Human Rights group urges UK to abandon Rwanda asylum transfer plan
Human Rights group urges UK to abandon Rwanda asylum transfer plan
Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to silence criticism from Rwandans living around the world. The abuses, which have fostered a climate of fear and self-censorship, are being brought to light as the United Kingdom government is at ...
In the 115-page report, “‘Join Us or Die’: Rwanda’s Extraterritorial Repression,” Human Rights Watch documents a wide array of tactics that, when used together, form a global ecosystem of repression aimed at muzzling dissenting voices and intimidating actual, perceived, or potential critics, including Rwandans who have sought international protection.
The combination of physical violence, including killings and enforced disappearances, surveillance, misuse of law enforcement – both domestic and international – abuses against relatives in Rwanda, and damaging people’s reputation through online harassment constitute clear efforts to isolate potential critics.
The report is here (pdf, 115 pages): https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2023/10/rwanda1023_web_2.pdf
The problem is they don’t see these people as human, they see them as a neat wedge issue to placate their voter base and distract them from the absolute fucking farce that has been the last few years of Tory rule
What else do we do with them? They're literally coming from France
home them. every western country has so many resources we make The Grapes of Wrath look like The Blueberries of Being a Bit Miffed.
The idea that we're running out of literally anything is a right wing lie to gain popularity
(this is hyperbole, please don't reply mentioning something like running out of oil in 2060, or Helium or some shit that is irrelevant to political asylum)