United Democratic Forces of Rwanda Forces Democratiques Unifiées | |
|---|---|
| President | Placide Kayumba |
| Chairperson | Placide Kayumba -Since 4 of September 2021 |
| Spokesperson | Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza |
| Founder | Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza |
| Founded | 29 April 2006 |
| Merger of | Democratic Resistance Forces RDR Democratic Alliance of Rwanda |
| Preceded by | RDR |
| Ideology | Grassroots democracy Egalitarianism Green Politics Anti-Racism Anti-Fascism Anti-Authoritarianism Anti-Kagame Decentralization |
| Political position | Center to Center-left |
| Religion | Secular |
| Colors | Red, green |
| Slogan | For the Rule of Law, Democracy and Equal Oportunity |
| Website | |
| fdu-rwanda.com | |
The United Democratic Forces of Rwanda (UDF-Inkingi; Inkingi is the Kinyarwanda word for “pillar. French: Forces Democratiques Unifiées, FDU-INKINGI) is a coalition of Rwandan opposition groups. Since its foundation in 2006, the UDF-Inkingi has profiled itself as an opposition party whose main objective is to change the regime of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which has been in power since the end of the genocide against the Tutsis in July 1994. To this day, despite multiple attempts to become officially registered in Rwanda, the UDF-Inkingi has not yet been authorised to operate in Rwanda as a party. According to international human rights bodies, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, UDF-Inkingi members inside Rwanda have been regularly subjected to persecution and even to murder, mostly non-elucidated.[1][2]