As Rwanda's president Paul Kagame heads for election victory, the government is reviewing its genocide ideology law. Rights groups have accused it of limiting freedom of speech but, Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama, insists that the changes are the cabinet's own idea. Kagame, who is certain to secure a second seven-year mandate when full provisional results are released late Wednesday, has been criticised for gagging the opposition through the use of Rwanda's Law Relating to the punishment of the Crime of Genocide Ideology. Ahead of Monday's election, two of Kagame's opponents were disqualified after being charged with genocide ideology, which is essentially ethnic hate speech.
As Rwanda's president Paul Kagame heads for election victory, the government is reviewing its genocide ideology law. Rights groups have accused it of limiting freedom of speech but, Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama, insists that the changes are the cabinet's own idea.
Kagame, who is certain to secure a second seven-year mandate when full provisional results are released late Wednesday, has been criticised for gagging the opposition through the use of Rwanda's Law Relating to the punishment of the Crime of Genocide Ideology.
Ahead of Monday's election, two of Kagame's opponents were disqualified after being charged with genocide ideology, which is essentially ethnic hate speech.
REUTERS - Rwandan President Paul Kagame won 93 percent of the vote in an election that opponents said was marred by repression and violence, the National Election Commission (NEC) said on Wednesday. "We can say that we are very happy with the conduct of the electoral process, from the campaign to the voting itself. We did not get reports of intimidation from anywhere," Charles Munyaneza, executive secretary of the electoral body, told a news conference.
REUTERS - Rwandan President Paul Kagame won 93 percent of the vote in an election that opponents said was marred by repression and violence, the National Election Commission (NEC) said on Wednesday.
"We can say that we are very happy with the conduct of the electoral process, from the campaign to the voting itself. We did not get reports of intimidation from anywhere," Charles Munyaneza, executive secretary of the electoral body, told a news conference.
