Rwandan police grabbed opposition leader Victoire Ingabire on Thursday night. They say she tried to start trouble and build a criminal group. Ingabire runs a political party called DALFA-Umurinzi that the government refuses to recognize. Her lawyer thinks the arrest is just another way to shut her up.
Ingabire came back from living outside Rwanda back around 2010. She wanted to run for president but officials stopped her. They said she denied the 1994 genocide happened the way most people believe it did. Police threw her behind bars two years later for trying to form an armed group.
The courts let her out of prison during 2018 after she served six years. Her international lawyer told reporters that Rwanda keeps picking on her and her supporters. He worries that government opponents often face real danger there. The lawyer thinks officials want to scare other people from speaking against those who run the country.
President Paul Kagame has controlled Rwanda for twenty-five years. He won another election last year with almost every single vote. Many world leaders say he turned the country around after the terrible genocide. Human rights groups claim he hurts people who disagree with him and helps rebels fight next door.
Ingabire came back from living outside Rwanda back around 2010. She wanted to run for president but officials stopped her. They said she denied the 1994 genocide happened the way most people believe it did. Police threw her behind bars two years later for trying to form an armed group.
The courts let her out of prison during 2018 after she served six years. Her international lawyer told reporters that Rwanda keeps picking on her and her supporters. He worries that government opponents often face real danger there. The lawyer thinks officials want to scare other people from speaking against those who run the country.
President Paul Kagame has controlled Rwanda for twenty-five years. He won another election last year with almost every single vote. Many world leaders say he turned the country around after the terrible genocide. Human rights groups claim he hurts people who disagree with him and helps rebels fight next door.
