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Daily Mirror
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Katie L Wilson

Rwanda 'lies' on gay rights as activist claims they were told to assure refugees

Rwanda’ s leaders are scrambling to make the country appear safe for gay people, it was claimed yesterday.

A senior activist there told the People he was approached by officials and asked to add his name to a statement giving assurances.

The move was seen as an attempt to whitewash abuses in the African country as Home Secretary Priti Patel presses on with plans to fly cross-Channel migrants there from Britain.

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