Lawyers for a prominent critic of Rwanda’s President Kagame say they believe one of the trial judges is biased because of her involvement in pre-trial detention hearings, and must therefore be removed.
The trial, which began today at the High Court in Kigali, has been postponed.
Diane Rwigara faces charges of insurrection and has spent the past year in prison. She is on trial alongside her mother, Adeline. The pair say the charges are politically motivated.
Ms Rwigara was barred from running in last year’s presidential election, which Mr Kagame won with nearly 99% of the vote.
Her father Assinapol Rwigara, who died in 2015, was a businessman and a former supporter of Mr Kagame.
