Speech at the Washington Launch of the National Council for Democracy in Rwanda (NCDR)

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Members of the Press,
Representatives of Governments, Civil Society, and the International Community,

We thank you for attending this important press conference organized to discuss the current political situation in Rwanda and the urgent need for democratic reforms. My name is Nadine Claire KASINGE, serving as the president of ISHEMA political Party.

For many years, Rwanda has been presented internationally as a model of stability and development. However, behind this image lies a political system where democratic freedoms remain severely restricted and where citizens who express dissent continue to face intimidation, imprisonment, disappearance, and even death. A political system that operates as such cannot be a model, it must be treated as it is: the evil not only to avoid, but also to uproot.

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