(RSF/IFEX) – Bosco Gasasira, the editor of the weekly “Umuvugizi”, has told Reporters Without Borders that since 10 August 2006, he has been receiving telephone threats and has been under surveillance by military intelligence whenever he goes out. “Some calls from ‘private numbers’ have threatened me with being beaten to death,” he said. Gasasira refused […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Bosco Gasasira, the editor of the weekly “Umuvugizi”, has told Reporters Without Borders that since 10 August 2006, he has been receiving telephone threats and has been under surveillance by military intelligence whenever he goes out. “Some calls from ‘private numbers’ have threatened me with being beaten to death,” he said.
Gasasira refused to give the authorities any information about the location of Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, the editor of the independent weekly “Umuco”, who has been in hiding ever since he received serious threats (see IFEX alerts of 10 and 8 August 2006).
Like “Umuco” and another independent newspaper, “Umseso”, Gasasira’s weekly has also been targeted by the Rwandan authorities for criticising Economy and Finance Minister James Musoni. Gasasira ran an article accusing him of “influence trafficking” and bias in the distribution of key posts with the aim of controlling the economy.
