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Rwanda: New Genocide Cases a Milestone for Domestic Prosecutions of International Crimes
Humanitarian NewsOn 6 April 1994, Rwandese president Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed in a plane crash. The two were travelling from Tanzania to Rwanda following a heads of state summit in Dar es Salaam. After the crash widesprea
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On 6 April 1994, Rwandese president Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed in a plane crash. The two were travelling from Tanzania to Rwanda following a heads of state summit in Dar es Salaam. After the crash widesprea
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This video grab shows the two French lawyers acting for the accused allies of Rwandan President, Leon Lef Forster (L) and Bernard Maingain, giving a press conference in Paris on January 11, 2012. Bernard Maingain said Wednesday his clients were... View Photo »
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Arusha — The defence hearing for former Rwandan Planning Minister Augustin Ngirabatware resumed before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday with testimony of a witness via video link from France. Leoncie Bongwa, the wife of for
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The deportation of Leon Mugesera from Canada to Rwanda on Tuesday, January 24, and the expected transfer to Kigali of Pastor Jean Uwinkindi from the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, are a vote of confidence for the Rwandan judicia
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Rwandan fugitive Leon Mugesera (R) is handcuffed on the tarmac as he arrives at Kigali International Airport on Jan. 24. Mugesera, a linguist who had lived in Canada since 1993, is wanted by the Rwandan authorities for alleged incitement to genocide in a
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A photograph taken on February 25, 2010 shows Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, (R) talks during a joint press conference with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at the presidential palace in Kigali. Experts mandated by a French inquiry to probe the... View Photo »
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In addition to honoring the victims of the Nazi era, the UN member state are supposed to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. Quite interestingly, the Italian branch of a non profit association named GARIWO, which plants trees e
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Arusha — The experts' report commissioned by a longstanding French inquiry identifies the most likely missiles used in the downing of former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana's plane and the likely place from which they were fired. The downing of the
About Juvenal Habyarimana
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Juvénal Habyarimana (March 8, 1937 – April 6, 1994) was president of Rwanda from 1973 until his plane was shot down by a missile in 1994. His assassination ignited ethnic tensions in the region and marked the beginning of the Rwandan genocide. Responsibility for the attack remains unclear. Full Article
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