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A human rights group in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, called on the Rwandan security services on Saturday to give families information on the situation of several men who have been arrested or have "disappeared" since the beginning of April.
The Ligue rwandaise pour la promotion and la defense des droits de l'homme (LIPRODHOR) called on the security services to "set the minds of the families at rest by informing them of the state of the enquiries against those who have disappeared".
LIPRODHOR also called on the government to create a climate "favourable to the exercising of civil liberties".
In a statement, LIPRODHOR listed four men it said had either been forcibly arrested or had "disappeared" since 1 April. At least one belongs to the Hutu party, the Movement democratique rwandais (MDR), one of eight parties in Rwanda's government of national unity which has been accused of initiating "divisive politics" in the country.
Government-owned Radio Rwanda reported that MPs in the National Assembly recommended on Monday that the government dissolve the MDR. The MPs also recommended that some individuals implicated in a parliamentary report which investigated the MDR's alleged activities be dealt with by the judiciary.
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