Rwanda brushes off US rights criticism
20 June | 17:45
By SAPA
Kigali - Rwanda said Friday relations with the United States had not
changed despite Washington's criticism of Kigali over arbitrary
arrests and calls for the government to respect freedom of expression.
"The relationship between the United States and Rwanda have not
changed over the last many years," Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise
Mushikiwabo told reporters.
"There is no such a thing as countries agreeing 100 percent on
everything being done in each one of the countries."
Earlier this month Washington said it was "deeply concerned by the
arrest and disappearance of dozens of Rwandan citizens" as well as
"credible reports" of threats to journalists.
Rwanda swiftly rejected the criticism, saying that it was responding
to threats from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
(FDLR) - remnants of the Hutu group linked to the 1994 genocide in
which at least 800 000 mainly Tutsis died.
"The concerns of alleged disappearances when somebody is in the hands
of the police or justice, that doesn't mean that the person has
disappeared," she said, adding Rwanda would not tolerate insecurity.
"Security is a very serious matter, it is for Rwanda as it is for the
United States or any other country, and we will handle any acts of
insecurity very robustly," Mushikiwabo added.
"That is not changing. We also make sure that everything is done in
accordance with our own laws."
Western nations supported Kagame after the 1994 Tutsi genocide but
have increasingly been critical due to his government's purported
abuses against critics and alleged interference in Democratic Republic
of Congo.
Human Rights Watch last month reported an increasing number of
forcible disappearances in Rwanda and said there were "indications of
involvement of state agents."
Rwanda accused the New York-based group of spreading the equivalent of
"political propaganda for terrorist groups."
Sapa-AFP
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