{"id":36165,"date":"2017-10-31T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/prison-break-convicted-former-journalist-escapes\/"},"modified":"2017-11-06T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:14:13","slug":"prison-break-convicted-former-journalist-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/prison-break-convicted-former-journalist-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison break: Convicted former journalist escapes Nyanza Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ntamuhanga is a former journalist at Amazing Grace Radio in Kigali.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to IGIHE, the RCS spokesperson, CIP Hillary Sengabo confirmed that three inmates escaped from the prison last night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened last night, he escaped with two more inmates by using ropes and jumped over the prison wall,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Sengabo said on Tuesday morning RCS officers found abandoned but seemingly used ropes at the prison wall which prompted them to start investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Ntamuhanga had been co-accused with Jean Paul Dukuzumuremyi, Agnes Niyibizi and Kizito Mihigo.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, the court convicted Ntamuhanga of treason charges and sentenced him to 25 years in prison. <\/p>\n<p>Other escapees are Sibomana Kirenge who had been sentenced to 20 years on murder charges and Theogene Tambirije who was serving 16 years on rape conviction.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22400 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/escaped.jpg\" alt=\"Ntamuhanga (C) and other escapees \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22401 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ntamuhanga.jpg\" alt=\"Ntamuhanga in 2014 \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22405 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ntamuhanga4.jpg\" alt=\"Cassien Ntamuhanga and Agnes Niyibizi before the court \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22404 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ntamuhanga5.jpg\" alt=\"Ntamuhanga  accused and convicted of treason, terrorism and plotting murder\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><img22406|center><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22407 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ntamuhanga2.jpg\" alt=\"Ntamuhanga, former journalist at Amazing Grace Radio\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-22408 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ntamuhanga1.jpg\" alt=\"The court convicted Ntamuhanga of treason charges and sentenced him to 25 years in prison\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t-vjCGHht8g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n{{Photos by Philbert Girinema}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS) has confirmed reports that Cassien Ntamuhanga accused and convicted of treason, terrorism and plotting murder has escaped from Nyanza Prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-36165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default 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