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Rwanda prosecutors seek 22-year jail term for Rwigaras

Diane Rwigara (second right), her mother Adeline Rwigara and their lawyers Gatera Gashabana (left) and Pierre Celestin Buhuru in a Kigali courtroom on November 7, 2018. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

By  EDMUND KAGIRE

Rwanda prosecutors on Wednesday requested the High Court in Kigali to hand both Diane Shima Rwigara and her mother Adeline Mukangemana 22-year prison sentences for, among other charges, inciting insurrection.

The trial resumed a month after the two women were released on bail having spent more than a year in jail.

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