

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 14 September 2000 RSF press release: Paris, 14 September 2000 Rwanda Opening of media trial at the ICTR Reporters sans frontières calls for the conviction of those responsible for Rwandan “hate media” Many times announced and postponed, the opening of the trial of those principally responsible for Rwanda’s “hate […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 15 October and 9 February 1998** (RSF/IFEX) – According to information collected by RSF, Albert-Baudoin Twizeyimana, a journalist with Radio Rwanda, was released at the beginning of February 2000. However, this is only a provisional release. The journalist had been detained at the Kigali central prison since 10 May 1996 because […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting against the incommunicado detention incommunicado of a journalist in Kigali. According to RSF’s information, John Mugabi, editor of the monthly “The Newsline,” was arrested on 26 February 1999. Summoned by the public attorney, the journalist was arrested and transferred to two different military police camps in Kigali. After checking this […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 13 October 1998, the Rwandan Minister of Justice, Faustin Ntezilyayo, will soon free 10,000 prisoners. RSF has issued this update on the status of the following detained journalists: Dominique Makeli, Joseph Habyarimana, Gédéon Mushimiyimana, Joseph Ruyenzi, Albert Baudouin Twizeyimana and Amiel Nkuliza. **Updates IFEX alerts as […]

(RSF/IFEX) – According to information released by RSF on 20 May 1998, on 5 May 1998, Emmanuel Munyemanzi, head of production services at Rwandan National Television, disappeared while returning from work. Two months prior to his disappearance, the journalist was accused of sabotage by the director of the Rwandan Information Office (Orinfor), following a technical […]

**Updates IFEX alerts dated 2 and 12 May 1995, 22 and 27 November 1995** (RSF/IFEX) – RSF expresses it profound sadness at the news that Andre Sibomana, priest and journalist, died during the weekend of 7 March 1998 following an illness. He was 43 years old at the time of his death. Sibomana, ex editor-in-chief […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a 13 February 1998 letter, RSF protested the ill treatment of two imprisoned journalists, Dominique Makeli and Amiel Nkuliza. According to RSF’s information, on 6 February, Nkuliza and Makeli were severely beaten in Kimironko prison (Kigali), where they are being held. They were beaten by persons who came from outside the prison. […]