The State Department's 2023 report on Rwanda records that during the initial 2018 enforcement of building and safety standards, authorities closed almost 9,000 places of worship, and that more than 6,000 remained closed at the end of 2023, with some closed congregations consolidating into larger, compliant organizations rather than reopening independently.
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AuthorUnited States Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom
PublisherUS Department of State
URLhttps://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/rwanda/
Source TypeGovernment report
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The United States' own State Department annual country report on religious freedom, the strongest available form for a fact about a country's regulatory closure of places of worship, hence the top tier. Cross-Tradition Connections
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