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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

"All Thieves Must Be Killed"

Extrajudicial Executions in Western Rwanda

"All Thieves Must Be Killed"

Extrajudicial Executions in Western Rwanda

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JULY 2017

ISBN: 978-1-6231-34990

"All Thieves Must Be Killed"

Extrajudicial Executions in Western Rwanda

Map of Rubavu .................................................................................................................... I Map of Rutsiro.................................................................................................................... II Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 Recommendations.............................................................................................................. 5

To the Government of Rwanda ..................................................................................................5 To Rwanda's International Donors and Other Governments ...................................................... 6 To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions.... 6 To the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights....................................................... 6 To the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations ................................................7

Methodology...................................................................................................................... 8 I. Background ..................................................................................................................... 9 II. Extrajudicial Executions ................................................................................................ 11

Government Strategy .............................................................................................................. 11 Extrajudicial Executions.......................................................................................................... 17 Threats to Family Members ..................................................................................................... 31

III. Government Response to Extrajudicial Executions ....................................................... 33 IV. National and International Legal Standards ................................................................. 36

The Rwandan Constitution ......................................................................................................36 International Conventions and Standards ............................................................................... 37

Acknowledgments............................................................................................................ 40 Appendix I: Victims of Extrajudicial Executions ..................................................................41 Appendix II: People Killed by Civilians after Encouragement from Local Authorities .......... 47 Appendix III: Enforced Disappearances ............................................................................. 48 Appendix IV: Letter to Minister of Justice .......................................................................... 49

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