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http://www.anngarrison.com/audio/2013/03/419/30/madame-victoire-ingabire-and-prosecutors-both-appeal-to-rwandas-supreme-court Victoire Ingabire and prosecutors appeal to Rwanda's Supreme Court Submitted by  Ann Garrison  on Sat, 03/30/2013 - 20:58 play stop mute 00:00 03:49 KPFA Evening News, 03.30.2013 Imprisoned Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, in a Kigali courtroom KPFA Evening News Anchor Cameron Jones: Rwanda's FDU-Inkingi opposition party is reporting that Rwandan police assaulted and/or arrested seventeen of its members last Monday, outside the Supreme Court appeals hearing of their imprisoned leader, Madame  Victoire Ingabire . Ingabire attempted to run against incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame, in the 2010 election that many observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, described as unfair or as window dressing for military dictatorship. Ingabire was not allowed to register her party or run against Kagame, and she has b...

http://www.anngarrison.com/audio/2013/03/419/30/madame-victoire-ingabire-and-prosecutors-both-appeal-to-rwandas-supreme-court Victoire Ingabire and prosecutors appeal to Rwanda's Supreme Court Submitted by  Ann Garrison  on Sat, 03/30/2013 - 20:58 play stop mute 00:00 03:49 KPFA Evening News, 03.30.2013 Imprisoned Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, in a Kigali courtroom KPFA Evening News Anchor Cameron Jones: Rwanda's FDU-Inkingi opposition party is reporting that Rwandan police assaulted and/or arrested seventeen of its members last Monday, outside the Supreme Court appeals hearing of their imprisoned leader, Madame  Victoire Ingabire . Ingabire attempted to run against incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame, in the 2010 election that many observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, described as unfair or as window dressing for military dictatorship. Ingabire was not allowed to register her party or run against Kagame, and she has b...

http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/the-liberation-of-african-minds-a-giant-step-to-make/ The liberation of African minds: a giant step to make A friend asked me once if I liked movies and what I liked watching on TV. I replied and said that I had not watched television for the last four years. I didn't elaborate on the reasons that had pushed me to that radical resolution. But what he added summarized most of it. 'A rabbi once said that watching television [ or a censored news source – my emphasis ] is like opening sewage in your house.' Many are not aware of which ground they stand on.  Harriet Tubman , a black American abolitionist born in 1822, helped to free many among her compatriots from slavery. With a lot of courage, she took enormous life risks to liberate black people during the time when a handful of Negroes would dare to oppose openly the slavery system. To those who praised her for her efforts and achievements, she responded, 'I would've...

http://therisingcontinent.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/the-liberation-of-african-minds-a-giant-step-to-make/ The liberation of African minds: a giant step to make A friend asked me once if I liked movies and what I liked watching on TV. I replied and said that I had not watched television for the last four years. I didn't elaborate on the reasons that had pushed me to that radical resolution. But what he added summarized most of it. 'A rabbi once said that watching television [ or a censored news source – my emphasis ] is like opening sewage in your house.' Many are not aware of which ground they stand on.  Harriet Tubman , a black American abolitionist born in 1822, helped to free many among her compatriots from slavery. With a lot of courage, she took enormous life risks to liberate black people during the time when a handful of Negroes would dare to oppose openly the slavery system. To those who praised her for her efforts and achievements, she responded, 'I would've...