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Rights group accuses Rwanda of threatening, killing critics abroad

In this image released by the UN, Rwandan President Paul Kagame addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 20, 2023. © CIA PAK / AFP

Rwanda's government has murdered, attacked and disappeared critics beyond its borders in a campaign of "extraterritorial repression" that must be challenged by the international community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.

The East African nation has been de facto led by Paul Kagame since the genocide in 1994, and the veteran president is seeking to extend his iron-fisted rule in elections next year.

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