The Executive Director for the Institute for Public Policy Research in Namibia, Graham Hopwood has publicly criticized the Namibian government for openly welcoming and praising regional autocrats.
Hopwood described Rwanda as not being the right development model for Namibia to emulate as human rights that are cherished in Namibia don’t exist in Rwanda, under President Paul Kagame’s regime. Graham Hopwood describes Paul Kagame as a dictator who has suppressed press freedom, an autocratic who kidnaps, incarcerate, tortures and kills whoever questions him. To Graham Hopwood, director Paul Kagame shouldn’t have been invited or welcomed to a democratic Namibia.