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Report is "propaganda tool", government says

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    The Rwandan authorities have described the report as political, timed to discredit the "smooth political transition" in the country. "It is a political statement because it contains the sentiments of disgruntled politicians like the former speaker Sebarenzi," Emmanuel Ndahiro, special adviser to the president, told IRIN. "Human Rights Watch relies on a biased network of informers and just prints whatever it gets from them."
    He dismissed the report as a "propaganda tool".

    Among other cases, the report examines the assassination of Aciel Kabera, former counsellor to ex-president Pasteur Bizimungu, and the exile of former parliamentary speaker, Joseph Sebarenzi. According to HRW, Sebarenzi fled Rwanda because he feared assassination after having been accused of supporting the return of the exiled king, Kigeli V. The report mentions the imprisonment of Daniel Ngezi, a prominent Tutsi businessman,
    on charges of aiding Rwandan soldiers - mostly genocide survivors - to leave the country.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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