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Rwanda to release 8,000 genocide prisoners despite retribution fears
Rwanda plans to release 8,000 prisoners implicated in the country's 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder; HRW backgrounder], despite warnings from human rights groups that their liberation could produce violence against genocide survivors. Chief pr (More) |
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Rwanda local genocide justice in jeopardy if retaliatory killings continue: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday urged Rwandan judges and police to investigate and stop attacks on individuals administering or testifying in local tribunals known as Gacaca courts [official website; Wikipedia backgrounder] to bring those allegedl (More) |
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Rwanda set to abolish death penalty: justice minister
The Rwandan cabinet has agreed to abolish capital punishment, the country's justice minister said Friday, clearing the way for the extradition of defendants facing trial for the 1994 Rwandan genocide , during which over 800,000 people were kille (More) |
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ICTR genocide trial begins for former top Rwanda official
The war crimes trial of former Rwandan colonel and prefect of Rwanda's capital city Tharcisse Renzaho began Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive]. Renzaho faces charges of geno (More) |
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Rwanda businessman pleads guilty to crimes against humanity charge
Joseph Nzabirinda , a Rwandan businessman charged in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, pleaded guilty to murder as a crime against humanity Thursday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda . Nzabirinda was initially charged wit (More) |
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ICTR convicts Rwandan Catholic priest of genocide
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website; JURIST news archive] Wednesday convicted a Roman Catholic priest for committing genocide and extermination during the mass killings of Tutsis and moderate Hutus that swept the centr (More) |
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Annan urges greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide
Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for greater efforts to protect human rights worldwide in a speech [text; recorded video] marking International Human Rights Day . Annan on Friday acknowledged that the UN has often failed to live (More) |
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Rwanda genocide convict released after serving ICTR sentence
Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2003 for crimes relating to the Rwandan genocide, was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence, becoming the first person freed after s (More) |
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France supported Rwanda genocide: Rwanda president
Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] publicly alleged Wednesday that France supported the 1994 genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder] that wracked the African nation. Kagame previously accused the French government of (More) |
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ICTR admits French report on Rwandan genocide into evidence
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) accepted into evidence Monday a controversial report on the events leading up to the 1994 Rwandan genocide [Human Rights Watch backgrounder; BBC backgrounder] written by French anti-terrorism ju (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
