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Rwandan journalist arrested

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    Another Rwandan woman journalist has been arrested for alleged incitement to genocide, RNA reported. It quoted the Kigali prosecutor's office as saying Helena Nyirabikali was arrested at her home in the Rwandan capital accused of "inciting ethnic hatred in turning Hutus against Tutsis". She had been working for the state-owned local Kinyarwanda newspaper 'Imvaho' for over 15 years. Her arrest follows that of Valerie Bemeriki, who was detained in South Kivu in July accused of broadcasting inflammatory reports over the hate radio station, Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM).

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