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Article: Uwinkindi requests 4 months to prepare his case
The first genocide suspect to be transferred by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda made his debut appearance in a domestic court on Thursday. Jean Uwinkindi was told by prosecutor Ndibwami Rugamba that he faced charges for...
Article: Prosecution urges life for Rwanda opposition leader
Rwandan prosecutors called for a life sentence Wednesday for opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, on charges including complicity in a terrorist group and denying the 1994 genocide. "We request a life sentence for Victoire Ingabire...
Article: Endgame: Uwinkindi goes home
Despite a hunger strike and an urgent motion to halt his transfer, Pastor Jean Uwinkindi has become the first war crimes suspect to be sent from the ICTR’s custody in Arusha to Kigali’s courts over the 1994 Rwandan genocide. By...
Article: Conflicting signals: How fit are Rwanda’s courts?
Are Rwanda’s courts ready to prosecute the country’s worst crimes? As opposition leader Victoire Ingabire announces she will boycott her terror trial after losing all hope of having a fair trial, some critics are saying it...
Article: "Mr. Z” demands $1 million compensation from ICTR
From his safe house in northern Tanzania, “Mr. Z” is demanding justice, IJT’s correspondent learned yesterday. “Mr. Z” claims his rights were seriously violated by the Arusha tribunal. By Clive Muhenga,...
Article: Kigali exasperation vs. ICTR hedging
Angry over the slow pace of French justice in trying cases related to the 1994 genocide, Rwanda will recall two of its investigators, Rwandan prosecutor Martin Ngoga announced yesterday in Arusha. More than four years ago, the French state...
Article: ICTR: Early release for Muvunyi
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 06 March 2012 granted its second early release to former Rwandan military officer, Lieutenant Colonel Tharcisse Muvunyi, after having served more than twelve years of a 15-year jail term...
Article: Transfers and delays: How fit are Rwanda’s courts?
How fit are Rwanda’s courts to try the country’s worst crimes? That's the question the legal community is asking - even before the ICTR’s first to-be-transferred suspect is outside the prison gates. ICTR judges are...
Article: ICTR legacy: fragile and confusing
When former Rwandan MRND leaders Edouard Karemera and Mathieu Ngirumpatse received life sentences in December 2011, the conclusion of 17 years of work at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was remarkable: there was no...
Article: Late Xmas gifts for Kigali
Canadian authorities have delayed the deportation of a Rwandan accused of helping to incite the 1994 genocide until a UN torture committee decides on a claim that he faces persecution back home. At the cost of breaching the UN Convention...
