Burundian radio journalist Ines Gakiza continued reporting through her country’s coup, first from Rwanda and then Germany, enlisting the use of Short Wave radio to reach listeners in rural parts of the country. This interview is published both in English and the original French.
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This week: legal bans on protestors in Bahrain; violent retribution against journalists in Somalia; and tensions in Greece between free press and privacy.
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Following an opinion-editorial that called President Kagame a “sociopath”, the Rwandan magazine Ishema has not only issued an entire edition dedicated to apology, an editor has resigned, a Rwandan newspaper organization suspended its publisher, and the magazine suspended itself for a month.
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The Rwandan government has made remarkable strides in infrastructure, the economy, healthcare, and gender equity in political representation, but their continued attack on independent thought and criticism is disheartening – and dangerous. As the August presidential election looms, it is important not only to hail Rwanda’s success but also to ask hard questions about government abuse of authority.
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