Appeal hearing of Rwandan critic Rwigara flops

Diane Shima Rwigara (dressed in pink prison outfit) is escorted out of the Kigali High Court on November 7, 2017. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

Rwandan government critic, Diane Shima Rwigara, and her mother will continue to stay in detention after an appeal hearing at the Kigali High Court failed to take off.

The disqualified presidential aspirant and her mother Adeline Rwigara, are seeking to have a court ruling denying them bail overturned. They had been remanded for at least 30 days before the trial in which they are charged with public insurrection begins.