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Melissa Chemam

Lawyers decry arrest of Rwandan opponent Ingabire as 'unlawful and arbitrary'

Victoire Ingabire returned from exile to run for president in 2010, however she was arrested, charged with terrorism and treason and sentenced to 10 years in jail. This file picture from April 7, 2010, shows the Rwanda opposition leader at her home in Kigali. AFP/File

Lawyers for Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire say she is being targeted by a biased justice system after her arrest on Thursday evening, claiming there is no evidence linking her to an alleged plot to incite public unrest.

“We are gravely concerned by this unlawful and arbitrary re-arrest, and the ongoing pattern of political intimidation of our client Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza," her team of international lawyers said in a statement Friday.

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