Rwandan, Burundian, and Congolese protestors traveled to William Penn University commencement exercises in Oskaloosa, Iowa, from many corners of the U.S., to protest the university's award of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Kagame's army's atrocities in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been documented in 18 years of UN human rights reports. |
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