Kigali, 26 January 2012

FDU-INKINGI WELCOMES THE VISIT OF THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO POLITICAL PRISONER INGABIRE IN KIGALI CENTRAL PRISON.

On 24 January 2012, His Excellency Benedict Llewellyn-Jones OBE, theUnited KingdomHigh Commissioner toRwanda, together with the Embassy political counselor, visited Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza in her maximum prison cell. They discussed the conditions of detention.

The opposition leader asked the Ambassador  to intercede on her behalf on President Paul Kagame  in order to have human conditions of detention. “You can see it by yourself, there is little or no fresh air in this cell and no natural light at all”, she showed. 

PRESS RELEASE

The Hague21 January 2012,

Demonstration at the Hague 21-01-2012

For over five years, the Dutch government is providing annually more than ten million euros to finance the restructuring and professionalization of the judiciary and police, to build prisons and to train judges and prosecutors in Rwanda. The Rwandan (Rwandese) people are grateful.

Unfortunately, instead of serving the interests of  the people of Rwanda which they were dedicated to, these institutions  have become the tools of repression by the regime in order to consolidate its hold over the entire social and political life, and to suppress political opposition. The courageous Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Chair of FDU-Inkingi political party, is a clear example in mind[1]! One day history may accuse the Dutch people of having been accomplice with this system.

20^th January 2012

Three Rwandan generals and a colonel were suspended from duty and placed under house arrest on 17 January 2012. The defence spokesman, Colonel Joseph Nzabamwita, confirmed the suspensions, arrests and detentions of Lieutenant General Fred Ibingira (Chief of staff of the Reserve Force), Brigadier General Richard Rutatina (Chief of Military Intelligence), Brigadier General Wilson Gumisiriza (3rd Division Commander) and Colonel Dan Munyuza (Chief of External Security Service). According to the official statement of the military authorities, the four senior officers stand accused of having had illegal business dealings in the Democratic Republic of Congo.