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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Rwanda Human Rights Shows Improvement By Fidel Munyeshyaka Rwanda’s National Human Rights Commission (NRC) has released its 2005 annual report on the state of the human rights in Rwanda. The annual report, which was supported by two other Rwandan human rights organizations, shows a 95 percent improvement in human rights compared to last year. The NRC worked with the Rwanda’s League for Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LIPRODHOR) and examined civil and political rights, social employment and labor rights, rights to health, rights to education, gender equality and rights to women promotion. The commission also visited 17 country prisons, 150 police stations and Gacaca courts. “”We only found a dozen cases of killings resulted from domestic violence,’’ reported Jean Baptiste Ntibagororwa, LIPRODHOR program manager, explaining his organization’s investigation. ‘’We also found one isolated case involving a member of the local defense forces who shot a young boy trying to escape after stealing a chicken.” The rights body reportedly received 792 claims during 2005. On investigation, many of these claims were petty issues for instance disputes related to land and individual property. A few cases, however, deserve special mention. In southern Rwanda, a member of the Local Defense Forces (LDF) beat a thief that had stolen a goat. Also, investigators reported one case of minor torture that involved a boy, Munenwa Maulindi, who had committed adultery. There were also ten cases where the detention period was extended unconstitutionally. The National Human Rights Commission officials commended the role of the country’s national police in safeguarding human rights in Rwanda and ensuring that the violators were justly apprehended. Furthermore, the NRC noted the on-going judicial reform process, which has streamlined the legal process, as a significant factor that contributed to the improved human rights situation. The Federation of Leagues and Associations for the Defense of Human Rights in Rwanda (CLADHO) confirmed the findings of the NRC and LIPRODHOR and also reported improvements. CLADHO has been covering issues such as the death penalty and the traditional Gacaca courts. The Ligue de Droits de l’Homme dans la region des Grands Lakes (LDGL), in its yet to be published 2005 report, found only three cases of domestic human rights violations. In one case, the parents reportedly beat their children and forced them to sleep with pigs and denied them food. Reports of the National Human Rights Commission, LIPRODHOR, which had previously criticized the government’s human rights record, and CLADHO contradict the 2005 United States State Department Human Rights Country Report, which cites at least two of these organizations as their primary source of information. Article developed by the Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Studies fidel@glcss.org Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by GLCSS at 9:07 AM |
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