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October 15, 2024 News Release

Rwanda: Torture, Ill-Treatment in Detention

Landmark Trial of Prison Officials Begins to Crack the Wall of Impunity

An illustration of the “Yordani”, a torture site within Nyarugenge and Rubavu prisons in Rwanda where detainees were forced into tanks of dirty water, submerged and beaten.
October 15, 2024 Commentary

EU needs to demand proof Rwanda will end torture in prisons

An illustration of the “Yordani”, a torture site within Nyarugenge and Rubavu prisons in Rwanda where detainees were forced into tanks of dirty water, submerged and beaten.
September 30, 2024 Letter

Submission to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)

Rwanda’s National Commission for Human Rights Failed to Protect Rights; GANHRI Should Reconsider its 'A' Status

September 26, 2024 Report

DR Congo: Rwandan Forces, M23 Rebels Shell Civilians

Congolese Army Puts Displaced People Around Goma at Greater Risk

Displacement camp shelters destroyed in the impact zone of a 122mm rocket strike on May 3, which killed at least 17 civilians of whom 15 were children, Goma, North Kivu province, DR Congo, May 4, 2024.
September 26, 2024 Q & A

Q&A: Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict in North Kivu Province

Abuses by the Congolese Army, Rwandan Forces, M23, and Other Armed Groups

Medical staff at the ICRC-funded Ndosho hospital tend to a child injured from a 122mm rocket artillery strike on a displacement camp on the outskirts of Goma, North Kivu province, DR Congo, May 4, 2024.
June 14, 2024 News Release

Rwanda: Respect Rights During Elections

Uphold Freedom of Expression; End Arbitrary Detention, Prosecution

An electoral poster for Rwandan President Paul Kagame during the last days of campaigning on July 29, 2017, in Kigali, Rwanda.
May 30, 2024 Dispatches

In Rwanda, Criticism is Not Welcome

Four Human Rights Watch Researchers Denied Access Over 16 Years

Kigali, Rwanda, September 5, 2019.
May 16, 2024 News Release

Rwanda: Human Rights Watch Researcher Barred

Denial of Entry Reflects Intolerance for Rights Monitoring

April 23, 2024 Dispatches

UK’s Harmful Rwanda Bill to Become Law

Government Should Abandon Cruel Scheme and Protect Asylum Seekers

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April 23, 2024 Dispatches

The UK Again Attempts to Bend Truth on Rwanda

Government Official Touts Misinformation

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, UK, May 4, 2023.
April 2, 2024 Report

Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released

30 Years On, Accelerate Justice Efforts

One of many houses marked with the word "Tutsi" stands in a deserted village in eastern Rwanda, just a few kilometers from a church at Nyarubuye in which more than 1,000 people were massacred by Hutu militiamen.
April 2, 2024 Background Briefing

Human Rights Watch Rwanda Archives

March 1993 – December 1994

A crowd of mostly Tutsi civilians, seeking protection against Hutu militiamen, sit in the Sainte Famille Catholic church in the then-government controlled part of Kigali, listening to a member of the security services address them. Over several months, ma
February 15, 2024 Statement

Transnational Repression by Rwanda

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing of February 15, 2024

January 30, 2024 Dispatches

UK Should Abandon Dangerous, Authoritarian Rwanda Bill

Bill Seeks to Place UK Government Above the Law

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January 19, 2024 Statement

HRW Submission to the United Kingdom International Agreements Committee on the UK Government’s Agreement with Rwanda

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