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Rwanda: Ban on Insulting President Upheld
New Times, 24 April 2019
The court maintained that that insults or defamation against the President of the Republic constitutes a crime given the high responsibility of the president and the respect that… Read more »
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Rwanda: Journalists Laud Supreme Court Landmark Ruling on Defamation
New Times, 24 April 2019
Media practitioners have welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court to rule against some provisions in the penal law, which included those that criminalise humiliation of public… Read more »
Rwandan Court Upholds Ban on Insulting President
Media practitioners have welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court to jail those that humiliate public authorities like the president and those who defame religious rituals in the public.
Richard Mugisha (right) consults with his lawyers Moise Nkundabarashi and Florida Kabasinga (left) at the Supreme Court where the landmark ruling in the case filed by Mugisha, challenging some of the provisions in the law that went into force in August, 2018.
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A new bill passed by the parliament has introduced a new offence, "insults or defamation against the President of the Republic," which separately attracts five to seven years in ... Read more »
