Rwandan Army Major-General Laurent Munyakazi has been arrested on charges relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide , a court official said Tuesday. Munyakazi's arrest was ordered by a local gacaca court , a community-based court comprised largely...
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Rwandan genocide suspect transferred to Hague detention center
Indicted former Rwandan government official Michel Bagaragaza has been transferred from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to The Hague due to security concerns. Earlier this week, Bagaragaza pleaded not guilty to genocide charges...
Indicted former Rwandan government official Michel Bagaragaza surrendered himself to officials from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Tuesday. Bagaragaza has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide and complicity...
Rwanda releases thousands of prisoners, including most genocide suspects
Rwandan authorities have begun releasing 36,000 inmates, the majority of whom have confessed to taking part in the country's 1994 genocide . The cabinet approved the provisional mass release on Wednesday in a bid to free...
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on Wednesday sent 10 cases for suspects in the country's 1994 genocide to Rwandan national courts, citing a need to meet its deadline of completing all trials...
The government of Rwanda announced Monday that it would release up to 30,000 prisoners suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide and other war crimes on a provisional basis. According to the Prosecutor General, those...
No deportation of Rwanda war crimes suspect from Canada unless death penalty waived
Despite a Supreme Court of Canada order that Rwandan Leon Mugesera should be deported amidst accusations of inciting genocide in his home country, Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said Friday...
Rwanda rejects Congo human rights abuse claims, denies UN court jurisdiction
Rwandan legal representatives arguing Monday at the beginnng of public hearings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague dismissed allegations that Rwandan troops had committed human rights violations in the Democratic Republic...
Canadian high court says Rwandan accused of war crimes must be deported
The Supreme Court of Canada Tuesday ruled unanimously that Rwandan Leon Mugesera , accused of inciting genocide, must be deported from Canada. In 1992 Mugesera gave a speech in Rwanda encouraging Hutus to kill Tutsis,...
UN to ask France to bring case against employee accused in Rwandan genocide
Chief of Staff to UN-Secretary General Kofi Annan Mark Malloch Brown told AP Friday that the UN will ask France to pursue a former UN employee accused in the murders of 32 Rwandans during the genocide of...