Rwanda suspends BBC local program

Kigali: Rwanda last week suspended indefinitely a BBC program that was broadcasting in the local language, following recommendations of a commission of inquiry into a controversial BBC documentary, “Rwanda’s untold story”, which was widely condemned as a setback to Rwanda’s unity and reconciliation efforts.

Rwanda’s  Regulatory Board (RURA) which announced the BBC suspension,  “concluded that in airing the documentary, the BBC abused press freedom and free speech, violated its own editorial guidelines, transgressed journalistic standards, and violated Rwandan law, with particular reference to genocide denial and revisionism, inciting hatred, and divisionism among Rwandans”; the statement reads in part.