there's no live. managers you know who to day. you know the banks. and who was the language of the bank running. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines. this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the place where there's no space for criticism human rights watch say's that taste is rwanda born here from one woman who says she's made a big sacrifices to deepen the political debates in the country and will keep doing so. and an unprecedented lawsuit in south africa a community living in the midst of coal powered stations is suing the government for violating people's rights to a healthy environment small arms a case coming up. i'm christine window welcome to deja vu news africa i'm glad you're tuned in one day is viewed as a model nation by many africans and some of the statistics all impressive it's ranked as the best place to do business on the continent life expectancy has sold in the last decades it's also making striking progress when it comes to gender parity more than 3 fifth's office legislators all women higher than any other country in the world but of late critics have raised concerns human rights watch say is free speech all the freedom to criticize the government or the ruling party of president paul kagame may has been severely replaced in the country now these are via correspondent melanie corage a ball was recently in wanda where she met and opposition leader. big tonga be. dreams of a truly free and democratic. but as the opposition leader claims the country is far from transforming the stream into reality. but internationally and its president have the reputation of being a repressive regime. as the man who with his rebel group and at the mosque killings of the 994 genocide some 800000. and moderate hutus have been massacred in just 100 days. he has since been applauded for visionary leadership and bringing stability to the east african nation. russia is well known as africa's development. streets and skyscrapers reflect the modernizing economy and progressive society but there is a disparity between perception and reality the president's critics say this exterior is one curated by regime a dark truths. and a beer is the fast woman who challenged me for the presidency in 2010 she returned from exile in the netherlands to stand in the presidential elections. but her name never made it onto the ballot papers. we have to call vice the government that does them to open up political space in iran that this is why i decided to leave my husband. and instead of course it wasn't a isn't for my husband for my kids to let the damn business behind and when they come back when they come back my country there were too many prisoners spend 8 years in a prison. one of could damage leading critics she was found guilty of threatening state security and belittling the $994.00 genocide that tore apart the nation. in the bay area has consistently said these charges were a fabrication and politically motivated even now she still faces accusations that she recruited for a terrorist group in an interview with g w u barry denied there was any truth to the allegations. but she's not the only opposition leader to say they've been subjected to official oppression binod into gun the founder of the social party in mercury has been imprisoned 3 times he openly questions the narrative of rhonda's democratic miracle i don't know about god is that that the but this is the view is that there is in the one that you have nor in the bin that need to hear. this so if there is a nor for this from but how can this is when the news the news that the majority are going to. vote into gunda and in the bay area say they have sacrificed a lot for their struggle to deepen the political debate in their home country into barrett says several of her followers are still imprisoned she also claims that her 30 year old assistant to your mana who died in march 2900 plus his life for the course you'd receive a call from one member from a political party or to admit that today found in their in their forests i didn't understand it i said no you talk about maybe about someone else about to not about i said it was there but yes is his kilt it was different is the accepted to understand until today i am asking why why why they killed him. authorities say they are still investigating who is responsible for the monist death and burial wants justice for him and rundowns i have to struggle for my people or her to struggle for the democracy in my country because in order to remove. your parents says she won't live in fear of being imprisoned killed in her fight for what she believes to be right. my guest today is a senior fellow at the based think tank called the policy or the institute of policy analysis and research got 80. is a poll of i'm a supporter and he joins me now from the one campus all welcome to. africa. in the $27.00 election president paul kagame a gotcha 98 percent off that voters an overwhelming majority is that outcome truly reflective of how people feel towards this president would you say yes simple answer oh right i'd like to challenge him and say but he was the only candidates running in the election opposition voices were not allowed to run they would discredit will just credited for one role and the reason i want to ask if you're comfortable living in a country way opposition voices are silenced is that a democracy. so so 2 things i realize you have been developed in the last question and now i'm going back to that and then i'll come across to combine this 2nd one before i go to the developing on the 1st one is that instead to correct there were 3 candidates in their elections. 2 of the opposition and one the incumbent and then the incumbent one and the tool of the opposition one of them is now in parliament he actually won his party ticket in parliament him and another member of his party are now in parliament the 3rd one is to a small party was brand new he'd just come back to the country to call in this election but he had not been this i wish him well but that's for the 2nd question 1st question the president won by 98 percent and you assume that's not democracy as far as you're concerned your definition of democracy is a situation where prison 20 percent or 10 percent i allow me to argue that that's not what democracy means democracy means power by the people right when you mean the people you mean the majority of the people so when the majority of the people elect someone that actually would be more the more correct to ok then a situation where west. there's been wins with 20 percent ok got it i don't want to get into bogged down with that the technicalities of what a democracy really is and and some actually argue that the 2 candidates that you argue ran against the president were actually endorsed by him but he was ok with them running but those that he felt had and this is that opposed his were not allowed to say i think it's it's well people decide whether or not those people were right the opposition but let's talk about the fact that some people in your country some of your fellow countrymen. they believe that they are not able to speak freely they fear their reputations off voicing their opposition to president paul could that mean. right so let's close your discourse by step you're making a few statements that i like to also comment on one of them is it's not the president who was discredited he was in south there's an electoral commission which is supposed to be independent and to date and nothing has is there to prove that it is not independent now what does what is it that these kind of that say that you say was the president in fact what they said did not or was the president what they say about it that their law in the sense that they wanted to practice if need $4646.00 is evil in rwanda it's not so much against the president it's against the run constitution there is a difference the president doesn't endorse candidates going to those everywhere in the world by an electoral commission and these people did not oppose the president they actually wanted to run on steve mark stigmatizing groups denying the genocide and creating it he kept it in the people i know right you come through you have now the rise of right wing movements that are actually gaining political capital based on stigma and you know for bia and so on in iran they use illegal i know you can't understand it from their 2 very best but it's a very sensitive issue essentially given our recent history of conflict in genocide ok that's all we have time to roll the tape take heating down but who needs that a poke at that message and reese as senior fellow at the institute of policy analysis and research thank you. all right it's to south africa now where a coalition of environmental and community groups has filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the government the case came to the states has violated the constitutional rights of people living in the highfield region by failing to provide a healthy environment i felt is a highly industrialized area in the province it is home to a dozen coal fired power plants. heavily polluted air pumping out every day 365 days a year from the 12 coal fired power stations in the high felt area of south africa . it's a terrible place to live but most of the residents here don't have an alternative housing is cheaper under the smokestacks supermarket employee and single mother. has been living in high felt for 12 years. her 2 children suffer from asthma. high range to move well we. wish to move forward because this place is most bright. doctors agree with her a nearby surgery mainly treats long and breathing problems it's fairly clear that this is. just the way they get to. this but could he see the 1st group to. integrate into. this. it's. those who can't leave are now fighting for a cleaner environment they filed a lawsuit against the state saying that having to breathe filthy air is against the constitution they're violating the law and they're violating a lot i mean they are my own late in a lot i through hell that that through the government says it closely monitors air pollution and that sulfur dioxide emissions which are linked to lung problems have improved residents like mom and her children hope for a court decision in their favor and air pollution study has revealed that coal fired power stations kill more than 2200 south africans every year. in opposing the results of that court decision i'm sure we will be sure to report that everything is africa but that is where we need it at from the program here today to forget it and always catch all our stories on our website and i'll facebook page has a lovely weekend still makes time i think. quiet melody resounds michael white. resonate with and it's all. the mind and the music. beethoven 1st 12019 from september 6th to september 29th. what secrets lie behind these more is. find 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