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Rwandan 'Catholics' detained over anti-Kagame protest | Rwandan 'Catholics' detained over anti-Kagame protest |
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Eleven members of a breakaway Catholic group have been arrested in Rwanda after they tried to deliver a "vision from Virgin Mary" to President Paul Kagame, urging him to make reforms. | Eleven members of a breakaway Catholic group have been arrested in Rwanda after they tried to deliver a "vision from Virgin Mary" to President Paul Kagame, urging him to make reforms. |
The group had staged an illegal protest outside the presidential residence in the capital, Kigali, police said. | The group had staged an illegal protest outside the presidential residence in the capital, Kigali, police said. |
Protests outside Mr Kagame's home are extremely rare, correspondents say. | Protests outside Mr Kagame's home are extremely rare, correspondents say. |
The opposition accuses him of running an authoritarian regime since he took power in 1994. | The opposition accuses him of running an authoritarian regime since he took power in 1994. |
However, his supporters and Western governments credit him with ending a genocide that killed some 800,000 people before his rebel forces seized power in Rwanda. | However, his supporters and Western governments credit him with ending a genocide that killed some 800,000 people before his rebel forces seized power in Rwanda. |
The BBC's Jean Claude Mwambutse reports from Kigali that those who were arrested came from the little known Intwarane group, which is not recognised by the official Roman Catholic church. | The BBC's Jean Claude Mwambutse reports from Kigali that those who were arrested came from the little known Intwarane group, which is not recognised by the official Roman Catholic church. |
Police chief Emmanuel Gasana said the group was arrested as it was heading towards Mr Kagame's home in Kigali's wealthy suburb of Kiyovu. | Police chief Emmanuel Gasana said the group was arrested as it was heading towards Mr Kagame's home in Kigali's wealthy suburb of Kiyovu. |
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