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2012 Human Rights Reports: Rwanda BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Report April 19, 2013 This is the basic text view.  SWITCH NOW  to the new, more interactive format.     Share on facebook Share on twitter http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2012/af/204156.htm

http://hungryoftruth.blogspot.com/2013/04/rwanda-interview-of-ms-victoire.html Rwanda: Interview of Ms Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza with Radio Voice of Africa Kigali FM Interview of Ms Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza with  Radio Voice of  Africa   Kigali  FM, on  January 21, 2010 http://www.rwandahumanrights.org/docs/victoire_voa.mp3 VOA-KFM:  Welcome to the studios of Voice of Africa Kigali FM (VOA-KFM). My name is Ildephonse Sinobabariraga. I work in the division of information. I would like to ask you to introduce yourself. VIU:  Thank you for inviting me in your studios. My name is Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza (VIU). I'm the Chairperson of FDU-Inkingi political party which is not yet registered here in  Rwanda  but I came back to register it. VOA-KFM:  For how long have you been abroad? VIU:  I came back to  Rwanda  after 16 years of absence. VOA-KFM:  That's a lot of years of absence in the country. Could compare the ima...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-22320275 Armed drones operated from RAF base in UK, says MoD 27 April 2013  Last updated at 17:55 The 10 Reaper aircraft are all based in Afghanistan, to support UK and coalition forces Armed drone aircraft have been operated remotely from Britain for the first time, the Ministry of Defence has said. It said Reaper drones had flown missions controlled from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, where campaign groups have held a protest rally against the practice. The MoD said it respected people's rights to protest peacefully. The drones are mainly used for surveillance, but could use weapons if commanded to by their pilots in the UK. Campaigners say the switching of control of flights to the UK marks a "critical expansion in the nation's drones programme". They are calling on the government to abandon the use of drones, claiming they make it easier for politicians to launch military interventions, and have increased civilian cas...

In EU Rudasingwa's book is available online at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/gateway-eu Healing A Nation: A Testimony: Waging And Winning A Peaceful Revolution To Unite And Heal A Broken Rwanda   by Dr Theogene Rudasingwa (23 Apr 2013)

http://blog.amnestyusa.org/africa/joseph-kony-was-here/ Joseph Kony Was Here BY CHRISTOPH KOETTL April 26, 2013 at 9:13 AM Satellite image of likely LRA camp in Kafia Kingi. Click to see full image . (Photo Credit: Digitial Globe 2013). Now where will the US go on the ICC? While international justice has seen many milestones over the last months, including the surrender of "The Terminator" Bosco Ntaganda, one of the most well known fugitives from the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains on the loose. Joseph Kony, the Lord Resistance Army's (LRA) notorious leader, has so far evaded arrest. However,  as of today , attempts to locate his whereabouts have gotten a considerable boost. In fact, thanks to  satellite imagery , we might know the exact coordinates of his recent location. We recently provided some support to our colleagues from  The Resolve , who   today published the  most authoritative account to date of the LRA leadership's movements over the ...