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Suspend Umuco, HCP tells new Information Minister

KIGALI - The High Council of the Press (HCP) has granted a request made by journalists last week seeking the media watchdog’s backing for a one-year suspension of a local newspaper for publishing derogatory and  defamatory articles. During an extraordinary meeting on Good Friday, the council members agreed to request the Ministry of Information to ask “relevant authorities to temporarily suspend (Umuco newspaper) for a period of 12 months.” “(The HCP) has agreed to the request of the owners of media organizations in Rwanda that the director of Umuco newspaper, Mr Bonavanture Bizumuremyi, loses his press card.
Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo (C) at the High Council of the Press library in company of the councilu2019s Executive Secretary Patrice Mulama (L) and the Ag. president and Secretary, Thais Ruboneka. (Photo / J.Mbanda)
Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo (C) at the High Council of the Press library in company of the council’s Executive Secretary Patrice Mulama (L) and the Ag. president and Secretary, Thais Ruboneka. (Photo / J.Mbanda)
James Munyaneza