Rwanda: Further information on forcible return / Fear for safety

Index Number: AFR 47/008/2000
Date Published: 1 March 2000
Categories: Africa, Rwanda

Bertin Murera and Benjamin Rutabana, who were forcibly returned from Tanzania to Rwanda on 5 February 2000, are now known to be in a military detention centre in Kanombe and at risk of torture and ill-treatment.Two other Rwandese soldiers, Janvier Rugema and Innocent Byabagamba and a civilian, François Rukeba, are also detained in Kanombe. They were reportedly forcibly returned to Rwanda from Burundi.