World Report 2009: Rwanda
22 January 2009
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During a review of his case, Rwandan journalist Dieudonné Niyonsenga describes the inhumane conditions he has been held under and how he was frequently beaten.
Investigative journalist John Williams Ntwali, who was a fearless voice of victims of human rights violations in Rwanda and a government critic, died in a mysterious car crash according to police.
Broadcast journalist Floriane Irangabiye is sentenced to 10 years in prison on spurious charge of “endangering the integrity of the national territory”.