![]() ![]() ![]() The directives, which have been extended until April 30, ban “unnecessary” movements, including for exercise shut schools and places of worship and ban travel between cities and districts and close borders, except for cargo and goods as well as returning Rwandans and residents, who are placed in 14-day mandatory quarantine. However, the directives do not provide for such sanctions, and the police offered no other legal basis to justify their asserted authority. ![]() Since the measures were announced, the police have tweeted that “failure to abide is a violation of the law” and warned that those “caught” will be fined or jailed. “The Rwandan authorities should end these unlawful practices immediately, transparently investigate those responsible, and bring officers involved in violations and who have committed crimes to justice.” “Government directives to prevent the spread of Covid-19 do not give security forces carte blanche to ignore rule of law and commit abuses against the population while locking up those trying to expose them,” said Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch. Reports of killings, rapes, and other serious crimes by security forces during the lockdown should be promptly and transparently investigated and those responsible held to account. Rwandan authorities should end the arbitrary detentions, including of journalists and bloggers trying to expose abuse, and ensure that security forces respect rights when enforcing the measures. The authorities have accused people of violating the measures and at times detained people in stadiums without due process or legal authority. (Nairobi) – Rwandan police have arbitrarily arrested scores of people since directives to prevent the spread of Covid-19 came into force on March 22, 2020. The authorities have arrested people accused of violating the measures without due process or legal authority. A Rwandan police officer checks the temperature of a motorist as he enforces a lockdown to stem the Covid-19 outbreak in Kigali, Rwanda, on April 15, 2020. ![]()
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