{"id":57570,"date":"2015-06-04T09:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T09:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d1e886037d0600c0a0c83ea7c542e1f9"},"modified":"2015-06-04T09:14:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T09:14:45","slug":"news-story-rura-decision-to-indefinitely-suspend-the-bbc-kinyarwanda-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=57570","title":{"rendered":"News story: RURA decision to indefinitely suspend the BBC Kinyarwanda service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>We are disappointed by RURA\u2019s (the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority) decision to extend the suspension of the BBC Kinyarwanda service indefinitely.<br \/>\nWe are aware that RURA have also decided to refer the case to Rwanda\u2019s Prosecutor General. We expect legal due process to be followed.<br \/>\nAs we have said in our previous statements, we believe that a plural media system with as many sources of information available as possible is in everyone\u2019s interests, and that the Rwandan people should not be deprived of the BBC Kinyarwanda service, a popular and trusted source of news.<br \/>\nBy promoting media plurality, Rwanda would enhance its international reputation, strengthen democratic governance and encourage potential investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are disappointed by the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority decision to suspend the BBC Kinyarwanda service indefinitely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}