Photo:Tor Erik H. Mathiesen Oslo (AFP) – An Oslo appeal court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a Rwandan man sentenced to prison in Norway for his role in the massacre of 2,000 people during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Sadi Bugingo, 49, moved to Norway in 2002 and became […]
On December 10, the UN Headquarter in New York hosted the commemorative event of the 20 year anniversary of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This event is organized on the occasion of the thirteenth session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of […]
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) must in theory close its doors on December 31. On November 8, it celebrated twenty years of existence. While the Tribunal’s contribution to fighting impunity is clear, observers point to remaining grey areas of its legacy. These include the failure to […]
After 20 years, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is due to close its doors on December 31. Below are some of its landmark decisions. • September 2, 1998: first ICTR judgment This was the first judgment handed down by the ICTR, but also the first for […]
Mukaroza Laurence wari ufite imyaka 47 y’amavuko washakiye mu Murenge wa Kigina, Akarere ka Kirehe akaba yararokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatusi yishwe urw’agashinyaguro mu gicuku cyo kuwa 15 Ukwakira 2008, ashiramo umwuka nyuma y’iminsi ibiri. Nyina na murumuna we bishwe n’abo mu muryango yashatsemo, ndetse ngo umugabo we Kanyangoga […]
Mukaroza Laurence wo mu Murenge wa Kigina, Akarere ka Kirehe, warokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatusi yishwe urw’agashinyaguro mu gicuku cyo kuwa 15 Ukwakira 2010. Nyina na murumuna we bishwe n’abo mu muryango yashatsemo, ndetse ngo umugabo we Kanyangoga ni we wamusohoye aho yari yihishe muri Mata 1994. […]
Minister Kaboneka responds to queries from senators at Parliament yesterday. (Timothy Kisambira) Two decades later, genocide orphans are still facing several difficulties to recover the assets left by their parents killed in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The only survivor of his family, Karekezi learned that his […]
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) this week celebrated 20 years since its establishment by the UN Security Council. From the onset, the $100 million-per year tribunal was beset by problems: incompetence, lack of understanding of the Rwandan context and a large number of uneducated witnesses who […]
UK supreme court The Supreme Court of the UK on Wednesday overruled a plea by defence lawyers representing Genocide suspects to bar Rwanda from access to ‘certain witness’ testimonies or statements to the court. A hearing to determine whether five Rwandans can be extradited to face charges over […]
Abagore babiri bafatiwe ku ngufu ku Muhima mu Mujyi wa Kigali mu gihe cya Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi, batewe inkeke n’umugabo witwa Irunga Silas bareze kubafata ku ngufu agakatirwa burundu y’uwihariko n’Inkiko Gacaca, ariko akaba akomeje gusaba kujuririra mu nkiko zisanzwe. Umwe muri aba bagore w’imyaka 49 y’amavuko wavuganye […]
Photo KTPess/ Nzayisenga, a survivor of the Tutsi genocide, has been awarded MasterCard Foundation full scholarship to study Arts and Music at McGill University, Canada, as a reward for his academic excellence. Innocent Nzayisenga, a 20 years-old Rwandan, has never seen his parents. He has heard of stories […]
Photo: The First phase of the One Dollar Campaign Complex; it’s a home for 192 vulnerable orphans of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. (Doreen Umutesi) The One Dollar Campaign complex which was constructed to shelter homeless Genocide orphans was officially inaugurated yesterday. Located in Kinyinya, Gasabo District, […]
Photo: Agnes Ntamabyariro/internet Agnes Ntamabyariro wari Minisitiri w’Ubutabera wakatiwe gufungwa burundu n’Urukiko Rwisumbuye rwa Nyarugenge ku byaha bya Jenoside, mu bujurire bwe yasabye Urukiko Rukuru ko yagirwa umwere hashingiwe ku rubanza rwa Justin Mugenzi wagizwe umwere i Arusha. Justin Mugenzi na Ntamabyariro babaga muri PL, ishyaka riharanira ukwishyira […]
All Kinyarwanda services on BBC radio has been suspended with immediate effect. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) announced this in a statement today. The Kinyarwanda services transmitted in Rwanda on BBC World Service frequency 93.9 FM. “Over the last three weeks, RURA has received complaints of incitement, […]
Justus Uwayesu, rescued at 9 from the streets of Rwanda, is enrolled as a freshman at Harvard.Credit Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times The New York Times BOSTON — Nine years old and orphaned by ethnic genocide, he was living in a burned-out car in a […]
zimwe mu nzu zubakiwe abacitse ku icumu Nyamugari zikabasenyukiraho hadateye kabiri Abadepite bagize komisiyo ishinzwe gukurikirana ikoreshwa ry’imari n’umutungo bya Leta PAC bavuga ko FARG itita uko bikwiye ku iyubakwa ry’inzu zigenewe abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi batishoboye nk’uko bigaragazwa na Raporo y’Umugenzuzi Mukuru w’Imari n’Umutungo bya Leta. Leta […]
Top officials of the Fund for the Support of Genocide Survivors (FARG) were on Thursday tasked by lawmakers to explain errors that were noticed in coordination and implementation of their directives that cost taxpayers millions of francs. Appearing before the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), FARG officials were […]
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday sentenced to 35 years in jail Ildephonse Nizeyimana, a former captain in the Rwandan army who had been sentenced to life by the trial court. At the time of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Captain […]
Arusha, September 29, 2014 (FH) – The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which is to close its doors by the end of this year, on Monday confirmed a sentence of life in jail for former Rwandan Youth Minister Callixte Nzabonimana. The Appeals judges cancelled […]
Gen. Paul Rwarakabije, Head of Rwanda correctional services (RCS) PHOTO/Igihe.com In April, this year, a friend, who is a senior journalist in one of the biggest media houses in the United Kingdom, was in the country as Rwandans prepared to commemorate 20 years after the Genocide against […]
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