Rwanda’s foreign minister has denied a wide range of allegations against her country, including human-rights abuses, suppression of press freedoms, and extrajudicial killings.
Taking to Al Jazeera’s Mehdi Hasan on the show Upfront, Louise Mushikiwabo dismissed the claims brought forth by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders, and countries Rwanda is allied with on the government’s intolerance for opposition voices and criticism.
“Let me put it this way: Rwanda, as any other country that I know of, has its own way of doing things,” Mushikiwabo said in response to a remark that Rwanda seems to be on its own in defending itself. FULL STORY
