A senior researcher in the Africa division at HRW, Clémentine De Montjoye, was put on the next Kenyan Airways flight out upon arrival in Kigali. HRW said the refusal of entry for its envoy was to block investigations of human rights violations in Rwanda. A Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher was this week deported on arrival in Kigali, as relations between the organisation and the Paul Kagame regime remain strained. Franco-British national Clémentine De Montjoye, a senior researcher in the Africa division at HRW, was denied entry upon arrival at Kigali International Airport on 13 May. The executive director at HRW, Tirana Hassan, said Rwanda's hostility was geared towards hiding human rights abuses.

Source: News 24 May 18, 2024 09:19 UTC