The Social Party Imberakuri ( rw, Ishyaka ry’Imberakuri Riharanira Imibereho Myiza; french: Parti Social Imberakuri, PS-Imberakuri), is a political party in

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

. "Imberakuri" in the name of the party translates as "supporter of truth". The party opposes the government of

Paul Kagame Paul Kagame (; born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who is the 4th and current president of Rwanda since 2000. He previously served as a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a Uganda-based rebel ...

History

The party was formed by Bernard Ntaganda on 14 December 2008 after he left the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...

. Due to what the government ruled were illegal demonstrations, party leaders including Ntaganda were arrested on 24 June 2010 and released on 9 July 2010, although Ntaganda was denied bail, and sentenced to four years in prison in 2011.Rwanda: The Social Party-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri), including treatment of its members by the authorities (2010-May 2013)
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada He was released in 2014. The party contested the 2013 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat. However, it entered parliament after winning two seats in the 2018 elections.

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* Political parties in Rwanda 2008 establishments in Rwanda Political parties established in 2008 {{Africa-party-stub