Activists are upset that Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Orange County is hosting Rwandan President Paul Kagame, blaming the country’s leader for brutally suppressing his opponents “to save his dictatorship.”
Activists are upset that Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church in Orange County is hosting Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Sunday’s service in remembrance of the 1994 genocide in the east African country, blaming the country’s leader for brutally suppressing his opponents “to save his dictatorship.”
"Why would he give attention to someone who has closed thousands of churches and who has consistently denied human rights to his own people?" questioned Aristide Rwigara, the younger brother of Diane Rwigara, who ran against Kagame for president and whom he imprisoned along with her mother and sister after he came to power, according to her family.
Kagame has been credited with revitalizing his country's economy, boosting access to healthcare and education and pushing for more women to get involved in politics — 64% of Rwandan legislators are women, the highest around the world. Critics say Warren serves as a personal advisor to Kagame, noting that his own son lived and was educated in Rwanda.
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