{"id":2000110869,"date":"2026-05-03T09:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T07:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000110869"},"modified":"2026-05-03T11:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:24:28","slug":"nsanzimana-and-niyonshuti-of-imbarutso-ya-demokarasi-youtube-channel-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nsanzimana-and-niyonshuti-of-imbarutso-ya-demokarasi-youtube-channel-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Nsanzimana and Niyonshuti of \u2018Imbarutso ya Demokarasi\u2019 YouTube channel arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The two suspects are being investigated on allegations of disseminating false information, RIB spokesperson Dr Murangira B. Thierry confirmed to IGIHE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is true that on May 1, 2026, RIB arrested Nsanzimana Augustin and Niyonshuti Emmanuel, suspected of spreading false information that could cause public fear. The offences were committed through social media platforms,\u201d Dr Murangira said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that the suspects are currently being held at RIB\u2019s Remera station as investigations continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spreading false information that may incite fear, unrest, or public disorder through a computer system is an offence punishable under Rwandan law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offence is outlined in Law No. 60\/2018 of August 22, 2018, on the prevention and punishment of cybercrimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If found guilty, a person is liable to a prison sentence of between three and five years, and a fine ranging from 1 million to 3 million Rwandan francs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nsanzimana Augustin was arrested alongside Niyonshuti Emmanuel. They are being investigated over allegations of spreading false information through the YouTube channel \u2018Imbarutso ya demokarasi\u2019<\/em>.

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The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has confirmed the arrest of Nsanzimana Augustin and Niyonshuti Emmanuel, who were involved in running \u2018Imbarutso ya Demokarasi\u2019 YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000110870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000110869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000110870,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":600,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","width":150,"height":100},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","width":300,"height":200},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MixCollage-03-May-2026-09-46-AM-2925.jpg","width":600,"height":400}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000110869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000110869"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000110869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000110880,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000110869\/revisions\/2000110880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000110870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000110869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000110869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000110869"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000110869"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000110869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}