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| Opposition leader prevented from leaving Rwanda |
| 2010-03-25 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A Rwandan opposition leader facing investigation over comments made about the 1994 genocide was stopped by the police as she was about to leave the country. The leader of the Forces Démocratiques Unifiées - FDU-Inkingi, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, was prevented by Rwandan security forces to board a plane at Kigali International Airport. Meanwhile, a police spokesman told AFP that the formerly exiled opposition leader was not arrested but it was necessary that she remained in Rwanda for further questioning. "Police have asked Mrs. Ingabire to not leave the territory because she must respond to a police summons tomorrow," the security official explained. Ingabire, a Hutu who spent 16 years in exile, provoked controversy earlier this year as she called for the trial of those responsible for the death of Hutus in the 1994 genocide. The Rwandan government accuses her of denying the 1994 genocide in which some 800,000 people, mainly minority Tutsis along with some moderate Hutus, were slaughtered by Hutu militia supported by the government. The current government in Rwanda is dominated by the Tutsis. The opposition leader had previously complained about repeated harassment by Rwandan authorities, saying they were seeking to keep her out of running in presidential elections scheduled to be held in August. |
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