http://news.wwwdr01.ninemsn.com.au/national/8563113/brown-urges-pm-to-help-with-rwanda-visa Brown urges PM to help with Rwanda visa 12:40 AEST Mon Nov 12 2012 Former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown has asked Prime Minister Julia Gillard to try and get a ban on him travelling to Rwanda lifted so he can visit the country's Green party. Dr Brown was due to fly to Africa on Monday to speak at Rwanda's Democratic Green Party conference, but was told on Sunday his visa, granted in late October, had been cancelled due to "contradictory messages" in his application. He says it is further evidence the government of Rwandan President Paul Kagame is restricting democracy and crushing political opposition. Ms Gillard met president Kagame in October when they co-chaired a meeting of the Millennium Development Goals Advocates Group at the United Nations. Dr Brown urged Ms Gillard to speak with president Kagame on his behalf, while Greens leader Christine Milne has already called on Foreign Minister Bob Carr to intervene as well. The former Tasmanian senator also said claims online that he had visited Rwanda in the past were "demonstrably wrong".