Rwanda rights advocate probing judge's rape role arrested for genocide complicity
A senior official in a Rwanda human rights organization was arrested Wednesday in the capital of Kigali after being implicated by a local gacaca court in the 1994 genocide. The official, Francois-Xavier Byuma, is...
Rwanda ex-military officer denies responsibility for 1994 killings in Belgian trial
Bernard Ntuyahaga , a former Rwandan army major, denied at trial Monday any involvement in the 1994 murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers and the Rwandan prime minister they were charged with protecting. Ntuyahaga said he was being used...
EU approves framework decision criminalizing genocide denial
The European Union Thursday approved a framework decision aimed at criminalizing denial of the Holocaust and other genocides following six years of intense debate. The end product was described as a carefully-balanced compromise by...
Belgium trial begins for Rwanda ex-military officer charged in 1994 killings
The trial of Bernard Ntuyahaga , a former Rwandan army major accused of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers and the Rwandan prime minister they were charged with protecting in 1994, began in Brussels Thursday. Ntuyahaga faces 16 counts of...
Rwanda petitions ICJ over French arrest warrants for top officials
Rwanda petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Wednesday to resolve a dispute with France over an international arrest warrant issued by France for three Rwandan officials last November, and a request forwarded to the...
Canada trial of Rwanda war crimes suspect postponed after prison attack
A Quebec Superior Court judge Thursday postponed the war crimes trial of Desiré Munyaneza after he was severely beaten in his cell by another prisoner Wednesday night. The former Rwandan militia commander is charged...
Ban makes UN genocide prevention post permanent as Turkey objects to exhibit
The position of UN Special Adviser for Genocide Prevention will be made permanent to solidify UN efforts against genocide, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced in a speech marking the 13th anniversary of the 1994...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has pardoned former President Pasteur Bizimungu , freeing him Friday from a 15-year prison sentence handed down in 2004 for inciting violence, embezzlement, organizing a militia, and associating with criminals....
Rights groups press EU to put Rwanda genocide suspects on trial
Human Rights groups REDRESS and the International Federation for Human Rights said Tuesday that the European Union should hold trials for the 37 Rwandan genocide suspects known to be living in European countries. The suspects have been...
The trial of Desiré Munyaneza began Monday in Montreal where the former Rwandan militia commander faces seven charges in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide , including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war...
