KIGALI – Rwandan authorities on Monday said they had arrested a highly critical YouTuber on charges of denying the 1994 genocide, which could land him in jail for over a decade if he is found guilty.Aimable Karasira, 40, a former university lecturer, runs a popular YouTube channel with over 62, 000 subscribers, from where he launches regular attacks against the Rwandan government.Kigali has often come under fire from rights groups for cracking down on free speech and misusing laws on genocide denial to round up critics.However Karasira’s views are seen as more radical than most in a country where it is taboo and dangerous to publically debate some aspects of the genocide, which left some 800, 000 mostly Tutsis and some moderate Hutus dead.“Aimable Karasira has been commenting on social media for days about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, saying it was unplanned and sowed divisions among Rwandans,” said a statement by the Rwanda […]
RWANDA POLICE ARREST YOUTUBER FOR ALLEGED GENOCIDE DENIAL
