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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 6 Oct 2017

    Rwandan politician Diane Rwigara, charged with inciting insurrection, 'denied access to lawyer' http://bbc.in/2y53kCJ pic.twitter.com/TFNRDMClXR

    8:39 AM - 6 Oct 2017
    • 554 Retweets
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    • Joel Mike Le Prodige josephshilingi8@gmai Taplah kwe golan masuba -Pro- hermann nkeya medja Ma Tama C. Bizimana
    92 replies 554 retweets 213 likes
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      2. Peetah™‏ @peterudar 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Get your facts right and stop spreading #FakeNews. No one denied her access to a lawyer. Research then report!!

        3 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. Sam Oloya‏ @sm_locken 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @peterudar @BBCAfrica

        Another supporter of "life presidency " in Africa..shame on uu

        1 reply 2 retweets 23 likes
      4. Gerald Mbanda‏ @GeraldMbanda 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @sm_locken @peterudar

        . #Kagame is democratically elected by majority Rwandans. If that is dictatorship I agree with you.

        2 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
      5. The Muthoka®‏ @MuthokaTito 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @GeraldMbanda @sm_locken and

        Rwanda: Paul Kagame ordered the 1994 assassination of President Juvenal Habyarimana.https://www.globalresearch.ca/did-paul-kagame-order-the-1994-assassination-of-president-juvenal-habyarimana/32399 …

        1 reply 8 retweets 10 likes
      6. The Muthoka®‏ @MuthokaTito 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MuthokaTito @GeraldMbanda and

        Paul Kagame Killed President Juvenal Habyarimana http://www.france-rwanda.info/article-paul-kagame-killed-president-juvenal-habyarimana-85574365.html … via @TFR_INFO

        1 reply 7 retweets 8 likes
      7. The Muthoka®‏ @MuthokaTito 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MuthokaTito @GeraldMbanda and

        Rwanda says Hutu radicals led by Paul Kagame killed president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994 | Reutershttps://www.reuters.com/article/ozatp-rwanda-genocide-20100111-idAFJOE60A08F20100111 …

        2 replies 11 retweets 9 likes
      8. The Muthoka®‏ @MuthokaTito 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MuthokaTito @GeraldMbanda and

        Forced to lie: Kagame Killed Presidents Habyarimana and Ntaryamira, former RPF SecGen Theogene Rudasingwa reveals. http://afjn.org/forced-to-lie-kagame-killed-presidents-habyarimana-and-ntaryamira/ …

        2 replies 11 retweets 8 likes
      9. Herbert K. MUHIRE  🇷🇼‏ @herbertgig 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MuthokaTito @GeraldMbanda and

        George &Tito, #Rwanda is way way past this fake news u r reading &posting...just come visit &see 4 urself, u'll learn d truth! Free hosting

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
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      1. Sheikh Dukuly, MPH‏ @IamSheikhDukuly 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Every citizen should have the right to speak their mind freely. We Africans are the ones creating monsters calling them presidents.

        0 replies 7 retweets 34 likes
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      2. Queen Yusuf‏ @QueenYusuf4 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Comon Kagame , she needs her lawyer. This is democracy which allows everyone who has intrest in politics to participate. #freedom for DIANE.

        2 replies 8 retweets 23 likes
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      1. AFRIQUE MON AFRIQUE!‏ @madciss 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        DIANE RWIGARA FREE! FREE! FREE!

        0 replies 3 retweets 7 likes
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      1. The Duke‏ @njinjoya 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Below are comments of pple who have been brainwashed and most especially pple who see change as a threat!! Apologize for her opinion?really?

        0 replies 2 retweets 15 likes
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      1. Arthur Benjamin 🇿🇼‏ @abmusindo 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        As if winning with almost 100% is not enough

        0 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
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      2. Vincent Gasana‏ @MweneGahaya 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @RwandaBriefing

        The lady who cried wolf: she's no more bn denied access to her lawyer than she was "disappeared" as she held court in her luxury home.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Motlokwa Tsotetsi‏ @Sthathi 6 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MweneGahaya @BBCAfrica @RwandaBriefing

        Why is she being arrested?

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Vincent Gasana‏ @MweneGahaya 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Sthathi @BBCAfrica @RwandaBriefing

        Charges include unpaid taxes, forging signatures on electoral commission form...also, failing to report to police while on bail as requested

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Motlokwa Tsotetsi‏ @Sthathi 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @MweneGahaya @BBCAfrica @RwandaBriefing

        The investigation on unpaid taxes, forging signatures and other stuff began before or after she wanted to run for presidency?

        4 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
      6. Abdul K. Harelimana‏ @HarelimanaAK 7 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Sthathi

        .@Sthathi @RwandaBriefing @MweneGahaya @BBCAfrica It begins anytime it gets known to concerned bodies. #RwOT @gatjmv @CUwanyiligira

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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