II.
5.
Summary of the facts
The Applicant contends that when the genocide in Rwanda started in Apri11994,
she was in the Netherlands to further her university education in economics and
business administration.
6.
The Applicant avers that in 2000, she became the Leader of a Political Party
known as the "Rassemblement repub/icain pour Ia democratie au Rwanda".
The Applicant states that she had been a member of the party since 1998.
7.
According to the Applicant, sometime later, the party merged with two other
political parties, to form the "Force democratique Unifies" (FDU) headed by the
Applicant.
8.
The Applicant contends that in 2010, after spending nearly 17 years abroad,
she decided to return to Rwanda to contribute to nation-building, and among
her priorities was the registration of the political party, FDU lnkingi.
9.
The Applicant adds that she did not attain this objective because as from 10
February 2010, charges were brought against her by the judicial police, the
Prosecutor and Courts and Tribunals of the Respondent. The Applicant alleges
that she was charged with spreading the ideology of genocide, aiding and
abetting terrorism, sectarianism and divisionism, undermining the internal
security of a state, spreading rumours which may incite the population against
political authorities, establishment of an armed branch of a rebel movement and
attempted recourse to terrorism.
10.
On 30 October 2012 and 13 December 2013, the Applicant was sentenced to 8
and later 15 years of imprisonment by the High Court and the Supreme Court
of Rwanda.
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