Olivier Nyirubugara
Ms. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza
The would-Be Presidential Candidate of Rwanda
La protestation s’organise
Une manifestation s’est tenue lundi devant les bureaux de l’ambassade du Rwanda à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, pour dénoncer les mauvaises conditions de détention de Victoire Ingabire. La famille de l’opposante, restée aux Pays-Bas, était soutenue par d’autres Rwandais vivant en Europe. L’opposition réclame une intervention du Conseil de sécurité en vue de la remise en liberté de la présidente des FDU et des autres opposants emprisonnés au Rwanda.
La cour de Gasabo (Kigali) a décidé le maintien en détention de Victoire Ingabire. Arrêtée le 14 octobre dernier, la présidente des Forces démocratiques unifiées (FDU) s’est vu refuser sa mise en liberté conditionnelle. Pour la justice rwandaise, le risque de fuite de l’opposante est réel. Victoire Ingabire restera en prison en attendant son jugement. Elle est accusée par les autorités rwandaises de “création de mouvement terroriste destiné à destabiliser le pays”.
Victoire Ingabire comparait avec un coaccusé. Le major Vital Uwumuremyi reconnait avoir participé à la création de ce mouvement (CFD: Coalition des forces démocratiques) avec Victoire Ingabire. Les circonstances de l’arrestation du militaire et de l’obtention de ses aveux demeurent mystérieuses. Ce qui fait dire à beaucoup d’observateurs que ce major est une créature des services secrets rwandais destinée à corroborer la thèse du régime de Kigali.
Bail rejected for Ms. Victoire INGABIRE after 13 days of torture
Brussels, 26th October 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Today, the GASABO Court rejected the bail for the detained opposition leader, Victoire INGABIRE, tortured and humiliated by the jailers. The Court decision is officially based on worries that the security of the state might be in danger if the defendant is free. It is a political decision, and not justice. The politically motivated charges keep on coming over at an alarming rate as the regime and its secret police are manufacturing or recycling new accusations all the time. On October 6th 2010, President Paul KAGAME informed the public that the political space is full and occupied. It is clear, there is no room left in politics in Rwanda, only in jail. It’s very sad indeed for our country, its leadership, our people, our partners and the friends of Rwanda. Where do they think this country is heading to? Can’t they really see how close to the brink of chaos, our country is?
In the history of humanity, dictatorships have found resources, demagogic propaganda and lobbies to shield their powers and fool people and the world until disintegration. It has been always a small group of people, committed and ready to loose everything, who, by their determination and courage set the dawn of a new order. We are not alone. Those who genuinely support peace, justice and democracy will be on our side.
All genuine opposition parties have been beheaded. Their leaders are either in jail, either in exile, or buried. Shame on those who continue to ignore the cries of our people. There will never be stability in a country where there is no independent justice, no neutral security institutions, no freedoms and no rule of law. Speak it out, your silence is lethal! “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people” said Martin Luther King, Jr.
We call for an immediate release of Ms. Victoire INGABIRE, the Chair of FDU-INKINGI; Mr. Bernard NTAGANDA, the Chair of the Social Party IMBERAKURI, and other political prisoners. We expect all the partners of Rwanda to seriously discuss with General Paul KAGAME the need for a real political space in our country and its future.
Eugene NDAHAYO
SUPORT COMMITTEE of FDU-INKINGI
President.
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
