Rwanda

ONI Blog: Rwandan Government Accused of Role in Online Journalist's Murder
A Rwandan online journalist's death late last year has stirred up controversy, with some alleging the Rwandan government had a hand in the murder. Charles Ingabire, an online news editor for the news website Inyenyeri, was shot last month in a...
ONI Blog: Threats to the Open Net: December 16, 2011
Every week, the OpenNet Initiative provides a weekly news roundup (dubbed "Threats to the Open Net") in addition to our usual in-depth blog posts. If you would like to subscribe to the RSS feed for our newsreel, our entire blog,...
ONI Blog: Rwanda blocks website of independent newspaper
Exactly one year after the murder of independent newspaper Umuvugizi’s deputy editor, the paper's website is again inaccessible in Rwanda. Its editor has just re-launched the paper as an online-only publication. Last weekend, Umuvugizi went online with a re-launched version of...
ONI Blog: Editor of blocked website murdered in Rwanda
Earlier this month we blogged about the Rwandan government's announcement that it would begin blocking the website of independent newspaper Umuvugizi if the paper did not cease publication. Today, the BBC reports that the acting editor of Umuvugizi was shot...
ONI Blog: Taking offline censorship online: Rwanda may start filtering
In April the Rwandan government suspended two independent newspapers, both critical of the ruling party. The six-month suspension will prevent the papers from covering the country's 2010 presidential elections. The Committee to Protect Journalists called the move "a...