Kagame arrests Rwandan presidential candidate Bernard Ntaganda

Bernard Ntaganda, presidential candidate of Rwanda's P.S. Imberakuri Party before it broke into two factions, and still the presidential candidate of one wing.  He has called for postponement of the elections until all viable candidates can register, and today he called for protest as President Paul Kagame registered his candidacy with the National Electoral Commission, saying "Silence is acceptance."   He was arrested at his home this morning, 06.24.2010, before he could leave to attend the protest.

Bernard Ntaganda, Rwandan opposition presidential candidate, and Didas Gasana, Editor of Rwanda's banned newspaper, Umuseso, spoke to KMEC Radio on April 18th. Gasana has since fled to Uganda and Ntaganda was arrested in Kigali this morning.

Last night Ntaganda put out an urgent message that his assistant, Mr. Sibomana Rusangwa Aimable, had disappeared at 8 p.m., after a meeting held at the head office of P.S.Imberakuri in which the Party had decided to organize demonstrations today, June 24th, 2010.

Read more at Digital Journal: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293800.

Umuseso Editor Didas Gasana grilled by Rwandan Police

Didas Gasana, Editor of Kinyarwanda language newspaper Umuseso, now banned by Rwanda's High Media Council. 

On Monday, 04.27.2010, Police detectives in Kigali, Rwanda interrogated Didas Gasana, Editor of the weekly African language newspaper Umuseso for eight hours. Gasana now fears extrajudicial abduction or a prison sentence of up to 25 years.


Read at http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/291281

KMEC Radio News: Election Rwanda, 04.18.2010

Didas Gasana, Editor of the Kinyarwanda language newspaper Umuseso, spoke to KMEC Radio on 04.18.2010.

Frank Habineza, chair of the Green Party of Rwanda, has been elected as President of the Executive Committee of the Federation of African Greens on April 18th in Kampala – Uganda.

Although his party and others, and the press, are still challenged in Rwanda, this is considered as a significant step.

On Sunday, 04.18.2010, Didas Gasana, Editor of the banned Kinyarwanda language newspaper Umuseso, and Parti Social-Imberakuri candidate Bernard Ntaganda, about conditions in Rwanda, in the run-up to the 2010 presidential election, for KMEC Radio:

KMEC Radio report on Frank Habineza’s election and on the conditions prevailing in Rwanda before the presidential elections.