The country’s most prominent opposition leader, Victoire Ingabire, was denied bail on Tuesday, a day after she was charged with forming a terrorist organization and ordered held for 30 days in what her party, the Support Committee for FDU-Inkingi, called “a political decision, and not justice.” Ms. Ingabire, left, was also barred from challenging President Paul Kagame in the August elections because she was facing charges of genocide ideology at the time. Human rights groups have accused the Rwandan government of using terrorist allegations to stifle opposition in the country, where the campaign leading up to the August vote was marred by a series of attacks on outspoken government critics. Rwanda’s government has denied any involvement.
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