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Indicted Rwandan cooperating with ICTR genocide probe found dead
A body found in a canal in Brussels, Belgium, was identified on Friday as that of an indicted Rwandan ex-minister cooperating with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) . Former Rwandan Commerce Minister Juvenal Uwilingiyimana was in (More) |
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Ex-Rwandan army officer sentenced to 25 years for genocide conviction
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday convicted retired Rwandan army officer Lt. Col. Aloys Simba of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 25 years in prison . (More) |
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Former Rwandan mayor pleads guilty for aiding genocide
A former Rwandan mayor on Wednesday pleaded guilty to aiding the 1994 genocide as part of a plea deal with prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive]. Under the plea deal, Paul Bisen (More) |
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France probing allegations of involvement in Rwandan genocide
French Judge Brigitte Raynaud is in Rwanda investigating accusations that Paris helped a former Hutu government massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide [Human Rights watch backgrounder; BBC backgrounder], French Ambassador Dominique Decherf sa (More) |
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Former Rwanda mayor pleads guilty at genocide tribunal
Paul Bisengimana, former mayor of the Rwandan town Gikoro, pleaded guilty Thursday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on charges related to the country's 1994 genocide . Bisengimana was initially charged with genocide, consp (More) |
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Rwanda ex-Interior Minister pleads not guilty to genocide charges
Callixte Kalimanzira, Rwanda's interior minister during the 1994 genocide , pleaded not guilty to three counts of genocide and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday. Kalimanzira surrendered (More) |
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Ex-interior minister surrenders to Rwanda genocide tribunal
Callixte Kalimanzira, Rwanda's acting interior minister during the 1994 genocide , has surrendered to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , the court announced Tuesday. According to the tribunal, Kalimanzira is "charged with ge (More) |
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Rwanda seeks high court permission to send priest to Belgium for genocide trial
The Rwandan government wants to send a Catholic priest back to his home of Belgium to face trial on genocide charges and asked its highest court on Tuesday for permission to do so. Catholic missionary Guy Theunis is accused of publishing extremis (More) |
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Former Rwanda president appeals criminal sentence to high court
Former Rwandan president Pasteur Bizimungu has asked that country's high court to overturn his 15-year criminal sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals. On appeal, Bizimungu argues he was tried on charges d (More) |
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Alleged 'kingpin' of Rwandan genocide denies charges in court
Former Rwandan army officer Col. Theoneste Bagosora , accused of being the "mastermind" behind the country's 1994 genocide , took the witness stand Monday at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and denied a role in t (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.
