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[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Funny how there’s no outrage in western media about this guy and his elections… wonder who he’s buddies with, and does the bidding for in the region… 🤔

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The Conservative government in the UK were working with him to deport people attempting to enter the UK to Rwanda. So they were partners in cruelty, for a start. The new Labour government has said it is abandoning this.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And the Tories were coming in for criticism for it. They basically did a run around the courts, which previously told them in no uncertain terms that Rwanda did not qualify as a safe country for asylum seekers.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There response. Pass a law declaring rwanda safe.

Seriosly

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it was super fucked.

Nazi Germany, we pass law, now super safe for Jews!

[–] supertrucker@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Based on the past, any dictator not butchering people in the high 6 figures is seen as a vast improvement

[–] novibe@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Buddy just read the Wikipedia page on this guy… not even needed to do a deep dive into more uncensored websites.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Paul Kagame spends literally billions of dollars on Western PR firms.

He is also runninga US client state, as well as a UK Tory party partner in intended human rights abuses.