The Legacy of Rwandan Genocide ‘Everyone Lives in Fear’
A quarter-century has passed since the murder of 800,000 people were in the Rwandan genocide. President Kagame presents his country as a place of progress and equality, but that image starts to crack when you look behind the façade. On…
Rwandan opposition figure says she won’t be deterred by detention
KIGALI (Reuters) – Diane Rwigara says she will not let more than a year in detention derail her campaign against President Paul Kagame, the rebel-turned-statesman lauded for transforming the small African nation’s economy but criticized for smothering dissent. The 37-year-old…
Rwandan court drops all charges against opposition figure
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda’s high court on Thursday acquitted the country’s most prominent opposition figure of all charges related to her election challenge of President Paul Kagame, as judges said the prosecution failed to provide proof of insurrection and forgery.…
Drop freedom of expression charges against political activist, Diane Rwigara
The expression-related charges against a would-be presidential candidate and her mother must be dropped, Amnesty International said ahead of the resumption of their trial on Wednesday. She is charged in relation to comments she made that were critical of the…
Rwandan opposition leader Diane Rwigara and mother freed on bail
CNN — Rwanda’s fierce government critic Diane Rwigara and her mother Adeline Rwigara have been freed on bail, according to her family. Rwigara appeared in court Friday facing charges of incitement and fraud. Her mother, who was also in court, was…
She wanted to be president, but ended up jailed instead
Kigali, Rwanda — In the darkness of the Kigali night, Eric walks through a maze of cement homes crowned in corrugated metal. Using his phone he lights the road under his feet, a path of compressed red earth still drying out from…
People Salvation Movement
Mouvement Yagakiza Karubanda – Itabaza ni mouvement ishingiye kukuri kandi itunyura abantu bagaharanira uburenganzira bwabo mu mahoro (People Salvation Movement- Itabaza is a platform aimed to educate Rwandans to stand up for their rights, to awaken their civic rights, to…
Diane Shima Rwigara
Diane Shima Rwigara is a Rwandan businesswoman and women’s rights activist who stood as an independent candidate in the Rwandan presidential election, 2017. Rwigara was charged on 23 September 2017, alongside her mother and four other defendants, with “inciting insurrection”…