The role of France in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi has become a piece of common knowledge now. Watch France 24 report revealing new documents suggesting that orders not to […]
France: Arresting Genocide Suspects, Not Our Problem
Elusive Justice
French judges have rejected a bid by survivors of Rwanda’s genocide to reopen an investigation into claims that French troops were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people they had promised […]
200 most wanted Rwanda genocide criminals
The National Public Prosecution Authority of Rwanda (NPPA) in 2017-2018 issued 218 indictments against fugitives of the 1994 genocide, Prosecutor General Jean Bosco Mutangana said yesterday on Twitter. Click here to […]
Justice at last: Two ”genocidaires” convicted for life today.
A French court on Friday upheld life sentences for two former Rwandan mayors for taking part in the massacre of hundreds of ethnic Tutsis during the country’s 1994 genocide. Octavien Ngenzi, 60, […]
Bernard Kouchner’ statement: Empty words.
When I opened up my social media feed yesterday, the news about Bernard Kouchner, the French ex- Foreign Minister was a headline. In an interview with a French daily newspaper, La Croix, […]
ICTR holds final hearings
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has held its final hearings into crimes carried out during the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people died. In more than 20 years of operation, the […]
ICTR Legacy: GREY AREAS REMAIN AS RWANDA TRIBUNAL PREPARES TO CLOSE
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 […]
Mu Bufaransa hakozwe urugendo basaba ko ubutabera bukurikirana abasirikare bafashe abagore ku ngufu muri Jenoside
I Paris mu gihugu cy’ u Bufaransa hakorewe urugendo rugamije gusaba no kumvisha ubutabera ko bwakurikirana ingabo z’ icyo gihugu zafashe abagore ku ngufu muri jenoside yakorewe abatutsi. Abitabiriye uru rugendo mu […]
French youth jet in on mission to denounce complicity in Genocide
L-R: Benjamin Abtan, the president of (EGAM), French journalist Patrick de Saint Exupéry, and Alain Intwaza, the coordinator of GAERG, an association of youth Genocide survivors, hours after the arrival of the […]
France: A new Lawsuit against a genocide fugitive Félicien Baligira
French activists on Monday filed a fresh lawsuit against one Félicien Baligira, who is accused of masterminding the death of more than 6,000 in the former Cyangugu Prefecture during the 1994 Genocide […]
Catholic church and Tutsi Genocide: No criminal Responsability, said Archbishop Mbonyintege!
The faithful attend a service at St. Michel church. The Church is accused of not doing enough in reconciliation efforts. File. The attitude of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the country’s dark […]
Simbikangwa, le premier accusé du genocide devant la justice francaise ce lundi le 04/fevrier/2014
Songa Samuel Havugimana, un survivant du massacre de Kesho. © AFP Autour de la colline de Kesho, où environ 1.400 Tutsi ont été assassinés le 8 avril 1994, des rescapés se […]
France comes under fire over official document distorting Genocide against the Tutsis
Rwanda’s Genocide survivors’ community has protested against the publication of an instruction manual by France’s Ministry of Education, which affirms that the Genocide perpetrated in Rwanda in 1994 was committed by Tutsi […]
FRANCE/RWANDA – 2014 WILL BE KEY FOR FRENCH JUSTICE ON THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE
The year 2014 looks like a key one for French justice, which is set to open its first trial related to the anti-Tutsi genocide of 1994. In the meantime, judicial investigations could […]
Karwera arrêtée en France pour génocide
Karwera/Photo igihe.com Kigali: Mme Sperancie Karwera Mutwe, suspectée de génocide, a été arrêté à Cergy en France selon une lettre de l’Ambassade du Rwanda à Paris adressée à l’Autorité des poursuites pénales […]
A 37- year- old genocide suspect arrested in Netherlands
On the basis of an extradition request by Rwanda, Jean Claude Iyamuremye, resident of the Dutch municipality of Voorburg has been placed under arrest today. He is suspected of involvement in […]
Not sure France will ever try and convict genocidaires
Couple in hunt for Rwanda’s killers Alain and Dafroza Gauthier have devoted a decade to tracking down dozens of suspected accomplices of the Rwandan genocide. Picture: Reuters They are often compared to […]
No matter how long it takes, Genocide victims will get justice
Photo/ internet/Jean Kambanda This is with reference to Felly Kimenyi’s column, “Time up for the unending French court drama on matters of Genocide”, in The New Times of September 19. Lest anyone […]
Time up for the unending French court drama on matters of Genocide
By Felly Kimenyi At the launch of the Judicial Year recently, the outgoing Prosecutor-General, in his presentation, said, rather to my exasperation, that the French judiciary intended to conduct one trial […]
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