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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Rwanda editor fights for life after attack

A newspaper editor in Rwanda is in intensive care in a Kigali hospital after being attacked by three men wielding iron bars. Jean Bosco Gasasira , editor of the a bi-monthly Kinyarwanda-language paper, Umuvugizi, has published several articles critical of government officials. One of his attackers, identified as a demobilised soldier, was said to have been arrested by police. In August 2006, Gasasira received threatening phone calls and had recently claimed to be under police surveillance. (Via IFEX)

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