Rwandan YouTuber Yvonne Idamange Iryamugwiza has been arraigned in court in the capital Kigali on six charges including insurrection and incitement to public disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She is accused of “spreading rumours using technology\u201d, \u201ccontempt for genocide memorials\u201d, \u201cobstruction of the implementation of government policies\u201d and \u201cusing counterfeit bank cheques\u201d among other charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She denies all charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The YouTuber rose to prominence with videos critical of President Paul Kagame and the Rwandan government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one video on her YouTube channel, she criticised the government for displaying the bones of genocide victims in memorials. She said the remains should instead be buried with dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was arrested on 15 February and Thursday’s appearance was the first time she has been seen in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opposition party PS Imberakuri criticised her arrest as an attempt to stifle free speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Rwandan YouTuber Yvonne Idamange Iryamugwiza has been arraigned in court in the capital Kigali on six charges including insurrection and incitement to public disorder. She is accused of “spreading rumours using technology\u201d, \u201ccontempt for genocide memorials\u201d, \u201cobstruction of the implementation of government policies\u201d and \u201cusing counterfeit bank cheques\u201d among other charges. She denies all charges. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":22130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[356,98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-22129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n