Former Rwanda mayor pleads guilty to crime against humanity in ICTR deal
A former Rwandan mayor Friday pleaded guilty to a single count of extermination , a crime against humanity, as part of a plea deal International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda that eliminated eight other charges including genocide,...
The Rwandan senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty , according to Wednesday reports by Radio Rwanda. The bill, proposed last year by Rwandan President Paul Kagame with the support...
Belgium court convicts Rwanda ex-military officer in 1994 killings
A Belgian court Wednesday convicted former Rwandan Army Major Bernard Ntuyahaga of premeditated homicide for Ntuyahaga's role in the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers tasked with providing security for then-Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana in...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) began judicial proceedings Friday in the trial of Rwandan Catholic priest Hormisdas Nsengimana , who is indicted on four counts including genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide,...
Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande announced Friday the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect Isaac Kamali by US authorities at the Philadelphia International Airport while Kamali was attempting to enter the United States earlier this...
ICTR seeks return of genocide case to Rwanda court after death penalty abolition
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) requested Monday that the case against Fulgence Kayishema , who was indicted in absentia in 2001 for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , be...
The lower house of the parliament of Rwanda voted Friday to abolish the death penalty effective July 1, with the hope that the measure will prompt other countries to extradite defendants...
Rwanda rights advocate who probed rape claim against judge sentenced for genocide role
Francois-Xavier Byuma, vice-president of the board of the Rwandan League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LIPRODHOR) and president of the Rwandan Association for the Protection and Promotion of the Child, was sentenced...
Mikaeli Muhimana v. The Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, May 21, 2007 . Read the full...
Rwanda genocide tribunal upholds life sentence for serial rapist
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday upheld the life sentence of serial rapist Mikaeli "Mika" Muhimana . Muhimana, formerly a councilor for the western Rwandan province of Kibuyea, was...
