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Rwanda cuts diplomatic ties with France in wake of Kagame trial bid
The government of Rwanda cut diplomatic ties with France Friday in protest at a French judge's recommendation that Rwandan President Paul Kagame face trial in connection with the 1994 downing of a plane carrying then-President Juvenal Habyarim (More) |
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Rwandans protest French arrest warrants for officials
Some 25,000 Rwandans gathered in a sports stadium in the capital Kigale Thursday to protest a French judge's issuance of arrest warrants for nine top Rwandan officials on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 downing of the plane carrying then-Pr (More) |
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Rwanda president rejects French judge's recommendation for trial
Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] Wednesday derided the recommendation of French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere that he stand trial for the 1994 killing of former president Juvenal Habyarimana as "bullyi (More) |
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French judge recommends Rwanda president face war crimes trial
French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere has recommended that Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] stand trial for the 1994 killing of former president Juvenal Habyarimana , which sparked the country's genocide (More) |
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Rwanda military court convicts priest in genocide case
A Rwandan military court Thursday convicted a Roman Catholic Rwandan priest of genocide for rape and assisting the Hutu massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, who was (More) |
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Rwanda nun found guilty in genocide case
A Rwandan community court convicted a Catholic nun of genocide charges Friday for assisting in the Hutumassacre of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. The nun, Theopister Mukakibibi, reportedly aided Hutu ex (More) |
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UN Rwanda genocide court to keep acquitted suspects with nowhere to go
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] is keeping 4 acquitted genocide suspects in custody because no other countries were willing to accept them, the court announced Friday. The suspects acquit (More) |
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Rwanda begins probe into alleged French role in Rwandan genocide
A seven-man Rwandan government commission began an official probe Tuesday into accusations that France assisted a Hutu massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. Rwanda's current Tutsi President Paul Kaga (More) |
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Rwanda ruling party announces support for death penalty abolition
The ruling party of Rwanda announced Friday that it had directed its lawmakers to support a forthcoming bill to abolish the death penalty . Leaders of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) voted to take the action last weekend at a meeting chaired by (More) |
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UN war crimes courts call for aid in arresting fugitives
In a plenary session of the UN General Assembly Monday, judges from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [official website; J (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.
