Victoire Ingabire

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on Saturday denounced what it called irregularities in the trial of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who was sentenced to eight years on terror charges and for denying the country's genocide.

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was jailed for eight years on Tuesday after a court found her guilty of terror charges and denying the country's genocide, but her lawyer immediately said she would appeal.

Rwanda's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a suit filed by a leading opposition figure challenging one of the laws being used to prosecute her for allegedly denying the 1994 genocide.

Rwanda's Supreme Court on Friday postponed a ruling on a suit filed by a leading opposition figure challenging one of the laws under which she is being prosecuted.

A Rwandan court on Friday postponed the verdict for opposition figure Victoire Ingabire, accused of bankrolling terrorism and denying the 1994 genocide, until October 19.

Opponents of Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame asked the International Criminal Court Friday to pursue him over war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year.

Opponents of Rwanda's long-time President Paul Kagame asked the International Criminal Court on Friday to pursue him over war crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A Rwandan court Friday postponed the verdict for opposition figure Victoire Ingabire, accused of bankrolling terrorism and denial of the 1994 genocide, until September, the prosecutor's office said.

Rwandan prosecutors called for a life sentence Wednesday for opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, on charges including complicity in a terrorist group and denying the 1994 genocide.

The UN-backed tribunal for Rwanda on Thursday transferred a genocide suspect to the central African country, the first to be sent for trial before a national court, a lawyer told AFP.

The lawyer for a detainee at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has filed an motion to block his client's transfer to Rwanda, a court official said Tuesday.

Prominent Rwandan opposition figure Victoire Ingabire will boycott her trial for suspected terrorism and denying genocide in protest at the treatment of a witness, her lawyer said Monday.

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was accused of plotting to form a rebel group Wednesday, the second day of her trial on charges of fomenting insecurity and ethnic divisions.

The trial opened Monday of Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame's regime who is charged with fomenting insecurity and ethnic divisions.

The trial of Rwandan opposition figure Victoire Ingabire, an outspoken critic of the country's leadership and charged with fomenting insecurity and promoting ethnic divisions, opens here Monday.

A Rwandan court on Monday postponed the trial of opposition figure Victoire Ingabire until September 5, after her lawyers asked for more time to prepare.

Supporters of detained Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire on Saturday demanded she be given a fair trial and denounced terrorism charges against her as "politically motivated".

A Rwandan court on Thursday refused for the fourth time to grant bail to opposition leader Victoire Ingabire who has been in detention since her arrest in October over terrorism charges.

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's high court has rejected a bail application by opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, who is charged with threatening national security and public order, and extended her detention, the Prosecutor General's office said on Friday.

The leader of the Unified Democratic Forces (FDU) party, which has not been officially recognised by the authorities, Ingabire was arrested in Kigali in October, while she has been under judicial surveillance since April.