Lausanne, Twenty years after the genocide, how do human rights activists see the process of justice and reconciliation for Rwanda? Interview with Carina Tertsakian, senior researcher on Rwanda at Human Rights Watch (HRW). Hirondelle: Twenty years after the genocide, how do you assess the work of the ICTR? […]
Gerorina Nyirandutiye, survivor of the Rwandan genocide, sits on a bench at her house in Nyamigina village, Rwanda. Photograph: Jose Cendon The severity and pace at which the Rwandan genocide unfolded begs many questions. How does a country begin to recover after such an event? Yet Rwanda serves […]
Top-bottom: Bernard Munyagishari and Leon Mugesera Arusha, October 10, 2013 (FH) – Ever since being transferred to Rwanda in July by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), former militiaman Bernard Munyagishari has been fighting to have his genocide trial conducted in French, rather than the Rwandan language […]
Bernard Munyagishari after being handed over to the Rwandan security at Kigali international airport yesterday. The New Times/John Mbanda The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday transferred to Rwanda Genocide suspect Bernard Munyagishari from its custody in Arusha, Tanzania. The former head of the genocidal party MRND […]
Arusha July 24, 2013 (FH) – The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Wednesday handed over a second accused to the Rwandan authorities, in line with a transfer decision by the Court. “The plane carrying him has landed, and Munyagishari has disembarked,” spokesman for the Kigali Attorney […]
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