An official from the Rwandan League for Promotion and Defence of Human Rights has called upon the Rwandan Government to "look to the future and stop being a hostage of Rwanda's tragic past". The official, one of seven who fled to Uganda almost two weeks ago after a parliamentary commission accused them of promoting ethnic division, added: "We need to face our history in order to map out a positive future. The government of Rwanda should try to draw lessons from the country's history...but this will not be possible if they continue to suppress the civil society and the independent press."