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To lionise dictators like Paul Kagame is to mock...
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To lionise dictators like Paul Kagame is to mock those they persecuted | Anjan Sundaram
Fidel Castro, Vladimir Putin and Paul Kagame are postcolonial dictators. Their grave human rights abuses are often excused or overlooked by supporters who venerate their defiant opposition to western imperialism. Kagame is an exemplar of this breed, for he even wins broad admiration in the west.