In January 2010, she decided to return from a 16 years exile and run against the dictator of Rwanda, General Paul Kagame, taking what most of the Rwandan observers said were and turned out to be true: grave risks for her and other opposition membersʼ life. Not only was she barred from running in presidential elections, but also her political party was banned, her supporters and associates were persecuted, killed or jailed and her lawyer was thrown in jail.
Most importantly, she ended up being arrested and risks life imprisonment, accused of attempts to state security and divisionism.
She, Ms. Victoire Umuhoza Ingabire, has come to represent the face of the victims of the repressive regime of Rwanda. Her troubles epitomize the risks African opposition leaders and democrats who seek to promote democratic values and institutions in their countries run, and the courage some of them are willing to take to change the destiny of their countries.
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