Paul Rusesabagina told his family that prison officials informed him that they would cut access to food, water and medicine from Saturday, raising concerns about his health.
Stating the truth about repression and atrocities committed by Paul Kagame’s regime in Rwanda is treated as a criminal offence. Speaking the truth is criminalized. Kagame’s government which uses physical violence, torture, assassinations, and enforced disappearances as tools to silence independent voices has mastered the practice of making up charges using ill defined laws to
Rwanda police arrest YouTuber for alleged genocide denial Aimable Karasira, 40, a former university lecturer, runs a popular YouTube channel with over 62,000 subscribers, from where he launches regular attacks against the Rwandan government. A YouTube screengrab of Aimable Karasira.
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KIGALI - Rwandan authorities on Monday said they had arrested a highly critical YouTuber on charges of denying the 1994 genocide, which could land him in jail for over a decade if he is found guilty.
Aimable Karasira, 40, a former university lecturer, runs a popular YouTube channel with over 62,000 subscribers, from where he launches regular attacks against the Rwandan government.
Kigali has often come under fire from rights groups for cracking down on free speech and misusing laws on genocide denial to round up critics.