Hirondelle News
18 years of archives, 11'000 reports on justice in Rwanda
The Hirondelle News Agency, based in Arusha, Tanzania, reported on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) from 1997 and the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2010. In June 2015, Hirondelle News handed over to JusticeInfo.net. The agency had more than 1,700 subscribers, including international and local media organizations especially in Rwanda and Tanzania, news agencies, universities, NGOs and individuals. Hirondelle News produced close to 11,000 dispatches, thus constituting one of the most important archives for these institutions, in four languages: English, French, Kiswahili and Kinyarwanda.
28.08.07 - ICTR/NSHAMIHIGO - WITNESS CLAIMS NSHAMIHIGO IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF A PRIEST
Arusha, 28 August 2007 (FH) - The former magistrate Siméon Nshamihigo was not present at the time of the assassination of a Tutsi priest in 1994 contrarily to what the prosecution alleges, affirmed Tuesday a defence witness before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
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