Antony Blinken rebukes Rwanda over democracy and human rights failures

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Rwanda may not reach its full potential without opening up political space and protecting freedoms. He was speaking in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, the last stop on his three-nation tour of Africa. Blinken laid a wreath at the mass graves honoring the more than 800,000 victims of the 1994 genocide.

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Antony Blinken rebukes Rwanda over democracy and human rights failures

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Blinken rebukes Rwanda over rights, suppression concerns

By IGNATIUS SSUUNAKIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday rebuked Rwandan authorities over democracy and human rights concerns, saying the central African country may not reach its full potential without opening up political space and protecting freedoms. “We recognize Rwanda’s incredibly difficult history of the 1994 genocide and we know the ongoing legacy of that genocide but the criminalization of some people …

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