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“I was not surprised by my arrest. I was kind of expecting it because of what I was doing in the country: if you dare criticise the government that is what happens, you get arrested, imprisoned or lose your life. I expected some form of retaliation.”

— Diane Rwigara

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“Some of the statistics on Rwanda’s development appear to be cooked.”

“This is the second time you cheat me out of my right to campaign.”

“I am innocent and the charges are fabricated because I opposed the ruling party.”

We’re only allowed to do or say certain things as dictated by the ruling party. If you don’t, you pay a high price.

“When time comes for leaders to leave power, they get excuses to stay and then say that it is the people who are asking them to continue to lead. This is a bad habit across the continent.”

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