Rwanda Dismisses Claims of Media Supression
http://www1.voanews.com07 August 2010
In recent weeks, Rwanda has come under intense international scrutiny over media suppression before Monday's presidential election. But the central African nation says such claims are misguided and overblown.
On Monday, August 9, Rwanda will hold its second presidential elections since the 1994 genocide. President Paul Kagame, elected to his first term in 2003 with over 95 percent of the vote, is widely expected to retain his post after Monday's vote.
Mr. Kagame has effectively governed the country since his Rwandan Patriotic Front overthrew the government and ended the genocide 1994. The popular president is credited with spurring economic development and attracting international investment while reducing corruption and improving infrastructure in the country of just under 11 million.
But the government and the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front party have come under intense fire from international human rights and media groups, who say opposition media and political parties are being actively suppressed to keep Mr. Kagame in power.
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