Despite fairly liberal media laws in Rwanda, journalists there work in a restrictive and abusive atmosphere, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Twenty years after the genocide that killed 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus, the situation in Rwanda is now seen as largely stable. But that stability has a price: many journalists still can’t work freely and critical reporting is often suppressed – even though press freedom and freedom of information are basic rights in Rwanda’s constitution. FULL STORY