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Rwanda: Uganda Urged to Release Illegally Held Rwandans as Body of Slain Suspected Smuggler is Repatriated
New Times, 28 May 2019
Rwandan officials yesterday renewed the call to their Ugandan counterparts to release Rwandans who are illegally detained in different ungazetted places on its territory. Read more »
Rwanda Urges Uganda to Release Its Citizens Held There Illegally
Nyagatare District Mayor Claudian Mushabe has asked Ugandans to stop illegally detaining Rwandans, as they handed over the body of a Rwandan who was reportedly killed as part of normal security and law enforcement exercise. He said that it was sad Rwandan officials were receiving a dead body of a Rwandan when those who are still alive are still languishing in jail.
Joseph Singirankabo (in red t-shirt), a relative to the man who was killed in Tabagwe Sector in Nyagatare District after he resisted arrest. His body was delivered by Ugandan officials including an area legislator at Gatuna Border Post on May 27, 2019.
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