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Rwanda Police Violates Rights of Slum Dwellers Movement in Kigali is the latest human right issues that have caught the attention of Human Rights Reporters.
Slum Dwellers in the capital city of Rwanda, next to a wealthy area have reportedly been barred from entering their dwelling places by the police while flying drones over them announcing on loudspeakers that they should move immediately to a new purpose-built estate some 20km (12 miles) away.
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According to a BBC reporter, the residents of Kibiraro/Kangondo settlement, which neighbours the upmarket district of Nyarutarama complained that their basic human rights and freedom of movement are being curtailed by the Rwandan police and government for their parochial interest.
The newly developed estate was built by some investors, and the government in Kigali says the residents have to relocate” for common interest and proper city planning”
Though these slum dwellers dispute the state’s position alledging they are being victimized so that the investors can exploit their land, which is situated in a prime location of Kigali.
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This slum is currently home to 1,500 families. While others have found homes in the newly built estate for them in their hundreds, the rest have stayed back and rather sued the state that, it has undervalued their land and would require proper compensation due them.
Human rights violations continue to negatively impact the poor and marginalized globally and state institutions expected to protect these less private in society end up joining the inhuman treatment of people and citizens in nearly every country on the continent.
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