IFEX - Rwanda http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/ Rwanda en Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:33 GMT Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:33 GMT 100 <![CDATA[Rwanda - Proposed media law fails to safeguard free press]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2012/01/05/media_law/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2012/01/05/media_law/ <![CDATA[Uganda - Rwandan journalist shot dead in Kampala, Uganda]]> http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2011/12/07/ingabire_killed/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:36:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/uganda/2011/12/07/ingabire_killed/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - President must reject draft penal code, says ARTICLE 19]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/29/reject_penal_code/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:51:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/29/reject_penal_code/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Three journalists arrested in the span of a week]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/16/kigali_journalists_arrested/ Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:22:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/16/kigali_journalists_arrested/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Supreme Court urged to overturn journalists' convictions]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/01/supreme_court_appeal/ Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:49:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/11/01/supreme_court_appeal/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Rugambage murder trial verdict raises more questions than it answers, says RSF]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/09/26/rugambage_murder_trial/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:39:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/09/26/rugambage_murder_trial/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - RSF protests President Kagame's visit to Paris]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/09/13/protest_kagame/ Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:05:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/09/13/protest_kagame/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Newspaper receives threats, suspends publication]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/08/31/newspaper_suspends_publication/ Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:01:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/08/31/newspaper_suspends_publication/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Two leading members of human rights group arrested, interrogated]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/08/23/ldgl_harassment/ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:01:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/08/23/ldgl_harassment/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Glimmer of hope as Cabinet approves Access to Information Bill]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/06/15/access_to_information/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:46:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/06/15/access_to_information/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Exiled journalist gets 30-month prison sentence]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/06/07/bosco_gasasira_sentenced/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:50:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/06/07/bosco_gasasira_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for exiled newspaper editor]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/05/04/gasasira_sentence_request/ Wed, 04 May 2011 15:57:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/05/04/gasasira_sentence_request/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - ARTICLE 19 calls for improvement of law on protection of whistleblowers]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/04/06/whistleblower_law/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:18:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/04/06/whistleblower_law/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - ARTICLE 19 welcomes revised Access to Information Bill ]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/25/right_to_info/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:30:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/25/right_to_info/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Prison term for opposition leader]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/14/ntaganda_4_years_prison/ Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:16:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/14/ntaganda_4_years_prison/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Women journalists get 17, seven years in jail]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/09/nkusi_mukakibibi_sentenced/ Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:30:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/09/nkusi_mukakibibi_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Seventeen years in jail for one woman journalist, seven years for another]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/07/long_jail_sentences/ Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:26:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/02/07/long_jail_sentences/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Government promises to bring freedom of expression laws in line with international standards]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/27/unpr_summary/ Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:05:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/27/unpr_summary/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Call for 33-year jail term for journalist alarms world's press ]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/20/nkusi_sentence/ Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:09:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/20/nkusi_sentence/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - CPJ opposes demands for prison terms for journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/12/uwimana_sentencing/ Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:26:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2011/01/12/uwimana_sentencing/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Presidential adviser should retract accusation against editor]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/12/21/gatsimbazi_accused/ Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:23:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/12/21/gatsimbazi_accused/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Opposition party leaders targeted]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/10/18/ntaganda_imprisonned/ Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:07:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/10/18/ntaganda_imprisonned/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - President Kagame silences critics surrounding re-election]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/08/18/critic_election/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:53:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/08/18/critic_election/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Around 30 news media outlets closed ahead of presidential election]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/08/04/media_outlets_suspended/ Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:31:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/08/04/media_outlets_suspended/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Editor arrested after criticising Kagame government]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/07/12/uwimana_arrested/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:37:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/07/12/uwimana_arrested/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - ARTICLE 19 submits report to UN Universal Periodic Review]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/07/12/dangerous_atmosphere/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:05:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/07/12/dangerous_atmosphere/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Editor slain; opposition silenced in run-up to elections ]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/30/slain_election/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:39:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/30/slain_election/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Skepticism greets arrests in journalist's murder]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/30/suspects_arrested/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:50:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/30/suspects_arrested/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - JED urges authorities to launch independent investigation following assassination of its correspondent]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/25/rugambage_murder/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:56:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/25/rugambage_murder/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Journalist killed in Kigali]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/25/rugambage_killed/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:31:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/25/rugambage_killed/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Independent website blocked prior to elections]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/16/exile_election/ Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:01:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/16/exile_election/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Tabloid website blocked]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/08/umuvugizi_website_blocked/ Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:31:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/06/08/umuvugizi_website_blocked/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Editor of bi-monthly acquitted on appeal]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/27/niyonambaza_acquitted/ Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:47:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/27/niyonambaza_acquitted/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Newspapers suspended; opposition assaulted and threatened]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/21/suspension_assault/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:12:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/21/suspension_assault/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Rwanda shuts critical papers in run-up to presidential vote]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/14/papers_suspended/ Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/04/14/papers_suspended/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Fears of repression resurface after journalist goes missing ]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/03/11/agaba_missing/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/03/11/agaba_missing/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Court sentences three journalists to prison]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/02/23/three_journalists_sentenced/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:30:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2010/02/23/three_journalists_sentenced/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Tabloid accused of defaming government officials]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/12/18/weekly_in_court/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:32:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/12/18/weekly_in_court/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Heavy fines but no jail time for editor convicted of defamation]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/11/17/gasasira_fined/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:47:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/11/17/gasasira_fined/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - ARTICLE 19 reviews draft law on access to information]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/11/13/access_to_information/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:26:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/11/13/access_to_information/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - CPJ concerned about politicisation in Rwandan defamation case]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/10/28/gasasira_defamation_charges/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/10/28/gasasira_defamation_charges/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - ARTICLE 19 releases its comment on Genocide Ideology Law]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/10/01/genocide_ideology_law/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:55:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/10/01/genocide_ideology_law/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Former Radio Rwanda journalist sentenced to life imprisonment]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/09/25/makeli_life_sentence/ Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:11:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/09/25/makeli_life_sentence/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Media council wants tabloid suspended for defaming President Kagame]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/08/11/umuseso_threat_of_closure/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:39:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/08/11/umuseso_threat_of_closure/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - BBC back on air under strict conditions]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/06/26/bbc_back_on_air/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/06/26/bbc_back_on_air/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - President sends media bill back to Parliament]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/05/27/kagame_rejects_media_bill/ Wed, 27 May 2009 10:50:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/05/27/kagame_rejects_media_bill/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Government suspends BBC radio service for "unacceptable speech" in programme on genocide]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/04/29/government_suspends_bbc_radio_service/ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:14:01 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2009/04/29/government_suspends_bbc_radio_service/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Radio reporter freed after being held for 14 years on genocide charge]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/10/21/radio_reporter_freed_after_being/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:40:48 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/10/21/radio_reporter_freed_after_being/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Deputy managing editor of independent weekly deported]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/07/18/deputy_managing_editor_of_independent/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:20:10 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/07/18/deputy_managing_editor_of_independent/ <![CDATA[Rwanda - Journalists expelled from World Press Freedom Day event; RSF concerned about increasing contempt shown by government for certain journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/05/06/journalists_expelled_from_world/ Tue, 06 May 2008 16:05:02 GMT http://www.ifex.org/rwanda/2008/05/06/journalists_expelled_from_world/