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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Diane Taylor

Rwanda denies entry to senior human rights researcher

Two people holding up a black banner with no Rwanda written on top in red and white
Clementine de Montjoye had travelled to Rwanda for meetings with officials from foreign embassies but was told when she arrived that she was ‘not welcome in Rwanda’. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/Epa

The Rwandan government has barred a senior human rights researcher from entering the country, prompting accusations that officials are seeking to dodge independent scrutiny just weeks before the UK government is due to send asylum seekers there for the first time.

Rwandan immigration authorities denied entry to Clementine de Montjoye, a senior researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division, when she arrived at Kigali International Airport on 13 May.

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