TRANSCRIPT OF INGABIRE’S HANDWRITTEN LETTER
On April 26, 2012—the day the prosecution sought the maximum sentence of life imprisonment for Victoire Ingabire on charges of terrorism, threatening state security, divisionism, genocide ideology and denial—the prosecution presented a letter written by Ingabire, which they told the court was a request for a pardon from President Kagame.
The title of the letter written in Kinyarwanda reads: “Explanation, asking for pardon.” After hundreds of pages of evidence produced by prosecutors against Ingabire, this letter was the last document submitted.
“This letter deserves no consideration,” Prosecutor Bonaventure Ruberwa was quoted as saying. “Ingabire was asking for forgiveness in the letter, but pleading not guilty in court. If she was not guilty, then why was she asking for pardon?” The prosecution added that the president could not forgive (...) Read more
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