Rwanda: Treatment of members of the United Democratic Forces (UDF) and people refusing civic service

On this page you can download our report Rwanda : Traitement des membres des Forces Démocratiques Unifiées (FDU) et des personnes refusant le service civique (ingando/urgerero/itorero), produced by Asylos' volunteer network.

This research report was produced in response to a research query from a legal professional and addresses the research questions that they submitted to us. This report is part of a new initiative in which we make a selection of our bespoke research available publicly. In making this report widely accessible, we hope that the report can contribute to fair and evidence-based decision making in as many asylum cases as possible.

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Rwanda : Traitement des membres des Forces Démocratiques Unifiées (FDU) et des personnes refusant le service civique (ingando/urgerero/itorero)

May 2023

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