Clémentine de Montjoye from entering the country this month was not a complete surprise. Unfortunately, the vague and unfounded allegations against de Montjoye are part of a long-running pattern from a government intolerant of anyone reviewing its human rights record.to request meetings and informed officials at Kigali International Airport that she sought to meet with foreign diplomats.
Alison Des Forges, a senior advisor at Human Rights Watch who had won the prestigious MacArthur Award for her reporting on Rwanda's 1994 genocide,but also sought accountability for crimes committed by forces of the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front . At the time, Human Rights Watch was told unofficially that Des Forges was blocked due to her criticism of the RPF.and forced out of the country.
I succeeded Tertsakian and was based in Rwanda from 2011 to 2015. After two years, my visa remained"in processing" for the rest of my time there. In 2014, the governmentreport on Rwanda's repressive measures beyond its borderBlocking Human Rights Watch staff from Rwanda over the past 16 years has not stopped our work. Whether from within or outside the country, we will continue to report on the government's human rights record.).
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