on Friday, January 2, 2015 | by- ANDREW BAGALA
Rwanda scribes quizzed over harassing BBC staff
Police detectives in Kampala have interrogated the bureau chief of The New Times, a Rwandan
KAMPALA. Police detectives in Kampala have interrogated the bureau chief of The New Times, a Rwandan government newspaper, and his predecessor over alleged threatening violence against a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) correspondent.
The BBC reporter, Mr Ignatius Bahizi, who operates in East Africa, opened a file of threatening violence against unknown people who were calling him on phone warning him of death for filing stories critical of the Rwandan government.
Investigations have since zeroed in on several people, including Mr Gashegu Muramira, the bureau chief, and predecessor Simon Kayitana.
The police spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga, said the suspects were interrogated over threatening violence offences and released on police bond.
Mr Muramira on Wednesday confirmed he had talked to detectives but denied threatening Mr Bahizi.
"I have never threatened Mr Bahizi. He is my fellow journalist and we have been friends covering the same issues. Why should I threaten him? Let him prove that I have ever threatened him," Mr Muramira said.
Recently, Rwandan government banned BBC broadcasts in Kinyarwanda language over claims that it was inciting ethnic hatred.
The BBC reporter, Mr Ignatius Bahizi, who operates in East Africa, opened a file of threatening violence against unknown people who were calling him on phone warning him of death for filing stories critical of the Rwandan government.
Investigations have since zeroed in on several people, including Mr Gashegu Muramira, the bureau chief, and predecessor Simon Kayitana.
The police spokesperson, Mr Fred Enanga, said the suspects were interrogated over threatening violence offences and released on police bond.
Mr Muramira on Wednesday confirmed he had talked to detectives but denied threatening Mr Bahizi.
"I have never threatened Mr Bahizi. He is my fellow journalist and we have been friends covering the same issues. Why should I threaten him? Let him prove that I have ever threatened him," Mr Muramira said.
Recently, Rwandan government banned BBC broadcasts in Kinyarwanda language over claims that it was inciting ethnic hatred.
abagala@ug.nationmedia.com
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