Butare Trial: Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Ordered Militiamen to Murder, Witness Alleges
ARUSHA 22 May 2002 (Internews) Genocide suspect Pauline Nyiramasuhuko ordered militiamen to slit the throat of a Tutsi girl during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a witness today maintained before the...
Death Penalty, Peace and Reconciliation
Between 1994 and the year 2003, the National Courts in Rwanda tried over 5,000 genocide cases and sentenced over 698 people to death. It is a sentence that sits well with...
Media Trial: Nahimana Led Anti-Tutsi Committee, Expert Witness Says
ARUSHA 21 May 2002 (Internews) Genocide suspect Ferdinand Nahimana led one of the 'public salvation committees' formed to purge ethnic Tutsi from Rwandan educational institutions in the 1970's, Alison Des Forges,...
GACACA 2004: More Suspects, More Challenges?
From January 2005, the traditional village courts of Rwanda – known as Gacaca - will try genocide suspects all over the country.
Gacaca courts were given this job to help reduce the...
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...
Getting the Truth: Inside the ICTR
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda have concluded their case against four high ranking members of the former Rwandan military and alleged masterminds of the 1994 genocide.
The prosecutor at...
Former Rwandan Civic Leader Jailed for Genocide & Rape
ARUSHA (Internews) -- The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on April 28, 2005 sentenced to imprisonment for remainder of his life former councilor of Gishyita sector, Kibuye, Western...
Cyangugu Trial: Former Rwandan Minister Testifies in Ntagerura’s Defense
By Sheenah Kaliisa
ARUSHA 28 May 2002 (Internews) Genocide suspect Andre Ntagerura was a man of integrity who loved his country, a former Rwandan minister testifying in his defense today told judges...
Butare Trial Resumes on Monday
ARUSHA 17 May 2002 (Internews) The so-called "Butare Trial" for six genocide suspects, the largest before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), resumes on Monday with the prosecution presenting their...
UN Tribunal Spares Genocide Suspect
Rwandan Financier of Notorious Radio Station Escapes Conviction for Role in Tutsi Genocide Due to Dementia
In a controversial decision, the UN tribunal at The Hague has opted not to convict a...
