A Rwandan court has released a pregnant woman from the United Kingdom
who was accused of involvement in a plot against Rwanda's government.
Violette Uwamahoro appeared last week in court in Rwanda's capital
Kigali, charged with spreading state secrets.
A judge said there was no evidence to warrant the detention of the
expectant mother and released her on bail.
Mrs Uwamahoro, from Leeds, was arrested in February after going to
Rwanda for a family funeral.
The prosecution has a window of five days to appeal against the
court's decision, Mrs Uwamahoro's lawyer Antoinette Mukamusoni told
the BBC.
She was immediately freed after the court's ruling but she is not
allowed to leave the country, pending the appeal.
Beyond the issue of bail settled on Monday, prosecutors must prove
their case against Mrs Uwamahoro within 30 days or all charges will be
dismissed, Mrs Mukamusoni said.
The arrest of the Leeds youth worker had caused an uproar among rights
groups with Amnesty International saying she was illegally held
without access to lawyers or her family.
Her husband, Faustin Rukundo, an opposition activist, feared she would
be denied a fair trial.
He had appealed for the intervention of the British government to
secure her release.
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