Presidential hopeful Victoire Ingabire was arrested on Wednesday and taken to court promptly. She is being charged with terrorist collaboration, genocide ideology and ethnic division. She is set to run opposite current president Paul Kagame as the United Democratic Forces candidate. She was in exile until January and claims she has been harassed since her return to Rwanda. Other members of the opposing party are facing threats and being harassed. Ingabire though is a known ethnic Hutu, which in 1994 killed 800,000 people (mostly Tutsi's) in 100 days after an election. There has been some apprehension and worry that after the elections there will be a repeat of 1994. Rumors have also flown around that it is President Kagame that has set this arrest up to get a leg up on the competition. Thursday the court was set to decide whether or not Ingabire have a bail set or not. Members of her party also attempted to convince officials to release her saying her arrest was illegal. The court has been quoted saying that her involvement in politics doesn't put her above the law. Many commentators on the CNN article appear to be against Ingabire's arrest, claiming Kagame has "hatred in his heart" and saying that Ingabire is only being arrested for being strong opposition.
According to a later search, the court released Ingabire on bail but does not allow her to leave the capital without the courts permission.
Submitted by: Emily Schaub
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