Rwanda forcibly vaccinating people against COVID, victims say

Deutsche Welle ^ | 01.18.2022 | Alex Ngarambe (Kigali), Uta Steinwehr

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Rwanda has been recognized by the World Health Organization as being among the countries to fully vaccinate at least 40% of their populations against COVID-19 by the end of 2021.

Currently, more than 49% of almost 13 million Rwandans have been double-jabbed, and more than 61% have had at least one vaccine administered.

But some Rwandans say this number is only possible because of force by local leaders and police. DW spoke to some people who said they had been forced to received vaccinations. For fear of possible consequences, they either chose to remain anonymous or DW decided to leave their names out of the report.

A man from the Muhanga district, in Rwanda’s Southern Province, told DW that he was handcuffed in order to receive the jab. […]

A man from the Rwamagana district, in the Eastern Province, told DW that he fled with his wife from his home when authorities wanted to force them to be vaccinated. “I was suffering from malaria and taking […] medication. I begged them not to vaccinate me. When they insisted, we fled our home.”

When DW spoke to him, he had still not returned home. According to him, many people in his neighborhood were forced to get vaccinated: “It’s not only me. If you want, I can point to different places where they are.”

DW cannot independently verify these testimonies. …

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Or DW refuses to independently verify.

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PING

[MAGAthon]

“I was suffering from malaria and taking […] medication.”

HCQ? Ivermectin? would be interesting to know.

[metmom]

IIRC, HCQ is what is commonly used for malaria.

[MattMusson]

Who do they think they are? Australia?

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One bad example engenders another.

[LilFarmer]

Just saw this:

[Norski]

Hm. Is this not the country in which President of blocked both Facebook influencing for elections and also vaccine mandates and was then assassinated? Last year.