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UN anti-torture team cancels Rwanda visit, again

Detainees at the Gikondo transit centre in Kigali on September 24, 2015. The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has accused Rwanda of lack of cooperation. PHOTO | AFP 

By  Ivan R. Mugisha

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has cancelled its mission to Rwanda after suspending the visit last October.

The UN body accuses Kigali of lack of cooperation.

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