Tag Archives: Interahamwe

ECHR: Ahorugeze: Court Gives Green Light to an Extradition to Rwanda

2011-10-27, Strasbourg, France. The European Court of Human Rights held that an extradition of Sylvere Ahorugeze, a Rwandan national of Hutu ethnicity,  to Rwanda to face genocide charges will neither violate the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, nor his right to a fair trial.   The Chamber found that: there was no evidence [...]
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ICTR: Hategekimana: Trial Chamber Sentences the Accused to Life Imprisonment

2001-12-06, Arusha, Tanzania. Ildephonse Hategekimana, who was a Commander of the Ngoma Military Camp in Butare Préfecture, a lieutenant in the Forces Armées Rwandaises and a member of the Butare Préfectural Security Council during the 1994 genocide, was found guilty of genocide, murder as CAH and rape as CAH. Although the Trial Chamber rejected many [...]
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Netherlands: A Woman Arrested on Allegations of Participating in the Rwandan Genocide

2010-06-22, Reuver, The Netherlands. A woman has been arrested in a village of Reuver in the south of the Netherlands on allegation of leading a group of Interahamwe during the Rwandan genocide. She fled to the Netherlands in 1998, and obtained Dutch citizenship in 2004. Dutch police conducted part of the investigation in Kigali, Rwanda. [...]
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ICTR: Ngirabatware: TC Orders Switzerland, Senegal, Belgium and the World Bank to Disclose Documents

2010-04-27/28, Arusha, Tanzania. The Trial Chamber granted four defence motions and ordered Switzerland, Senegal, Belgium and the World Bank to disclose certain information about the development assistance granted to Rwanda between 1990 and 1994. The states refused to provide the information to the Defence voluntarily, and the World Bank provided partial assistance. The information in [...]
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ICTR: Rutaganda Testifies in Nzirorera’s Defence

2010-04-13, Arusha, Tanzania. Georges Rutaganda, a former second vice-president of MRND, and the 32nd defence witness, testified today that Joseph Nzirorera, former Secretary General of MRND, was not associated with Interahamwe and did not participate in their creation. Rutaganda was convicted of genocide and serves his sentence in Benin. His testimony contradicted the testimony of the OTP witness Ahmed Haramyumukiza. [...]
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