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President demands respect for human rights

    NAIROBI

    President Pasteur Bizimungu on Thursday stressed the need for all Rwandans to respect human rights, and said those who violate other people’s rights should be severely punished. “Violation of human rights is now a challenge to all structures and institutions in the country,” and its laws needed to be amended to respond to the problem, Rwanda News Agency (RNA) quoted the president as saying. The National Human Rights Commission had, only on Tuesday, issued a press statement condemning all forms of rights violations, following a number of murders, rapes and instances of defilement in the country. Speaking to mark International Women’s Day, Bizimungu also deplored the increasing scourge of poverty and AIDS in Rwanda, saying that “policy-makers at all levels should combine efforts in fighting the rapid spread of the deadly HIV-AIDS,” RNA added.

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