Critic of Rwandan president cleared of insurrection and forgery
Diane Rwigara, who criticised president Paul Kagame, was acquitted by court on Thursday
Rwanda’s high court has acquitted Diane Rwigara, a critic of the country’s veteran president, Paul Kagame, of charges including inciting insurrection and forgery of documents.
“Court rules that Diane Rwigara is innocent,” judge Xavier Ndahayo, one of a panel of three judges, told a packed courtroom in the capital Kigali.