Prosecutors seek retrial of two Rwanda genocide suspects News
Prosecutors seek retrial of two Rwanda genocide suspects

[JURIST] Prosecutors at an appeals hearing in Arusha, Tanzania, Monday asked the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] to overturn the genocide acquittals of two former Rwandan officials. One-time Rwandan Transport Minister Andre Ntagerura [ICTR case materials] and Emmanuel Bagambiki [ICTR case materials], a civilian official in the Cyangugu Province, were acquitted [judgment, PDF] in 2004 of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; JURIST news archive] after the ICTR's trial chamber determined that prosecutors did not prove they were criminally responsible for the alleged deaths. Prosecutors claim that the tribunal did not consider testimony from seven suspected accomplices of the two men. AP has more.

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Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.