Ruwda: Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza in Rwanda: the year One of the struggle for democracy and dignity.
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- Publicado el Martes, 18 Enero 2011 17:02
Dear compatriots,
Dear friends of Rwanda,
January 16, 2010, it's already a year ago, when Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Chairperson of the
United Democratic Forces, FDU-INKINGI knelt down for the first time and kissed her homeland that
she left 16 years before.
A year of achievements, dedication and courage. A real struggle for democracy, for freedom, for the
right to life and personal security, the right of association, freedom of expression, for political rights.
A thrash against the iron fist of the dictatorship.
A year of solidarity with Rwandans in the country for the right of remembrance for all victims of the
Rwandan genocide and other crimes against humanity; for all victims' rights; for all the voiceless; for
the rehabilitation of second class citizens. A real struggle for equal access, equal opportunities for all
the children of our homeland.
A wrestling against an unfair justice that has deprived Rwandans of the right to a defense of one's
choice and the right to a due process. The controversial “Gacaca” justice parody has thrown
hundreds of thousands of litigants to humiliating community services with no hope of return.
A year of solidarity with the population of Congo (DRC) facing the consequences of military invasions
responsible of over 5 millions of victims, and the plundering of the country's natural resources. Since
1990, the whole region is engulfed in an endless turmoil.
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The Rwandan President, praised by some people and some partisan media to be an all fields miracle
champion, a super star, a country's development success story, believed himself in his political
invincibility.
By her presence in Rwanda, Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, has brought to light the true dimension
of the dictatorship: a totalitarian regime monopolized by a handful of military and ethnocentric
militants who, by the means of a political police and a sprawling network of secret services, has an
upper hand over all public institutions, the judicial and the civil society.
In just one year, the regime has accumulated political errors and serious violations of human rights:
- Assassination of late André Kagwa Rwisereka, Deputy-Chair of the Democratic Green Party of
Rwandan, on July 13, 2010,
- Assassination of the Journalist Jean-Léonard Rugambage, Editor of Umuvugizi newspaper, on June
24, 2010,
- Life attempt against General Kayumba Nyamwasa on June 19, 2010,
-Kidnapping followed by the arrest of Mr. Deogratias Mushayidi, Chair of PDP-IMANZI on March 3,
2010,
- Arrest of Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Chair of FDU- INKINGI on April 21, 2010, bailed out, under
house arrest the next day and rearrested on October 14, 2010,
- Arrest of Professor Peter Erlinder, US attorney, defense lawyer for Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
on June 17, then bailed out after weeks,
- Arrest of Mr. Bernard Ntaganda, Chair of PS-IMBERAKURI on June 24, 2010
- Arrest and detention of Journalists Ms. Agnes Uwimana Nkusi and Saidati Mukakibibi, (Umurabyo
newspaper) on July 8-10, 2010,
- Arrest of a dozen of party leaders of FDU-INKINGI and PS-IMBERAKURI on June 24, 2010 then
released on bail,
- Arrest of Mr. Theogene Muhayeyezu, Rwandan lawyer for FDU-INKINGI on June 24, 2010 then
released 15 days later,
- Rigged Presidential elections on August 9, 2010 with total exclusion of the opposition,
- Arrest of several high-ranking officers in the Rwandan Army: General Charles Muhire, Major
General Karenzi Karake, Colonel Rugigana Ngabo, etc.
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