ICTR prisoners launch hunger strike to protest Rwanda case transfers
Approximately 40 inmates in a Tanzania prison awaiting trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began a hunger strike Monday to protest the planned transfer of three ICTR cases to the national courts of Rwanda....
German police have arrested Augustin Ngirabatware, a former Rwandan minister suspected of genocide in the 1994 Rwanda conflict between Hutus and Tutsis, German officials announced Thursday. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) accuses Ngirabatware...
Rwandan prosecutors have called for Canada to extradite five suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide , according to Friday media reports. The five, who all appear on Rwanda's most-wanted list and whom Rwandan officials described...
Executions worldwide up, countries with death penalty down: report
The number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 while the number of countries that employ capital punishment decreased, according to a report released Thursday by the Rome-based anti-death penalty group Hands Off Cain ....
UN tribunal cancels transfer of Rwanda genocide case to Netherlands court
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Friday revoked a previous order transferring the case against 1994 Rwandan genocide suspect Michel Bagaragaza to a local court in the Netherlands. In addition...
First foreign defense lawyer sworn in at Khmer Rogue genocide tribunal
French lawyer Francois Roux was sworn in Wednesday to defend former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Khek lev , also known as Duch, in his trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) ....
Rwanda signs extradition treaties after abolishing death penalty
Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama said Thursday that Rwanda has signed extradition treaties with countries in Africa, Europe, and North America following its abolition of the death penalty in July. The law ending the death penalty, which...
A French court of appeals Wednesday released two men accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide , finding that the warrants issued for their arrest by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) could not...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Rwanda to conduct an "independent and impartial" investigation into an increasing number of alleged extrajudicial killings, saying in a report Tuesday that Rwanda National Police officers have...
French authorities arrested five suspects accused of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide Friday, including Rwandan Catholic priest Wenceslas Munyeshyaka and former civil servant Laurent Bucyibaruta, who may be extradited to the International Criminal Tribunal...
