Political Prisoners

Kigali,  le 16 janvier 2012 Les membres du Comité Exécutif Provisoire du parti FDU-Inkingi ont observé une minute de silence devant la Haute Cour de Kigali en attendant que la présidente du Parti, Mme Victoire INGABIRE UMUHOZA, dont le procès politique était censé reprendre aujourd’hui, soit escortée vers la salle d’audience, menottée et en uniforme […]

Source : http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/victoire-ingabires-second-anniversary-16-1-12-back-in-rwanda/ Many people, who are not familiar with the Black American civil rights movement, may not recall who Rosa Parks (far left on the picture) was. She was an activist born Louise McCauley Parks on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.  The U.S. Congress called her “the first lady of civil rights”, and […]

On Friday 06 January 2012, some members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Security, accepted a few live questions from prisoners inside the Kigali Central Prison. The political prisoner Ms. Victoire Ingabire, FDU-INKINGI Chair, engaged the Senators on the plight of political prisoners in Rwanda and urged them to promote laws granting […]

Today the High Court declined the new bail motion submitted by Madame Victoire Ingabire Defence counsel on 14.12.2011 before the adjournment of the case to 16th January 2012. The motion was based on the lack of serious evidence in the case; the contradictions and inconsistencies of the prosecution and his witnesses; the fact that the prosecution […]

Pendant la conférence de Presse tenue à Munyonyo dans la banlieue de Kampala à la fin d’une visite d’officielle de deux jours en Ouganda et qui a été retransmise par la télévision locale, l’Ouganda NTV[1], le Président Paul Kagame a surpris le public en affirmant que Mme Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Présidente des FDU-Inkingi, incarcérée à […]

Yesterday, the political trial of the opposition leader Madame Victoire INGABIRE, FDU-INKINGI head, resumed . The hearing has been postponed since 25 November 2011 due to the presiding judge’s sick leave. Today, it was adjourned to 13 December 2011 due to extra-court activities of judges. For both days, the high court heard defence conclusions on […]

Kigali, 24 November 2011   The evidential stage of the political trial of the opposition leader Victoire Ingabire started on 05 September 2010 almost one year after her imprisonment in maximum security. Until now, the national public prosecution authority is still introducing new contreversial materials . The latest development is the transfer of 600 pages […]

Kigali ku wa 17 Ugushyingo  2011 Mu rubanza rwa politiki leta ya Kigali iburana na Madame Victoire INGABIRE, umuyobozi wa FDU-INKINGI, haracyagibwa impaka ku rujijo rwuzuye mu buhamya bwa Vital UWUMUREMYI aho kuva ejo bundi abanyamategeko Iain Edwards na Gatera  GASHABANA berekaga urukiko urujijo bise ikinamico mu bimenyetso  by’ubushinjacyaha aho buvuga ko bwafatiye Vital ku […]

Kigali 14th November 2011   Since 10th November 2011, the High Court has allowed the prosecution “witnesses” to take indirect questions and to respond after preparation with their lawyers. For unknown reasons, the National Public Prosecution Authority has filed for sentence discount to all the co-accuseds in exchange for their guilty plea and full collaboration […]