Life Sentence for Rape and Murder in Kibuye
In February this year, judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found a former local councilor guilty of genocide, rape and murder.
Judges ruled that Mikaeli Muhimana - also known as...
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...
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,...
Cyangugu Trial Adjourned Until 28 May
By Sheenah Kaliisa
ARUSHA (Internews) The so-called "Cyangugu Trial" before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has been adjourned until 28 May after the defense team of genocide suspect Andre Ntagerura...
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...
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...
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...
Butare Trial: Ntahobali Abducted Women to Be Raped, Witness Claims
ARUSHA 23 May 2002 (Internews) Genocide suspect Arsene Shalom Ntahobali abducted women to be raped during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, a witness testifying in the so-called "Butare Trial" today claimed...
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...