The authorities took measures to promote the right to health during the COVID-19 pandemic and promised accountability for excessive use of force by police officers. Reports of enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, excessive use of force, unfair trials and restrictions on the right to...

Against the backdrop of severe restrictions on human rights, Rwandans will be heading to the polls on 15 July 2024 to vote in both presidential and parliamentary elections. The political opposition continue to face severe restrictions to their right to freedom of association, as well as threats,...

Rwandan authorities must allow an independent, impartial and effective investigation into the death of the Rwandan journalist John Williams Ntwali, 86 civil society organizations and media associations said today, reiterating a 31 January appeal. A credible process should be carried out given the...

Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today. Rwanda’s international partners...

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, express our grave concerns about the human rights situation in Rwanda as it prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in June 2022. The silence of the Commonwealth on Rwanda’s human rights record risks undermining the...

Amnesty International welcomes this opportunity to address the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) on the occasion of its 71st ordinary session. Almost a year ago, as part of the Pegasus Project , media outlets, with the technical partnership of Amnesty...

Paul Rusesabagina was found guilty today on terrorism charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison by the International and Cross-Border Crimes Chamber of Rwanda’s High Court. The trial was marred by numerous violations of his fair trial rights, including the unlawful circumstances of his arrest and...

Serious human rights violations continue to be reported in Rwanda, including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial executions, torture, arbitrary detention, excessive use of force, and unfair trials, and many previous cases remain unresolved. Therefore, while we welcome Rwanda’s support for 160...

Civil society organizations around the world are calling on the Rwandan authorities to allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation into the death in custody of Kizito Mihigo, a popular gospel singer and peace activist. As your governments mark Commonwealth Day today and prepare to...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Rwanda in January-February 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Rwanda in its previous UPR, including in relation to enforced disappearances, prevention of torture, freedom...

Anselme Mutuyimana, assistant to Victoire Ingabire, president of the opposition United Democratic Forces (FDU-Inkingi) party, was found dead on the morning of 9 March 2019. Amnesty International calls on the Rwandan authorities to conduct a prompt, impartial, independent and thorough investigation....

On 22 February 2018, at least 11 Congolese refugees were killed when the police opened fire on protestors in Karongi town and in Kiziba refugee camp, both in Western Rwanda. Further police operations in Kiziba in April and May resulted in clashes between refugees and the police, with at least one...