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Rwanda: protecting their rights: Rwandese refugees in the Great Lakes region

This report focuses on Amnesty International’s human rights concerns regarding Rwandese refugees. It illustrates these concerns through a critical examination of past and ongoing voluntary repatriation operations, including the repatriation of demobilized Rwandese members of armed political groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and their families. The report further documents Amnesty International’s concerns … Continue reading Rwanda: protecting their rights: Rwandese refugees in the Great Lakes region

Great Lakes: open letter to governments hostings refugees from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: a call for the safety and dignity of refugees

As the pattern of forcible repatriation of refugees from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo continues and as refugees flee ever further in desperate attempts to find safety, Amnesty International is making this public appeal to governments hosting the refugees to ensure their safety and dignity and not to forcibly return them to … Continue reading Great Lakes: open letter to governments hostings refugees from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo: a call for the safety and dignity of refugees