The Rwanda High Court has upheld a one year prison sentence of Local journalist Gatera Stanley of Umusingi vernacular tabloid.
Gasabo Intermediate Court in the capital, Kigali, sentenced Gatera, 22, to a one-year jail term and fines of Frw30,000 (US$50) for inciting divisionism and gender discrimination in an opinion column he published in Umusingi in June, according to local journalists and news reports.
In his article “Shangazi” (Dear Aunt), Gatera suggested that men may regret marrying a Tutsi woman solely for her beauty.
However, Gatera, who defended himself in court, said that the paper had run an apology from him in a subsequent issue.
Gatera Stanley–Umusingi Editor
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