This happens two years after the government of Rwanda withdrew from the special declaration of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights because it had accepted to deal with a case of someone accused of genocide crimes.

Minister of Justice, Johnston Busingye, said that the cause of the withdrawal from the court was because it ‘targeted our country, and looked for cases of people who were most likely to sue us’.

In an interview with IGIHE, he said that the government doesn’t know about the fines because it didn’t appear in court.

"The decision seems to be a result of the case or issues that were not taken to the court nor did anyone see us in the court. We will see what will happen when the whole case will be available," he said.

When Rwanda withdrew from the court, it announced that it also withdrew all it was involved in.

The decision to compensate Ingabire was taken on Friday 7 December.

The court stated that the fines are charged from the losses incurred by Ingabire during her imprisonment and the problems that her family went through when she was in jail.

For physical damages, the court ordered Rwanda to pay Rwf10 230,000, and the problems her husband and children sustained resulting from her imprisonment. On this point, the court ordered the government to pay Rwf55 million.

The court ordered the government to pay Ingabire the fines in less than six months, and in case of any delay, pay her with interest.

In October 2014, Victoire Ingabire submitted her case to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. At that time, she was asking the court to carefully examine the law on genocide ideology, and spreading rumors.

She also asked for release and compensation for the damages she incurred while in jail.

Last year, the court ruled on the case, asserting that her rights were violated because it was based on her own statements at the Genocide memorial which violates her right to say her opinion.

The court also said that the crime of spreading rumors was unfounded because what she said was already known.

In 2013, Rwanda signed an agreement with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights African Court of Human Rights, stating that Rwandan citizens or a group of Rwandans may file human rights-related cases.

Ingabire was arrested in 2010. On 13 December 2013, the Supreme Court convicted her for

15 years of imprisonment after she had appealed against the term of eight years in jail requested by the Supreme Court.

She was convicted of the crimes of betraying her country, aimed at disturbing its safety and creating a gang group.

In September this year, Ingabire was released on the clemency of the President of the Republic.