Rwandan authorities arresting and beating street children, says rights group
A Human Rights Watch report claims that a Kigali centre meant to rehabilitate homeless children is instead subjecting them to abuse
27 January 2020 - 16:09
Kigali — Rwanda, often lauded internationally for its economic progress and reintegration after the 1994 genocide, is detaining and abusing street children at a holding centre in the capital, an international rights group said on Monday.
Two homeless boys who had been held at the holding centre, known as the Gikondo Transit Centre, confirmed to Reuters that they had been abused there, giving accounts that were similar to those compiled from 30 children in the report by the New York-based group Human Rights Watch...
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