Allegations of Rwanda’s brutal political crackdown denied

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An outlawed opposition party in Rwanda is using the lead-up to Friday’s presidential election to highlight what it says is the brutal oppression of political freedom.

Leaders of the FDU-Inkingi party says members have been tortured and killed. The government denies that political killings or abuse by authorities happened.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Anastase Shyaka, a spokesman for the Rwanda Governance Board, a think-thank based in Rwanda’s capital Kigali, disputed the accusations of government brutality.

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