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Press-bashing in Rwanda

We’ve been reading a lot about the ill-treatment of international journalists in Egypt. But far more shocking is how the Rwandan government deals with dissident news people: Two women journalists have been jailed for 17 years and seven years respectively, for what prosecutors said was journalism “meant to stir hatred and fury against the government.”…

We’ve been reading a lot about the ill-treatment of international journalists in Egypt. But far more shocking is how the Rwandan government deals with dissident news people: Two women journalists have been jailed for 17 years and seven years respectively, for what prosecutors said was journalism “meant to stir hatred and fury against the government.”

We’ve been reading a lot about the ill-treatment of international journalists in Egypt. But far more shocking is how the Rwandan government deals with dissident news people: Two women journalists have been jailed for 17 years and seven years respectively, for what prosecutors said was journalism “meant to stir hatred and fury against the government.”

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