Victoire Ingabire: Rwandan opposition leader barred from election

Rwandan court bars opposition candidate, paving way for Kagame victory

The High Court ruled that Victoire Ingabire is ineligible to run in the election because of an earlier conviction for ‘divisionism’ for questioning the lack of justice for Hutu victims of the Rwandan genocide

Rwanda opposition leader barred from election over past convictions

Victoire Ingabire, who was pardoned for terrorism and genocide denial offences, denounces court’s ‘clearly politicised’ rulingA Rwandan court has found the opposition leader and dissident Victoire Ingabire ineligible to run in the July presidential election because of previous convictions for terrorism and genocide denial.A fierce critic of Rwanda’s long-ruling president, Paul Kagame, Ingabire spent eight years in prison before receiving a presi…

Top Rwandan opposition figure barred from election

Victoire Ingabire, an outspoken critic of President Kagame, fails in her bid to run for the presidency.

Rwanda court upholds election ban on opposition politician

A Rwandan court on Wednesday found opposition leader and government critic Victoire Ingabire ineligible to run in the July presidential elections because of previous convictions for terrorism and genocide denial. "I disagree with this ruling. It is clearly politicised. We still have a country where the courts are still not independent," she told AFP after […] The post Rwanda court upholds election ban on opposition politician appeared first on T…