Newsreels Help Rwandans Confront Genocide and its Aftermath
"Justice in Rwanda," an Internews project that has been producing and showing newsreel films about the process of justice for the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has improved Rwandans' understanding of what...
ICTR Opens Fourth Court to Speed up Genocide Trials
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on 1 March,2005 opened the fourth court room to speed up trials of genocide suspects and to meet the closing UN strategy of 2008.
The...
Pleading Guilty, Seeking Pardon
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in March sentenced Vincent Rutaganira, the former councillor of Mubuga sector to 6 years in prison for failing to stop the massacres that took place...
The Butare six
The biggest trial so far of Rwandan genocide suspects, has completed its first phase at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Tanzania.
Known as 'The Butare Trial', it involves six suspects...
Helping Hand to ICTR Witnesses
Over two thousand Rwandan witnesses who have testified at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda can now receive medical care through the ICTR clinic in Kigali .
The same opportunity is offered...
I Expect Fair Trial, says Rene Rutagungira’s wife
Ms. Hyacinthe Dusengeyezu was concerned when her husband, Mr. Rene Rutagungira, didn’t return home after a night out at a bar in one of Kampala’s neighborhoods that he frequented.
She and Rene,...
The Long Road to Justice
13 women sit outside HAGURUKA offices in Remera district, Kigali city on one cold morning. They need legal assistance to solve problems which hinder their everyday life. If they wait long...
ELIEZER NIYITEGEKA Sentenced
Kibuye province lies on the shores of Lake Kivu, making it one of the most scenic places in Rwanda . A few miles away from the lake, are the hills of...
ICTR Appeals Chamber Reduces Genocide Convict’s Life Sentence to 45 Years Imprisonment
ARUSHA, Tanzania (INTERNEWS) -The Appeals Court of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday 23rd May, 2005 set aside a life sentence of a former Rwandan Mayor convicted for his role...
Man Who Pleaded Guilty to Extermination Sentenced by ICTR to 6 Years in Prison
ARUSHA,Tanzania (INTERNEWS)--The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on March 14,2005 handed down a six-year jail sentence to a former Rwandan councillor for his role in the 1994 genocide, which claimed...
