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Rwanda: People With Disabilities Push for Law Review

[New Times] The government should revise the law relating to the protection of disabled persons as some of it is not only outdated but also leaves out some people living with disabilities, depriving them of opportunities to live normal, fulfilled lives like other Rwandans.

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