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Amnesty Calls for Thorough Probe Into Rwandan Singer's Death

Salem Solomon

   WASHINGTON - Amnesty International is calling for an investigation
   after a well-known Rwandan gospel singer [1]was found dead in a prison
   cell.

   Kizito Mihigo reportedly died by suicide four days after being arrested
   near the border with Burundi. Eric Kabera, the police spokesman, said
   three days after Mihigo's arrest, they were investigating why "he was
   crossing the border illegally and cases of bribery," in a statement.

   Mihigo was a politically active artist who, although once celebrated by
   the Rwandan government, had fallen out of favor and been accused of
   collaborating with extremists.

   According to the government, he was arrested while trying to cross the
   border to Burundi where he intended to join an extremist group.
   Mihigo's friends dispute this account, saying the singer had never
   planned to join an armed group but may have been leaving the country
   with the intention to return to Belgium where he once lived, according
   to published reports.
   

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