The Rwandan Police grill once again Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza (15.02.10)

PRESS RELEASE

The Rwandan Police grill once again Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

We have learnt that the Rwandan Police has summoned for the second time, in less than a week, the Chair of UDF ( United Democratic Forces) to their offices in Kacyiru. Like the last time, the grounds have not been disclosed. She is ordered to report on Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 14:00.

UDF INKINGI is concerned about the relentless police grillings which, apparently, are preparing the public opinion for a politically motivated arrest. Last week she was questionned for about 4 hours. This half-freedom status is a strategy to delay the registration of the party UDF INKINGI, so as to ensure that it does not participate in the presidential elections planned for August 2010. It is obvious that the case is politically motivated and has nothing to do with the law. Its aim is to solve a political problem rather than to achieve justice because it was initiated by the President of Rwanda during his latest press conference when he threatened to activate criminal laws in this respect.

Unrelenting persecution, coupled with threats of arbitrary arrest are discouraging many rwandans from returning to the country to contribute to its development. The United Democratic Forces call on the Rwandan government to end all acts of  harassments towards the Chair of UDF Inkingi aimed at blocking all attempts to initiate a peacefull political process in Rwanda.   

Done in Brussels  February 15, 2010
For the UDF INKINGI Coordinating Committee

Nkiko Nsengimana

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