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Ms Ingabire Umuhoza Humiliated by Pres. Kagame |
Ingabire, de leider van de Rwandese oppositiepartij UDF, zit gevangen in de Rwandese hoofdstad Kigali, in afwachting van haar proces. Justitie in Rwanda verdenkt haar van terroristische activiteiten en zoekt bewijzen.
The Hague – Politicians in The Hague are shocked by the search for the Rwandan politician Victoire Ingabire, Monday, Zevenhuizen. PvdA and Christen Unie demand more clarification from Opstelten, Minister of Justice.
“It raises many questions,” said PvdA MP and justice spokesperson Jerome Récourt. “How is it that Justice obediently performs a search at the request of Rwanda, while the Netherlands has serious doubts about the fairness of Ingabire´s judicial process? Justice and foreign Affairs have not clearly communicated. ”
” Netherlands indeed treat legal requests from abroad. But this case is very sensitive here. We would not cooperate in the Netherlands to political persecution, “said Récourt.
Ingabire, the leader of the Rwandan opposition UDF party, is trapped in the Rwandan capital Kigali, pending her trial. Justice in Rwanda suspects her of terrorism and seeks to prove.
After the genocide of 1994 she left with her husband and children to the Netherlands, where she built up a new life. The house of the family in Zevenhuizen, near Rotterdam, was searched Monday by the Dutch police.
Joel Voordewind, MP of the Christian Union, is outraged. “Why should the Dutch government of Rwanda execute orders, while the same government is used to suspend direct budget support to Rwanda because of concerns about human rights?”
Rwanda and the Netherlands have no extradition treaty, but together they may provide assistance. “A request for search may be a variant of assistance,” said the Dutch international criminal lawyer and expert Gert-Jan Knoops. “For each request permission from the Minister of Justice is a must.”
CDA MP Coskun Cortuz is against such politically related lawsuits. Yet he is reluctant in this case. “Any request from Rwanda or China can be an excuse not to investigate. Even though the defendant might awfully abused. You know – just as I – what exactly is behind this search”.
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