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Kenya prosecutor urges court to freeze assets of Rwandan war crimes suspect
May 7, 2008
[JURIST] Kenyan Chief Prosecutor Keriako Tobiko Tuesday asked the country's high court to freeze the assets of wealthy Hutu businessman and Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga [Trial Watch profile; ICTR materials]. Kabuga is accused of funding Rwandan militias that killed more than 800,000.... [more]

ICTR begins genocide trial of former Rwanda government minister
May 6, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan Minister of the Interior Callixte Kalimanzira [case materials; press release] went to trial Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website]. Kalimanzira, who served as interior minister during the 1994 genocide [BBC backgrounder], is.... [more]

ICTR appeals chamber increases Rwanda Catholic priest sentence to life in prison
March 12, 2008
[JURIST] The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] Wednesday upheld the conviction of Catholic priest Father Athanase Seromba [case materials] for genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity during the 1994.... [more]

ICTR convicts allowed to serve sentences in Rwanda under new agreement
March 4, 2008
[JURIST] Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and the registrar of the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive], Adama Dieng [official profile] signed an agreement Tuesday allowing those convicted by the genocide tribunal to serve.... [more]

Rwanda ex-official released after completing ICTR crimes against humanity sentence
March 3, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan councillor Vincent Rutaganira [TrialWatch profile] was released Sunday after completing a six-year jail sentence [JURIST report] for crimes against humanity, according to a statement [text] Monday by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ITCR) [official website]..... [more]

Rwanda ex-official pleads not guilty to genocide charges before ICTR
February 21, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana [TrialWatch profile] Wednesday pleaded not guilty [ICTR press release] to charges [indictment, DOC] relating to Rwanda's 1994 genocide in his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).... [more]

Rwanda ex-official charged with crimes against humanity arrested in Tanzania
February 19, 2008
[JURIST] Former Rwandan Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana was arrested [ICTR press release] Monday in Tanzania on charges relating to Rwanda's 1994 genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] said Tuesday. Nzabonimana.... [more]

ICTR defense investigator pleads not guilty in witness bribing case
February 12, 2008
[JURIST] Rwandan defense investigator Leonidas Nshogoza pleaded not guilty Monday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] to charges of contempt and attempted contempt of the ICTR. Nshogoza was arrested in June 2007 for allegedly bribing.... [more]

Rwanda genocide court defense lawyer claims prosecutor concealing evidence
February 5, 2008
[JURIST] A defense lawyer representing four ex-officers of the former Rwandan army facing trials before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] has accused Prosecutor Hassan Jallow [ICTR profile] of concealing evidence favorable to the defense, according to Monday.... [more]

ICTR sentences ex-governor to life for role in Rwanda genocide
December 7, 2007
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website] Friday sentenced [press release] Francois Karera [ICTR materials] to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Karera, the former prefect of Kigali-Rural, was found guilty on three of four genocide and.... [more]



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