A Rwandan sentenced in Oslo for participation in the 1994 genocide on Tuesday pleaded not guilty as his appeals hearings opened. Sadi Bugingo, now 49, has been living in Norway since 2002. He was sentenced on February 14, 2013 to 21 years in jail, the maximum sentence […]
As the world commemorates the 20th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, renewed efforts supporting survivors to realize their right to reparation are gaining traction. Following a call from victim organisations in Rwanda for increased attention to the lack of a comprehensive reparation effort for […]
Abacitse ku icumu baganira ku kibazo cy’indishyi Nyagatare, 2012. Photo IBUKA Itsinda ry’inzobere z’umuryango mpuzamahanga IOM (International Organization for Migration, Genève) n’urukiko mpuzamahanga rwashyiriweho u Rwanda I Arusha muri Tanzania (ICTR) kuri uyu wa gatandatu 01/02/2014 ryasoje urugendo bagiriraga mu Rwanda rugamije kugishinama no gutangiza inyigo kuburyo ikibazo […]
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 […]
Nyuma yuko mu kwezi gushize kwa munani 2013, abarokotse jenoside babiri, Nyiramajyambere Anastasia wo mukarere ka Musanze na Mukabaziga Dative wo mu karere ka Gisagara bishwe, impfubyi za ba nyakwigendera zikomeje kugaragaza ko nazo zifite impungenge ku mutekano wazo. Umukecuru Nyiramajyambere Anastasia wishwe anizwe nkuko raporo ya Muganga […]
Genocide widows concerned over post-gacaca compensation After the gacaca courts were officially closed last year, Genocide widows have expressed concerns over the challenges they are facing in receiving compensation form seized properties of convicts. This ruling was to be implemented after the official closing of the courts. Last […]
Press release: Roundtable Discussion, Kigali28 June 2013 Report on the International Trust Fund for Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda-and-Joint Declaration on the Rights to Reparation for Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda 2014 is the twentieth commemoration of the genocide, and […]
Reparation claims for victims of international crimes continue to experience positive developments in many countries. Following 30 million dollar compensations offered by the British Government to Kenya’s Mau Mau victims of colonial period abuses last month, the Cambodian government also approved some symbolic reparation for victims of Khmer […]
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