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Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel delivers a speech during a Genocide commemoration event in Kigali on April 7, 2019. Sam Ngendahimana.

Survivors hail Belgium House vote to outlaw Genocide denial

Friday, April 26, 2019
A box of illicit brew. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

The unending battle against illicit brew

Friday, April 26, 2019
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The perils of criminalisation

Friday, April 26, 2019
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How to regulate big tech

Friday, April 26, 2019
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Rwanda

Defamation: Kagame takes issue with special legal protection granted to the President

Friday, April 26, 2019
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel honours 10 Belgian troops who were killed in Kigali at the onset of the Genocide against the Tutsi in April 1994. The Belgian peacekeepers were protecting the then Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, who was also killed by the genocide machinery because she opposed the killings. Michel and his delegation paid their tributes in the capital Kigali on April 8, 2019. / File
Rwanda

Rwanda welcomes Belgium parliament’s vote to criminalise denial of Genocide against Tutsi

Friday, April 26, 2019
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Editorial: Landmark decision enhances freedom of expression

Friday, April 26, 2019
The Minister of Local Government Prof Anastase Shyaka addresses Lower Chamber yesterday as Kigali City Mayor Marie Chantal Rwakazina looks on yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Urban districts to lose legal personality under new law

Friday, April 26, 2019
Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
International

Brazil: Court reduces ex-President Lula's sentence

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Richard Mugisha (right) consults with his lawyers Moise Nkundabarashi and Florida Kabasinga (left) at the Supreme Court yesterday. Media practitioners have welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court to rule against some provisions in the penal law, which included those that criminalise humiliation of public authorities as well as defamation of religious rituals in the public. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Journalists laud Supreme Court landmark ruling on defamation

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Three Rwandans who were returned to Kigali after enduring torture in Uganda. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Lawyers demand release of Rwandans illegally detained in Uganda

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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Why do Americans pay more for drugs?

Wednesday, April 24, 2019