Diane rwigara
Critic of Rwandan president cleared of insurrection and forgery
Diane Rwigara has repeatedly accused President Paul Kagame of stifling dissent and criticised his Rwandan Patriotic Front’s unyielding grip on power.
Diane Rwigara, a prominent critic of President Paul Kagame, was blocked from challenging him in the August 2017 presidential election and arrested a month later for alleged tax evasion and forgery as well as for inciting insurrection.
Police in Kigali have not confirmed this; it took them a week to admit they were holding her after she was reported missing in August.
Rwigara’s been missing since police raided her home a week ago, ostensibly investigating charges of fraud and tax evasion.
Diane Rwigara spoke out against Paul Kagame’s autocratic regime and was disqualified from running against him in presidential elections earlier this month.