Ishema publisher dismisses threats reports

Fidele Gakire, the Managing Director of Ishema- a local weekly Kinyarwanda newspaper has dismissed reports that he has received threats on his life, following wide spread denunciation of his publication which run a highly defamatory article against the President. “Nobody has issued any threats against me. Nobody has tried to threaten me in any way and I don’t know the motivation behind the rumours. As far as we are concerned nothing has changed and our work continues uninterrupted,” he said.