Rwanda
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), led by President Paul Kagame, has ruled the country since 1994, when it ousted forces responsible for that year’s genocide and ended a civil war. While the regime has maintained stability and economic growth, it has also suppressed political dissent though pervasive surveillance, intimidation, torture, and renditions or suspected assassinations of exiled dissidents.
Freedom on the Net — Rwanda Country Report
Rwanda is rated Not Free in Freedom on the Net, Freedom House's comprehensive study of internet freedom around the globe.
Freedom in the World — Rwanda Country Report
Rwanda is rated Not Free in Freedom in the World 2023, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide.
News & Perspectives on Rwanda
New Report: Transnational Repression Is a Growing Threat to Global Democracy
Press release
February 4, 2021
A Quarter-Century after Rwanda’s Genocide, Mass Atrocities Continue to Multiply
Perspectives
April 24, 2019
Rwanda: Authorities Bar Journalist from Travel to the UN Internet Governance Forum
Press release
December 19, 2017