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Victoire Ingabire: Rwandan opposition leader barred from election
BBC Great Lakes
A court in Rwanda has blocked efforts by prominent opposition figure Victoire Ingabire to lift a ban on her running in July's presidential election.
She was freed in 2018 after spending eight years in prison for threatening state security and "belittling" the 1994 genocide.
In Rwanda, people who have been jailed for more than six months are barred from running in elections.
Ms Ingabire said the court's ruling was politicised.
"The refusal of my rehabilitation is not merely a personal attack but is emblematic of the broader issues facing our nation, issues that human rights organisations and development partners of Rwanda have long criticised," Ms Ingabire said in a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Outside court in the capital, Kigali, the 55-year-old politician said: "I don't agree with what the judge said, and unfortunately you can't appeal before two years.
"We are still far from a law-abiding country."
Ms Ingabire is an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, who has been the dominant force in the country for three decades.
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Rwanda terror charge for opposition's Victoire Ingabire
She was granted bailed but was rearrested earlier this month after the capture of Major Vital Uwumuremyi, once a senior officer in charge of police affairs for the FDLR Hutu militia.
The authorities say he was caught on 13 October trying to cross over the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the FDLR is based.
In court on Monday, prosecutors said that while Ms Ingabire was on bail, she had continued with terrorist activities.
The BBC's Geoffrey Mutagoma in Kigali says Maj Uwumuremyi appeared as a prosecution witness.
He told the court he had been in communication with Ms Ingabire while she was on bail - and had had dealings with her beforehand.
If she is found guilty of all the charges, she is likely to get a life sentence, our reporter says.
Ms Ingabire is a Hutu and most of the 800,000 people killed in the 1994 conflict were ethnic Tutsis.
President Paul Kagame, the former rebel leader whose Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) put an end to the genocide, won a second term in office in August with 93% of the vote.
The court in Kigali is due to decide on Tuesday whether Ms Ingabire should be granted bail.
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Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
Rwandan politician (born 1968)
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza | |
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| Born | (1968-10-03) 3 Oct 1968 (age 56) |
| Political party | Development Elitist Liberty Emancipation All |
| Other political affiliations | United Democratic Gather of Rwanda |
| Children | 3 |
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