Part 2 Trial Victoire Ingabire
Wednesday januari 24, 2012
Last saturday party members and supporters of opposition leader Victoire Ingabire demonstrated in front of the Dutch parliament in The Hague. They asked the Dutch people not to go along with the policy of the Dutch government considering Rwanda. The Dutch government pays every year millions of euro’s for the development of the Rwandees judicial system.
It’s that same judicial system which is used by the Rwandese government to arrest and put into jail those who criticize the regime, using dubious laws to accuse people of genocide ideology, divisionism or ties with the Hutu-rebels of the FDLR.
its that same judicial system that arrested Victoire Ingabire and put her into jail. She’s there since october 2010, living under not the best circumstances to say the least. Her trial started in august 2011, it’s uncertain when it will end as her trial is postponed again. Now because prosecution needs more time for the translation of the more then 600 documents, sent to rwanda by the Dutch government in November. That’s another way in which the Dutch are helping Rwanda: by sending documents and doing house searches in Holland.
President Paul Kagame is clear in how he sees Victoire Ingabire. On several occasions he said publicly that ‘that woman’ belongs in jail. The last time was during an interview with CNN, december 12th, 2011. ‘That woman deserves only prison’.
Also clear are the problems prosecution is dealing with concerning the evidence. From the start prosecution declared there was more then enough to send her to jail. But again and again, prosecution seized every opportunity to get more evidence, and again and again prosecution tried to rely the trial. It’s also clear, evidence is manipulated. It’s also clear the lawyers of Ingabire miss some of the documents belonging to her file. Then there are the four co-accused. It’s clear prosecution has put them under a lot of pressure. And it’s also clear prosecution sees them more like witnesses, not like co-accused. It’s also clear the judges handling this trial are biassed.
Nevertheless, the Dutch government persists in her view of a fair trial for Ingabire and refuses to acknowledge her as a political prisoner.
That’s why FDU-Inkingi askes in a petition to the Dutch government that they should declare the trial of Ingabire has lost all credibility. The Dutch government should also ask for immediate release of all political prisoners, not only the release of Ingabire, but also for example the release of Deogratias Mushayidi, Theoneste Niytegaka, Charles Ntakiutinka and Bernard Ntaganda. Also all support to Rwanda must be frozen.
While demonstrating, the Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte passed by coincidentally. De demonstrators seized the occasion and offered him the petition. He took it, all smiles. Let’s see if he does anything with it.
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a “time”, yet It cannot be destroyed. ==> Wolverine
The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and Nothing can stop it. Truth can be suppressed for a time, yet It cannot be destroyed => Wolverine