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France: Bazaramba: Accused Sentenced for Inciting Genocide

By Editor | Published: June 12, 2010

2010-06-11, Porvoo, Finland. The Eastern Uusimaa District Court in Porvoo, Finland, convicted Francois Bazaramba, 59, a former Rwandan pastor, for inciting genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Court found that Mr. Bazaramba incited hatred and anger towards Tutsis, forced them to leave their houses and ordered others to burn the houses down. The charges are related [...]

Posted in Domestic Courts | Also tagged asylum seeker, Baptist preacher, cost, District Court, Eastern Uusimaa, evidence obtained through torture, extradition request, fair trial, Finland, Francois Bazaramba, incitement, inciting genocide, Investigation, life imprisonment, murder, National Bureau of Investigation, Nyakizu, pastor, Petra Spring-Reiman, Porvoo, Rwanda, sentence, Tanzania, universal jurisdiction, Vaasa, Ville Hoikkala | Comments closed

ECHR: Kononov’s Claim Against Latvia Rejected

By Editor | Published: May 18, 2010

2010-05-17, Strasbourg, France. The Court rejected an application filed by Vasiliy Kononov against Latvia in respect of Mr. Kononov’s conviction for war crimes perpetrated as a member of a sabotage group of Nazi resistance in Latvia in 1944. He was indicted in 1998 by Latvian prosecutors for murdering civilians during WWII. On 29 February 1944, Nazi [...]

Posted in ECHR | Also tagged 36376/04, Alan Vaughan Lowe, Centre for the Documentation of the Consequences of Totalitarianism, Christos Rozakis, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental, Dean Spielmann, Dragoljub Popovic, Françoise Tulkens, Grand Chamber, Inga Reine, Ireneu Cabral Barreto, Jean-Paul Costa, Josep Casadevall, judgment, Kononov v. Latvia, Latvia, Latvian Principal Public, Ledi Bianku, Malye Baty, Mazie Bati, Mihai Poalelungi, Nazi, Nebojsa Vucinic, Nicolas Bratza, occupation, Paivi Hirvela, partisan, Peer Lorenzen, Renate Jaeger, resistance, Russia, Russian Federation, Sverre Erik Jebens, Vasiliy Kononov, Vassili Kononov, Zdravka Kalaydjieva | Comments closed

ICTY: Karadzic: Decision on Admission of Babic’s Evidence

By Editor | Published: April 17, 2010

2010-04-13, The Hague, The Netherlands. Milan Babic had a long history with the tribunal. He was an OTP witness in the Slobodan Milosevic, Krajisnik and Martic cases and committed a suicide at the UNDU on March 5, 2006. The OTP sought to admit his oral testimonies from those trials and 309 associated exhibits under Rule 92 [...]

Posted in ICTY | Also tagged acts and conduct of the accused, admission, associated exhibits, authentication, authenticity, background, BiH, character, credibility, critical issues of the case, Croatia, cross-examination, evidence, excessive and unnecessary detail, fair trial, Flavia Lattanzi, Howard Morrison, indicia of authenticity, inseparable and indispensable, intercept operators, intercepts, international criminal procedure, IT-95-5/18-T, Krajisnik, lenient treatment, manifest inconsistencies corroboration, Martic, Melville Baird, Milan Babic, Mladic, O-Gon Kwon, oral testimonies, prima facie reliable, probative, relevant, reliable, repetitive testimonies, Rule 89, Rule 92 quater, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, safeguards of a judicial proceeding, Slobodan Milosevic, substantially outweighing, suicide, testimony, unavailable, unavailable persons, uncorroborated evidence, UNDU | Comments closed

ICTR: Bikindi: Trial Judgment Upheld

By Editor | Published: March 19, 2010

2010-03-18, Arusha, Tanzania. The Appeals Chamber upheld the trial conviction and 15-year sentence for inciting Interahamwe to commit genocide. The OTP’s and Defence’s appeals have been dismissed in their entirety. Judgment (ICTR) | RNW |

Posted in ICTR | Also tagged genocide, incitement, Simon Bikindi | Comments closed

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