3.
(d)
The grounds of belief are that the family has not been
informed that he is dead nor has his body been seen
anywhere;
(e)
The next of kin of Lieutenant Colonel Ngabo have not
been informed where Lieutenant Colonel Ngabo is
detained;
(f)
Lieutenant Colonel Ngabo has not been visited by his
family, doctor, nor a member of the Red Cross and is held
incommunicado;
(g)
Lieutenant Colonel Ngabo has not been formally charged
before any Court of Law in Rwanda nor is it disclosed
anywhere what offence he is alleged to have committed;
(h)
Lieutenant Colonel Ngabo’s wife is not in a position to file
an Application for habeas corpus to cause the release of
her husband within Rwanda as the Government is hostile
to such [a] process and her attempts to follow up the
detention of her husband has led to her being harassed
into hiding;
(i)
The Applicant is the elder sister of the said Lieutenant
Colonel Ngabo and has capacity and locus to bring this
Application to protect the fundamental Human Rights of
her brother.”
The Applicant now seeks the following declarations from this
Court, that:
(a)
The arrest and detention by the 2nd Respondent’s agents
without trial of Lieutenant Colonel Seveline Rugigana
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