Tatiana Mukakibibi

Tatiana Mukakibibi (born 1965) is a former journalist and radio presenter in Rwanda.

She was imprisoned without formal trial for over 10 years, accused of inciting violence through her broadcasts during the early days of the Rwandan genocide. After pressure from international organizations including Reporters Without Borders and Journaliste en danger, she was acquitted and released in November 2007.

Biography Mukakibibi was born in 1965 in Rwanda's Muhanga region, which was then known as Gitarama.

She became a host and producer of programs on Radio Rwanda, where she worked with the prize-winning journalist André Sibomana.

She has one daughter. On July 4, 1994, after the evacuation of Kigali, Mukakibibi sought refuge along with other journalists in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She returned to Rwanda on August 10, 1994, to work with Sibomana, and they settled in Kabgayi in the Gitarama region.

In July 1995, she was arrested for the first time and detained for a few days. Fearing further retaliation, she fled to Uganda.

In November 2007, she was finally acquitted by a Gacaca court and released after 11 years of detention. Before her release, she had been held longer than any of the other female journalists imprisoned around the world at that time.