United Democratic Forces of Rwanda

United Democratic Forces of Rwanda
Forces Democratiques Unifiées
PresidentPlacide Kayumba
ChairpersonPlacide Kayumba
-Since 4 of September 2021
SpokespersonVictoire Ingabire Umuhoza
FounderVictoire Ingabire Umuhoza
Founded29 April 2006
Merger ofDemocratic Resistance Forces
RDR
Democratic Alliance of Rwanda
Preceded byRDR
IdeologyGrassroots democracy
Egalitarianism
Green Politics
Anti-Racism
Anti-Fascism
Anti-Authoritarianism
Anti-Kagame
Decentralization
Political positionCenter to Center-left
ReligionSecular
ColorsRed, green
SloganFor 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]

  1. ^ "Everything you need to know about human rights in Rwanda". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  2. ^ "World Report 2020: Rights Trends in Rwanda". Human Rights Watch. 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2020-10-22.