1/4 #Rwanda In 2016 Kizito Mihigo sent a recording from prison, describing how he was beaten in front of Dan Munyuza, the IGP @Rwandapolice while in illegal detention. Kizito died in police custody 6 months ago today. A credible investigation needed. @hrw https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/17/rwanda-6-months-no-justice-kizito-mihigo
2/4 For more on unlawful detention (including safe houses, like the one where Kizito was detained for 9 days in 2014) and torture in Rwanda, see 2017 @hrw report: https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/10/10/we-will-force-you-confess/torture-and-unlawful-military-detention-rwanda
“We Will Force You to Confess”

Summary They came into my cell, took my handcuffs off and covered my eyes. Then they walked me out and into the bush on a path I did not know. They put me on my knees, tied a shirt around my arms and...

https://www.hrw.org/report/2017/10/10/we-will-force-you-confess/torture-and-unlawful-military-detention-rwanda
3/4 Enforced disappearances are all too common in #Rwanda. We documented a spate in 2014, around the time Kizito also went missing: https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/16/rwanda-spate-enforced-disappearances#:~:text=If%20the%20people%20who%20have,lawyer%2C%20Human%20Rights%20Watch%20said.
Rwanda: Spate of Enforced Disappearances

(Nairobi) – An increasing number of people have been forcibly disappeared or have been reported missing in Rwanda since March 2014. Many of the cases occurred in Rubavu district, in Western Province.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/16/rwanda-spate-enforced-disappearances#:~:text=If%20the%20people%20who%20have,lawyer%2C%20Human%20Rights%20Watch%20said
4/4 Deaths in police custody also too common in #Rwanda. two prominent cases: Donat Mutunzi (2018) and Emmanuel Gasakure (2015).
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