Rwanda : Victoire Ingabire 's Trial Chronology

http://www.victoire-ingabire.com/Eng/category/trial/ Rwanda : Victoire Ingabire 's Trial Chronology 30th October 2012 – 8 year prison sentence for Political prisoner Ingabire justice, trial by Unity Today 30 October 2012 in Kigali, the High court issued a ruling in Ingabire political case: 8 years in prison for genocide ideology and conspiracy against the government by use of war and terrorism. This kangaroo ruling is "politically and intellectually dishonest" and so poorly formulated but the political prisoner Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, FDU-Inkingi … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 19th October 2012 – Political prisoner INGABIRE verdict postponed to 30 October 2012 justice, trial by Unity Kigali, 19 October 2012 The High Court today postponed to 30 October 2012, 10:00 for the 4th time the verdict in the "life sentence" case against political prisoner Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, FDU-INKINGI Chair, in maximum prison since 14 October 2010. The court informed the public that before the final ruling there is a need … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 18th October 2012 – Supreme court dismisses Ingabire's constitutional review case justice, trial by Unity Finally, this Thursday 18 October 2012, 13:00, the Supreme Court of Rwanda dismissed the constitutional review case submitted by political prisoner Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza on grounds of lack of merits. The court panel stated that the genocide ideology laws are clear and there is no conflict with the constitutional freedoms of expression. FDU-INKINGI Chair … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 5th October 2012 – Victoire Ingabire Supreme Court Verdict Postponed Again justice, trial by Unity Kigali, 05 October 2012 Lire l'article en Français The Supreme court has just postponed to 18 October 2012 (11:00) for the third time the verdict on political prisoner Ingabire constitutional review case on controversial genocide ideology and divisionism laws. This time the official reason is an absent judge. Disappointed supporters gathered at the court house, but … Continue reading » inShare Tags: genocide ideology laws, verdict 7th September 2012 – Ingabire's political verdict postponed to 19 October 2012 trial by Unity The High Court in Kigali has just adjourned to Friday 19 October 2012, 11:00, the political verdict of the opposition leader, Madame Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, incarcerated since 14 October 2010 on politically motivated charges. The Court is waiting for the Supreme court ruling on a constitutional review motion. The prosecution has asked for a life … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 3rd September 2012 – Victoire Ingabire again in the Supreme court justice, trial by Unity Kigali, 03 September 2012 - Today, despite an impressive deployment of heavily armed anti-protest units, in and outside the Supreme Court, near 200 people observed as the incarcerated opposition leader Madame Victoire Ingabire made a new appearance in front of the Supreme Court to hear the status of the filed constitutional review on contentious genocide ideology … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 19th July 2012 – Constitutional review on genocide ideology laws adjourned justice, trial by Unity Kigali , 19 July 2012 RWANDA SUPREME COURT ADJOURNS TILL 3 SEPTEMBER THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CASE ON CONTENTIOUS GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY AND DIVISIONISM LAWS. Today, the Rwanda Supreme Court adjourns to 3 September 2012 the constitutional review case submitted by the opposition leader and political prisoner Madame Victoire Ingabire against contentious, abstract and broad laws on … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 29th June 2012 – Ingabire verdict postponed to 7th September 2012 trial by Unity Kigali , 29 June 2012 Kigali High Court has adjourned the verdict of political prisoner Victoire Ingabire, Chair of FDU-INKINGI, to 07 September 2012. The judges ruled they needed more time  to deliberate. No reference was made to a pending constitutional review of  some contentious genocide laws opening in the Supreme Court from 19 July … Continue reading » inShare Tags: justice, trial, verdict, Victoire Ingabire 28th June 2012: Supreme Court freshly summons Victoire Ingabire FDU, trial by Officer  Supreme Court fresh summon may stay proceedings against the political prisoner Victoire Ingabire. The Rwanda Supreme Court has summoned Madame Victoire Ingabire for 19 July 2012 to re-open, on demand of the defendant, proceedings on the constitutionality of contentious genocide ideology and divisionism laws. According to Rwandan laws, such a move stays proceedings in lower judicial … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag 24th April 2012 – Victoire publishs her letter to Chief Prosecutor justice, Press, trial by Unity Victoire Ingabire has requested that his party publish her letter to chief prosecutor: "On April 8, 2011 I was taken to a closed door secret meeting in the office of the Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga who told me that I was arrested because I have caused a political stand-off with the government alleging that we … Continue reading » inShare This post has no tag Older posts «

Rwanda: 8 years for Victoire Ingabire

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/8-years-victoire-ingabire 8 years for Victoire Ingabire Published on : 30 October 2012 - 2:55pm | By ((C) AFP) More about: Hutu   Paul Kagame   Rwandan genocide   Tutsi   Victoire Ingabire Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire has been sentenced to 8 years in prison by the Rwandan High Court, according to local journalists in Kigali. A relatively mild sentence as the prosecutor was demanding life imprisonment. Sophie van Leeuwen and Saskia Houttuin Ingabire, the president of UDF-Inkingi, has been found guilty of treason and genocide denial. She was convicted of financing a terrorist group, the FDLR rebels in eastern DRC, but cleared on several other charges. Not happy The verdict has clearly been influenced by international pressure on the Rwandan government, says Ingabire's daughter Raissa. "Without that, my mother's situation would be worse, much worse." Raissa, who lives in the Netherlands, is not happy with the 8-year sentence and continues to insist her mother is innocent. In Rwanda, the vice president of UDF-Inkingi, Boniface Twagirimana, is not satisfied either. Ingabire deserves to be a free woman, he says. "Just like all political opponents in this country who have been accused of similar crimes." President of Rwanda After spending years in exile in the Netherlands, Victoire Ingabire, who is part of the Hutu community, returned to Rwanda with the intention of running in the 2010 presidential elections. When she arrived in Kigali, as chairman of the Unified Democratic Forces (UDF), she called for the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against Hutus. Shortly after making her statement, she was placed under house arrest. Meanwhile, incumbent President Paul Kagame, a Tutsi and leader of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), was re-elected. Ingabire was arrested in her Kigali home on 14 October 2010 for allegedly collaborating with a terrorist organisation, dividing the people of Rwanda and denying the 1994 genocide, during which an estimated 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed over a 100-day period. Fair trial? Detained in a prison in the Rwandan capital, Ingabire had boycotted her trial since April of this year. The opposition leader and her supporters accuse Kagame of trying to eliminate all political opponents. Human rights activists and foreign politicians have expressed doubts as to whether Victoire Ingabire was given a fair trial. Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama told RNW, "it's after the trial that we should be able to say whether it was fair or transparent". Dutch MPs have also repeatedly raised questions about the rule of law in Rwanda. The Dutch authorities have assisted the Rwandan government several times by authorising searches of her home near Rotterdam and dispatching documents to be used as evidence at the trial in Kigali. Rwanda and the Netherlands have a judicial assistance agreement. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in documents published in 2011, wrote that it had no reason to doubt that Ingabire was being given a fair trial. "There is no clear and solid ground to reject Rwanda's request for assistance in the trial of Victoire Ingabire", the Ministry wrote.