Charles Ntakirutinka

Charles Ntakirutinka is a former Transportation Minister of the Rwandan government and current detainee. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience and a 2011 "priority case".^[1]

PDR-Ubuyanja

In May 2001, Charles Ntakirutinka helped found Le Parti Démocratique de Renouveau (Democratic Party for Renewal, PDR-Ubuyanja) with former President Pasteur Bizimungu.^[1] Bizumungu was promptly placed under house arrest by the government of current president Paul Kagame.^[2]

Ntakirutinka was arrested in April 2002 along with Bizimungu and six other men on charges of disturbing public order, provoking civil conflict and targeting government authorities for assassination.^[1] Following a 2004 trial that Amnesty International describes as "falling well short of international standards of fairness", including witness statements allegedly extracted under torture, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.^[1] Human Rights Watch also criticized the trial as "flawed", and noted Ntakirutinka's continued imprisonment in their 2009 annual report.^[3]

On 17 February 2006, Ntakirutinka's appeal was rejected by The Supreme Court.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "CHARLES NTAKIRUTINKA, PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE". Amnesty International. http://www.amnestyusa.org/individuals-at-risk/priority-cases/rwanda-charles-ntakirutinka/page.do?id=1510032. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
2. ^ "Rwanda ex-president under arrest". BBC News. 31 May 2001. http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1361820.stm. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
3. ^ "Rwanda: Events of 2009". Human Rights Watch. http://www.hrw.org/en/node/87596. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
4. ^ "Rwanda's ex-leader loses appeal". BBC News. 17 February 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4724338.stm. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 

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