Breaking - Suella Braverman accused of fresh ministerial code breaches over undisclosed links to Rwanda

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Suella Braverman is facing fresh allegations of ministerial code breaches over her failure to formally disclose years of previous work with the Rwandan government.

The home secretary co-founded a charity called the Africa Justice Foundation with Cherie Blair, which trained Rwandan government lawyers between 2010 and 2015.

Several people the charity worked with are now key members of President Paul Kagame’s government and are involved in the UK’s £140m deal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Ms Braverman did not officially disclose her previous links to the country when appointed home secretary in 2022, despite the deal being a lynchpin of the government’s migration policy and ongoing legal challenges alleging politically-driven human rights violations including torture, murder and kidnappings.

Strike 3 - Braverman’s tenure as Home Secretary is now in doubt … :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Ah, I did always wonder why they chose Rwanda?

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It’s getting less and less surprising the actions of people in this government…

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Why indeed …

Why Rwanda?

Rwanda is a land-locked country in east-central Africa. It is one of the smallest countries on the continent, but also its most densely populated. It has a population of around 12.6 million living on 10,169 square miles of land.

Mr Johnson has described Rwanda as “one of the safest countries in the world” and dismissed concerns over the country’s human rights record.

The UK raised allegations of extrajudicial killings, disappearances and torture in Rwanda at the UN last year.

But in a joint article for The Times by Ms Patel and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta, the pair said Rwanda “ranks as one of the world’s safest countries”.