Rwanda: General Paul Kagame will be liable for any incident against Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and her collaborators

By Pascal Kalinganire
Coordinator General
Organization for Peace, Justice and Development in Rwanda (OPJDR)
February 9, 2010

RELEASE Nº 013/R/PK 210 February 9, 2010

The Organization for Peace, Justice and Development in Rwanda (OPJDR) has been informed of rumors that Mrs. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, President of the opposition political party United Democratic Forces (UDF-Inkingi) and candidate to the presidential elections in Rwanda, scheduled August 9, 2010, was the victim of a traffic accident and she would even be dead.

The OPJDR would like to warn Rwandan people and the entire international community that it is the maneuvering strategy of President Kagame to feel the reactions of each other and then turn to act. The lynching of Ms. Ingabire and his colleague Joseph Ntawangundi on February 3, 2010, followed by the arrest of the latter, fall into this strategy.

The OPJDR asks the General Paul Kagame as President of the Republic and thus guarantor of all the country's institutions, to ensure the safety of Mrs. Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza and that he will be liable for any incident or injury of any nature whatsoever which would happen to Madam Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and all her collaborators.

Pascal Kalinganire
Coordinator General
OPJDR
P.O. Box 784 • Manchester, NH • 03105
PHONE: (603) 621-0264
http://www.opjdr.org/

Note:
OPJDR is a non-profit and apolitical Human Rights Organization. Its mission is to promote the respect of human rights and Cultural, educational, and economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Nº 013/R/PK 210 Février 9, 2010

L’Organisation pour la Paix, la Justice et le Développement au Rwanda (OPJDR) vient d’être informée des rumeurs selon lesquelles Mme Madame Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza, Présidente du parti politique d’opposition des Forces Démocratiques Unifiées (FDU-Inkingi) et candidate aux élections présidentielles prévues au Rwanda le 9 Aout 2010, aurait été victime d’un accident de circulation et qu’elle serait même décédée.

L’OPJDR attire l’attention des rwandais et de la communauté internationale qu’il s’agit la des manœuvres du pouvoir du Président Kagame pour tâter la réactions des uns et des autres pour passer ensuite à l’acte. Le lynchage de Madame Ingabire et de son collègue Joseph Ntawangundi le 3 Février 2010, suivi de l’ arrestation de ce dernier, entrent dans cette stratégie.

L’OPJDR demande donc au Général Paul Kagame, en tant que Président de la République et de ce fait garant de toutes les institutions du pays, d’assurer la sécurité de Madame Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza et qu’ il sera tenu responsable de tout incident ou accident de quelque nature que ce soit qui arrivera à Madame Ingabire Victoire Umuhoza et à tous ses collaborateurs.

Pascal Kalinganire
Coordinateur Général
OPJDR
P.O. Box 784 • Manchester, NH • 03105
PHONE: (603) 621-0264
http://www.opjdr.org/

Note:
OPJDR is a non-profit and apolitical Human Rights Organization. Its mission is to promote the respect of human rights and Cultural, educational, and economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

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